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Well, I love my netbook........

IDC figures from the fourth quarter show a rush toward inexpensive Netbooks and away from Windows laptops.

Take out sales of the Atom processor running many Netbooks and total shipments were down 20%, figures showed.

Apple fans are crowing that Macs are resisting this downward pressure. One reason might be the MacBook Air, which offers the light weight of a Netbook, along with a full-size keyboard and large screen.

The success of the Netbook form factor — no moving parts — gives Linux a real opportunity to make headway on the desktop, or at least the coffeeshop desktop.

Netbook killing Windows

-- Edited by barney at 11:08, 2009-02-17