Chris Gohlke
10-23-2008, 11:00 PM
<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.akihabaranews.com/en/news_details.php?id=16877' target='_blank'>http://www.akihabaranews.com/en/new...ls.php?id=16877</a><br /><br /></div><p><em>"Japanese makers have been pretty late in jumping on the NetBooks wagon. Almost a year after ASUS, and due to declining sales in Japan, Toshiba, NEC, and now Epson are launching their Netbooks... The only problem, is they still run XP, there are no Linux versions, and they're MORE expensive than their counterparts in Europe and the US."</em></p><p><img src="http://images.thoughtsmedia.com/resizer/thumbs/size/600/dht/auto/1224796627.usr10.jpg" border="1" /></p><p>Details are a bit sparse, but even the silhouette seems a bit chunky for a netbook. Besides, I'm not real confident we will see these in the US anyway.</p><p> </p>