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But all that's left of the company itself now finds itself employed as a badge on a series of laptops imported by a
Nottingham firm with, it has to be said, almost no interesting features. The only claim to innovation the company can provide is that the screens are particularly shiny thanks to 'Acorn
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It has said it will offer four notebooks: the 12.1in Solo Note, 14.1in Solo Book, 15.4in Desk Note and 17in Desk Book, all equipped with WXGA displays, run
Windows XP and will bundle Sun's Star Office.
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