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Speed and ease of use are nice, but analysts say it's about time manufacturers thought about making notebooks less expensive, too -- but don't expect a slew of cheaper notebooks to flood the market any time soon. It'll be more like a trickle.
Microsoft is planning to hand out tablet PCs to attendees at its CEO Summit on, giving top-level executives a chance to test-drive the new technology.
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TOKYO -- Computer-industry veterans chuckled when Sony Corp. unveiled the Vaio, its purple personal computer, in 1996. But with PC giants including IBM, Taiwan's Acer Inc. and now Packard Bell NEC are phasing their desktops out of stores, Sony is one of just four big PC brands left standing on U.S. retailers' shelves.
ZDNet Australia reviews seven of the most outstanding, high-end notebooks.
Microsoft plans to display a beta version of Windows XP that will run on tablet PCs, a new breed of computers that have touch screens and can read handwriting.
The VGNBZ15GN is Sony's latest business laptop in the Vaio range, and includes the new Centrino 2 platform. A heavy machine with strong performance, but let down by poor battery life.
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