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Low-cost? ultra-portable? According to who? Based on what measure? --
Catchi? 15:37, 31 July 2007 (UTC)
I browsed the pages that are included, and the primary target is exactly that -- low-cost ultra-portable personal computers (the pages often say either low-cost or ultra-portable), so that's what I've changed the name to. Come on, you don't suggest that Rural computers is a better term, do you? :) Putting the fact keyword behind low-cost ultra-portable is a bit excessive for this case, IMHO.
MureninC14:38, 1 August 2007 (UTC)reply
Template inclusion criteria too vague. Since mobile computer covers everything from a cart computer through desktop replacement laptops through graphing calculators, that doesn't narrow the field very much.
I also think that the low cost part is questionable at best. It appears to be POV/opinion, rather than verifiable fact. (Low cost can be anything.) Cost is a marketing buzzword, so everybody will claim to be low cost. Many of the devices listed cost as much or more than regular laptops. A quick trawl through any computer review site would probably find a dozen or more reviews mentioning whatever laptop as "low cost," and therefore presumably meat to go on this template.
The template needs some clearer, more objective criteria for inclusion/exclusion (or else it will grow too huge to be useful).
Zodon (
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06:18, 5 June 2008 (UTC)reply
What about renaming to "Netbooks and
Nettops"? Sure, both articles contain the similar "low-cost" wording, however, that is most likely to be better profiled in the near future.--
Kozuch (
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15:05, 5 June 2008 (UTC)reply
Should we do a clenup to adhere to the new name of netbooks? OLPX XO-1 and some more may not qualify for netbooks...--
Kozuch (
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12:26, 14 June 2008 (UTC)reply