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NewsForge: The Amazing Shrinking PC

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Rob Reilly
Apr 14, 2006

“Behold the OQO model 01+ tablet edition palmtop. It’s a
self-contained mobile PC system in a 4.9×3.4×0.9-inch metallic
case, tipping the scales at a minuscule 14 ounces. If you need a
fully functional PC at the absolute extreme end of the portability
scale, this is the machine for you.

“The OQO no lightweight in the feature department. This baby
sports a 1.0GHz Crusoe processor, 512MB of RAM, a 30GB hard-drive,
10/100 Ethernet, 802.11b/g Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and an 800×480 color
touchscreen with a slide-over thumb keyboard…”

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