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The kitchen is the only use case I can see working. A netbook/laptop is far more usable in bed than a tablet would be.

>> "have a bluetooth keyboard in your hotel room for blogging and email"

The bottom bit of a laptop isn't just there for the keyboard, it's there to hold the display at a nice viewing angle. So you'd need some extra device for that as well.

Maybe it'd take off, who knows...



I'd rather hold the screen with my hand. I hate the way my laptop jiggles around every time I shift my weight when I'm sitting on the couch. Plus, when I'm reading in bed I like to turn from my back to one side to the other side. A laptop kind of pins you into one position. Not really, of course, but it makes you want to stay perfectly still even when you start to get uncomfortable.




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