Most laptops today are loaded with a number of features and are almost as powerful as their desktop. counterparts, but for some cost is still a hindrance. There are a number of people out there who just want to access Internet or use basic productivity applications while on the go, but buying a laptop is an expensive proposition. Also a smaller device is what some ofthe users, such as students, require so that it can be carried easily to colleges or schools in their backpacks. One of the options in the ultra small category is UMPCs (ultra¬mobile PCs), however, they cost a bomb. Also a num¬ber of people are willing to trade high-end features of a notebook with a smaller form factor that runs basic productivity apps.

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This year Intel launched a new line of processors under the brand name Atom, targeted to run devices such as netbooks, nettops and smart phones. Almost everyone these days knows what smartphones are but netbooks and nettops are comparatively newer in terms of awareness. As the name suggests, netbooks and nettops both are nothing else but notebooks and desktops which are meant for Internet browsing and running your basic productivity applications. Ever since the launch of this new processor, we have been eagerly waiting to get our hands on computers pow¬ered by this new microprocessor.