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    The Poor Man's Netbook

    http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...m=280308190954

    From here

    I think he may be on to something here
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    Re: The Poor Man's Netbook

    and here was me thinking those £100 maplin jobbies were the scrubbers netbook
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    Re: The Poor Man's Netbook

    That's funny! but look at how many page hits it had

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    Re: The Poor Man's Netbook

    Lol that is funny. It's not uncommon to see people make case computers with mini-itx boards but I don't think I've seen them for sale before. Over 13000 hits!

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    Re: The Poor Man's Netbook

    Its all been done before, people have been squeezing pc's in objects before the Atom came, only that one looks like its been half finished.
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    Re: The Poor Man's Netbook

    ^ I think it was a bit of fun, but I apologise sincerely
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    Re: The Poor Man's Netbook

    Quote Originally Posted by Yosh View Post
    Its all been done before, people have been squeezing pc's in objects before the Atom came, only that one looks like its been half finished.
    Yeah. It's not really a netbook when it has to be constantly powered by the mains either.

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    Re: The Poor Man's Netbook

    More like a luggable lol...

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