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Sony fears the Asus Eee PC. It worries the elfin notebook’s low price, low spec approach could cut the bottom out of the laptop business. “If [Asus' Eee PC] starts to do well, we are all in trouble,” Mike Abary, a senior VP with Sony US’ IT products operation, told Cnet.

“That’s just a race to the bottom… if mainstream buyers buy it then whoa…”

Abary’s fear is clear: let punters know they can do what that want to do computationally on a small, very cheap machine, they won’t want to pay out for expensive upgrades sporting the latest processor, graphics and screen technology.

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