If you have a very light user you can actually move those things to the center. You don't need to have a disk or a browser or anything all that powerful on a client. The lure of the low end is bringing changes in the semiconductor market, too. The Success Loop Historically, the PC industry has fueled its own considerable momentum by setting the technology bar ever higher. Both the corporate and the consumer markets for many low-end solutions have had unglamorous beginnings.
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