Ad_Astra

A classic example of what you're talking about is Los Angeles. Almost the entire stretch of land between Santa Barbara and San Diego is developed, and so now you see ever-growing hordes of people in the more inland, desert communities.

Curious, when did you attend? Current fees alone are close to $11,000/year at the UCs now. Nonresidents have it even worse.

Well, MTBF could be tested manufacturer-side too. I'm not sure why HP/Lenovo/et. al. have not come out and said "After exhaustive testing, we've shown our netbooks last the wear-equivalent of X years of average usage, which is Y years/months more than that of competitors Z, A, and B."

My feeling is that they consider netbooks disposable and their "real" notebooks to be the focus of QC.

I feel that your two statements do not agree well with one another. On the one hand, I do agree with you about the eventual future of education.

However, I feel the timeline on that is fairly long, and it doesn't seem likely nothing else will be disrupted before that.