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Light and Cheap, Netbooks Are Poised to Reshape PC Industry
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Get ready for the next stage in the personal computer revolution: ultrathin and dirt cheap. Steve Giddens, right, showing netbooks in Atlanta, where the company is offering netbooks for $50 with an Internet plan. AT&T announced on Tuesday that customers in Atlanta could get a type of compact PC called a netbook for just $50 if they signed up for an Internet service plan — an offer the phone company may introduce elsewhere after a test period. This year, at least one wireless phone company in the United States will probably offer netbooks free with paid data plans, copying similar programs in Japan, according to industry experts. But this revolution is not just about falling prices. Personal computers — and the companies that make their crucial components — are about to go through their biggest upheaval since the rise of the laptop.
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