> I'm not being condescending. I'm annoyed that instead of > using an accurate description of a product, marketing depts. > too often redefine names of existing products to confuse > people, either because of laziness on their part or > deliberate obfuscation. This is another example of > that.
Betty, look at the history section of Wikipedia's netbook entry. It started with Psion netBook, followed by OLPC and Palm Folio, then the Asus line, now Dell & HP. They are all very similar in basic design: small, light, clamshell, network-enabled, mechanical keyboard. No one has tried to redefine, confuse, and obfuscate except Tom, and now, apparently, you. iPhone and iTouch are fine, but they are emphatically not netbooks, and neither is the mythical iPad if it looks anything like it did in the illustration. As to condescending, I don't know whether that was your intent or not, but your post certainly was. ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
