The people of Toshiba and Acer revealed that 90% of purchases being made of their netbooks are made with Windows XP instead of with their equivalent in Linux. Besides Dell also endorsed this and said that the percentage they sell is about the same. And it seems that many people who buy them have problems with Linux, because the rate of return of these computers is much higher than those with Windows XP.

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Now Sony also joined the world of subnotebooks. People from Digitimes reported that a manufacturer is prepared to begin producing the new Sony minicomputers.

Subnotebook Luka Daewoo LUCOMS produced especially for kids. It was fashioned with learning intentions and is based on the Intel PC classmates.

These are some important feature:

* Procesador Intel Celaron de 900MHz. Intel zeal of 900MHz.
* Pantalla LCD de 9 pulgadas. 9-inch LCD screen.
* 512MB de RAM. 512MB of RAM.
* 30GB de HDD. 30GB HDD.
* WiFi.
* Slot para memoria SD. Slot for SD memory.

The computer Subnotebook Luka, which will have Windows XP, will cost approximately U.S. $ 500.

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