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Outside of two components; hardware & software pointing method, the components are the same a most $1000 or sub $1000 notebooks. the processors are usually Via, Caruso, or Pentium-m any where from 800 mhz to 1.5 Ghz. mostly because of heat and power consumption. They lack optical media that the notebooks might have and mem is at least 256m. Touch screen and/or electostic pen is not really that different than a touchpad, so it can only add so much, and if it became popular it would become standard equipment, like color screens, usb, firewire, etc. So what is left is the software. Is it really worth $1000 more?

MS is trying to pawn off apps as some sort of special OS not only Tablet, but SmartScreen & Media Center as well. all of these are apps that can be had for windows or linux for under $50. Pen & Internet, Snapstream, Freevo, VLC VNC, etc, etc. What exactly are you paying for?
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Well, this should open the viable tablet market  FilledOut | 12/01/03
Oh No! Uncle Billy!...  GRindinAxTaRupy | 12/01/03
Competition IS good!  chrichton99 | 12/01/03
Following the Leader  ShadeTree | 12/01/03
RE: Copetition IS good!  JakAttak | 12/01/03
Price gouge?  d_jedi | 12/01/03
It's about time!  rdwhitti | 12/01/03
Been to the web site?  Jose Jimenez | 12/01/03
Battery Life  Michael Kelly | 12/01/03
You tell me  AbsolutelyNot | 12/01/03
1 Ghz. VIA CPU. You got to be kidding.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 12/01/03
Let them drive Cadillacs?!?  Robert Crocker | 12/01/03
Definatly.  vdraken | 12/01/03
You missed what I said.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 12/01/03
Poor Bitty  Rick_K | 12/01/03
GEO? vs Cadillac? Try Tank vs station wagon  Sady | 12/04/03
That's the going speed for tablets  Michael Kelly | 12/01/03
You have a problem with competition?  B.O.F.H. | 12/01/03
You read me wrong...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 12/01/03
Do you understand the difference between hardware and software?  B.O.F.H. | 12/01/03
Sure we does  forozco@... | 02/13/04
RE: 1 Ghz. VIA CPU. You got to be kidding.  JakAttak | 12/01/03
Inkwell...  Rick_K | 12/01/03
But wait...I thought competition was a good thing?...  GRindinAxTaRupy | 12/01/03
umm.  d_jedi | 12/01/03
no proof?  frgough@... | 12/01/03
I see proof  LazLong | 12/01/03
But which is the GEO and which is the Cadillac ???  Plain Logic | 12/01/03
Power consumption an price are more important here.  DonnieBoy | 12/01/03
Don't think so...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 12/01/03
If that's true  Jose Jimenez | 12/01/03
99% ....you mean Mozilla  LazLong | 12/01/03
There will be open source hand writing recognition.  DonnieBoy | 12/02/03
The problem is...  Heatlesssun | 12/01/03
If that's the one and only shortcoming....  Jose Jimenez | 12/01/03
I'm not pointing to just one example  Heatlesssun | 12/01/03
Missed the point  Jose Jimenez | 12/01/03
But that is the point....  Heatlesssun | 12/01/03
No, they didn't.  Jose Jimenez | 12/01/03
99% of MS Products....  Rick_K | 12/01/03
Homemade burger or McDonalds  LazLong | 12/01/03
If it was MS  MalumRegnat | 12/01/03
Oh, Really  Jose Jimenez | 12/01/03
That's always been the problem with Linux.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 12/01/03
Yeah, right _AXE_  Jose Jimenez | 12/01/03
Do you mean like DNS/BIND?  B.O.F.H. | 12/01/03
There is opinion  IT_User | 12/01/03
Wrong again Bitty  Rick_K | 12/01/03
TIVO? (nt)  ryusen | 12/01/03
It is not a problem....but a solution  LazLong | 12/01/03
Just tried to but one of these things and this is what happened!  Heatlesssun | 12/01/03
It's back!  Heatlesssun | 12/01/03
Down Again!  rdwhitti | 12/01/03
Nope..  d_jedi | 12/01/03
Why?  Jose Jimenez | 12/01/03
/. ed?  ryusen | 12/01/03
Yo-yo  Yagotta B. Kidding | 12/01/03
1Ghz Via CPU  richman555 | 12/01/03
All depends on your needs.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 12/01/03
Where do you get this load............  Jose Jimenez | 12/01/03
He's rather myopic  LazLong | 12/01/03
More "I hate competition" comments.....  Rick_K | 12/01/03
Huh?  escoles@... | 12/02/03
If site still down heres google cache & Prostar/Sager links  LazLong | 12/01/03
Sorry about the above  LazLong | 12/01/03
Same hardware available with Windows?...  Robert Carnegie | 12/05/03
Competition is good  FilledOut | 12/03/03

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