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Petite laptops with small screens and even tinier price tags may do more than shake up the computer hardware industry: They might loosen Microsoft's grip on the computer operating system.
Buyers of these laptops -- dubbed "netbooks" or "ultra-low-cost notebooks" -- are more likely to consider open-source Linux operating systems as an alternative to Windows than those who buy more powerful computers, analysts say.
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