http://www.pcworld.com/article/151402-3/the_10_most_overrated_products.html Overrated: Mini Notebooks; Underrated: Ultraportable Laptops
A serviceable, compact notebook for around $500? It sounds tempting if you're on a tight budget and have modest processing needs. Mini-notebooks are small and easy to love. But try doing anything fancier than sending e-mail or composing a document, and you'll long to upgrade to an Etch A Sketch. Intel's Atom CPU gives very small devices decent power—but hundreds of bucks to do a handful of tasks adequately? Mmph.
Meanwhile, full-blooded laptops that can easily outperform a mini-notebook are getting more affordable every day. For example, Lenovo's X61, a 12.1-inch, 3.6-pound ultraportable, sells for about $1000. It offers more flexibility and will resist obsolescence better than any current or near-future mini-notebook will
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