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Title: U.S. notebook users discover ultraportables - Michel Marriott, International H Post by: Mark David on May 12, 2007, 09:38:09 PM Long among the hottest items in Europe and Asia, ultraportable notebook computers - super compact, lightweight laptops that slip into briefcases as easily as a legal pad - appear to be finding favor with American tastes. In cafés and corporate boardrooms and on college campuses, the sleek machines are in growing evidence. Their increasing appeal to Americans, some ultraportable computer makers say, reflects the same attraction as ever-smaller music players and credit-card-sized digital cameras, in both styling and mobility. "The mind-set of the American consumer is changing," said Mike Abary, vice president for Vaio marketing at Sony Electronics in the United States. "It has come to place more value on mobile products. These ultraportable notebooks are mobile products, like cellphones and MP3 players."
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