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   Homer stated in post 1lkov7-kdf.ln1@sky.matrix on 1/9/11 5:01 AM:   
      
   > 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.   
      
   So manufactures could have sold a less expensive to produce product with a   
   higher profit margin ... but somehow, though you cannot say how, MS   
   pressured them not to.   
      
   How?   
      
   >> 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.   
      
   They could have sold different hardware configurations.  Really.   
      
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