How would you change the netbook as we know it?

Netbooks, by definition, have been around for years now, and while the vast majority have left the 7- to 9-inch realm, hardly any have bothered to show up with a respectable 720p panel. Furthermore, hardly any have deviated from the strictly held hardware line, which generally consists of an Intel Atom N270 / N280 processor, GMA950 graphics, 1GB of RAM, a 160GB hard drive, Windows XP and far too few USB sockets. Oh sure, we’ve seen an Ion-based machine trickle in every now and then, and AMD definitely has our interest piqued with Congo, but we’re honestly exhausted by the torrent of netbooks that just seem to look exactly like one another internally. This week’s question is dead simple: if you had the power to flip the netbook arena upside-down, how would you go about it?

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