PCs shed pounds, CD drives, gain touch screens

Courtesy MSNBC.com: Gadgets  Sun, 11/01/2009 - 14:13

Netbook computers, on display at Best Buy in Mountain View, Calif., have become popular in the past year, even though they don't come with built-in optical drives.<br /><br />They do carry a low price tag — $250 to $350 — and with weights of 2 to 3 pounds make it easy to browse the Web on the go.PCs  are changing.

Visit an electronics store and you might also find laptops are missing a familiar component. You could experiment with new ways of controlling some computers.

And you'll see laptops slimming down.




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