"MacBook Air is the Biggest Test Yet for Cloud Computing"


	"MacBook Air is the Biggest Test Yet for Cloud Computing"

i5invest

1-21-2008 4:25 PM

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macbook air, apple, microsoft, google, steve rubel, micro persuasion, i5invest, amanda mooney

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1-21-2008 6:56 PM

NonStatQuo

Over priced piece of stupidity ... and this comment is coming from a rabid mac zealot.

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