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The problem with laptop price vs. computer price, is that you can't really upgrade them. You throw them away. So all thats available, is crappy old laptops, and high prices (see ebay). What would be great would be if there was a standard for laptops, like PCS now. You take off the keyboard, and there you have your modem, hard drive, floppy, processor, memory, and so on. All changeable, just like PCS. Develop a standard, like ATX. No one wants to do this, because they'll lose money on the user when their machine is obsolete-BUT if they do that, AND sell the hardware upgrades, I think there would be a good market here. Especially if you're first to make the upgrades, then you'd have your name 'grandfathered' in. (see sony)

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