These are strange days to be a netbook manufacturer. On the one hand, low-cost, lightweight laptops are better than ever, with a new generation of processors — Intel’s dual-core Atom chips to be exact — significantly boosting performance. On the other hand, netbooks have more competition: smaller, lighter laptops (such as Apple’s MacBook Air) and tablets that are smaller and lighter still.

For mobile lawyers, that means more options — and potential confusion. Netbooks have always been about convenience: a small, relatively cheap gadget you could stick in a bag when you had light computing needs. Is that reputation still warranted?

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