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	Texrat	2009-05-26 , 23:21
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This has been brought up before. The netbooks are being final-assembled down the street from where I live (former Nokia factory).

I applied for a job there, but the recruiter told me last week that the current listings were "dumbed down" when Foxconn (Q-Edge) started seeing the salaries... which are now cut in half.

Originally Posted by Thesandlord

Windows

Why am I the only one who voted for Windows? I would vote Windows/Ubuntu, but that was not a choice. Creating a netbook without x86 is suicide (aka an "ARM book" would not survive in this market)

I dispute that. I can see $50 or more shaved off retail cost compared to an equivalent x86 netbook. This shaky market is now driven by consumer cost more than almost any other factor.

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