Netbook market with Disney Netpal

As summer draws to a close, parents are beginning to equip their children for the upcoming school year. And since prices have fallen so netbook recently, many people are now wondering if the time is finally right to buy their 6-12 year-old computer. The only problem is that your laptop is such an investment large enough, let alone be a device rather fragile. And then when you take into account aspects of the Wild West Web ... Well no Mom and Dad sometimes asks me to have the first floor and second thoughts when it comes to getting their child a computer. Chris Heatherly (ie Vice President of Consumer Electronics and Toys for Disney Consumer Products) understands the concerns of parents. He realizes that - although most people today are comfortable with the idea of their children using the Internet - these people still want some assurance that 6-12 years will safe while they are online. More importantly, this new acquisition will not be short of the second person spills a soda on his keyboard. So - with these security issues and design parameters in mind - the team Toymorrow The Walt Disney Company's & ASUS began working together to create the Netpal Disney. The first netbook (which - FYI - have begun to hit store shelves earlier this month) which is deliberately designed to be kid-friendly and parent approved.

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