Peer to Peer Magazine

December 2009

The quarterly publication of the International Legal Technology Association

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the quarterly magazine of ILTA 43 Peer to Peer Y ou don't have to look at research data to see how popular netbooks have become. Just walk into your local starbucks, and you're likely to see a few people with them. Seeing all of these new, smaller computers made me wonder if the legal industry be willing to downsize their computers this radically? Would legal-specific software run on netbooks? And are we ready to change our "bigger is better" thinking and embrace the "do more with less" concept instead, or is this just a passing fad? I went in search for answers from ILTA members, legal technologists, the Twitter community and from personal experience — yes, I made myself a guinea pig for 30 days. The experience wasn't always pleasant, and at times it was tempting to fall back on my old technology. What's the difference? Let's start with the most obvious questions: what are netbooks, and what makes them different than laptops? There are generally four common characteristics of netbooks: they are inexpensive compared to laptops, compact, connect easily to the Web and offer extended battery life. Netbooks are, by definition, smaller by Donna Payne Netbooks Are Adorable, but Will They Last?

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