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The first netbooks, such as the ASUS 701 4G and the HP 2133 Mini-Note PC, used Intel Celeron M and VIA C-7M CPUs. Now almost all netbooks use one of Intel’s low-end Atom CPUs, usually the Intel Atom N270 or Z520. Some newer netbooks feature the Atom N280, which consumes less power than the N270. Both these CPUs run at 1.6GHz,have a 512KB cache and a 533MHz front-side bus connection to the memory. The Intel Atom...