Can the new Googlebook succeed where other Google-books failed?

Believe it or not, laptops are suddenly interesting again. Apple kicked things off in March with the MacBook Neo , a $599 laptop that felt like an aggressive attempt to do to the low end of the market what the MacBook Air did to the middle. Even with a $100 price hike this week due to the rising cost of components, it remains a cheap and cheerful MacBook that puts its Windows competition to shame on the merits.