| It's a fact. Notebook computers have leapt into the | | | | everyone's using notebooks these days, from sprightly |
| global sales arena with the force and flexibility of | | | | seventh graders to zimmer-wielding septegenarians.But |
| Bruce Lee, effortlessly dispatching their desktop | | | | can this popularity and the incredible global sales |
| competitors with nothing more than a dynamic | | | | figures be sustained?Yes they can. Once you couldn't |
| one-inch sonoma punch.With wi-fi technology | | | | find a notebook for under a thousand dollars, but now |
| blossoming around us, the demand for laptops is only | | | | there are entry level selling for seven hundred dollars, |
| set to increase. The ability to play games, or casually | | | | and even lower with coupons and rebates. Recently, |
| surf the internet in wireless coffee shops and airports, | | | | Wal-Mart began to offer laptops with a linux operating |
| will ensure that notebook computers remain incredibly | | | | systems, and 30GB hard drives for under 500 |
| popular.Laptops, though, aren't just utilized for leisure. | | | | dollars.So just how low can laptop prices go?Can you |
| Mobile technology is also beginning to dictate what | | | | say a hundred dollars?If Nicholas Negroponte, founder |
| happens in the classroom. This is especially true as | | | | of MIT's Media Lab gets his wish, wireless laptops for |
| notebooks are entering the educational arena in | | | | third world countries will soon be available for around |
| ever-increasing numbers. Indeed, schools such as | | | | 100 dollars.2005 - The Year of the Rooster?Think |
| Framingham State College, and the Myron B. | | | | again. This is most definitely the Year of the |
| Thompson Academy have both decided to use | | | | Laptop.Tom Fox writes for Laptopical the Laptops |
| laptops as teaching tools in class.Thanks to the | | | | Weblog - Which offers relevant news commentary on |
| adaptability and portability of laptop computers, retailers | | | | notebooks and mobile computers. |
| enjoyed a bountiful sales year in 2004. Consequently, | | | | |