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   Verily I say unto thee, that Chris Ahlstrom spake thusly:   
   > ZnU wrote this copyrighted missive and expects royalties:   
      
   >> The reason that approach worked with netbooks is because netbooks   
   >> really were just small, cheap laptops. Once they got a little more   
   >> powerful (which was just a natural consequence of technological   
   >> development)   
      
   Rubbish. It was a consequence of being pressured to support Microsoft's   
   bloatware.   
      
   > Like I said (well, hinted, actually)... Microsoft will cripple that   
   > market niche, effectively killing it.  Maybe they'll kill it with the   
   > standard Windows interface, or maybe they'll put a Win 7 Phone type   
   > interface on it and kill the tablet market by making the machines too   
   > bulky/expensive to sell.   
      
   They'll kill it by "re-adjusting prices north" with the overpowered   
   hardware necessary to support Windows, just as Ballmer threatened (and   
   did) with netbooks.   
      
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