But because a lot of things that people do with computers, such as e-mail, writing and web browsing, do not require fancy graphics or lots of processing power, netbooks can still be extremely useful.
Consumers, too, are required to make disputes in writing and mail them to collection agencies with an actual stamp.
Everyday there is a good amount of time spent writing e-mail replies in a timely manner.
Writing in the Mail on Sunday, Chancellor George Osborne said he took "no great pleasure" in reducing people's benefits but that it was needed to ensure a "brighter future".
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"As an 2018 ambassador, I felt it would be hypocritical to continue earning a salary writing for the Mail on Sunday when they've clearly damaged our chances of hosting the 2018 World Cup, " he told BBC Radio 4.
Writing in the Mail on Sunday, the MP - touted by some as a future leadership candidate - said the coalition "is about to enter the last chance saloon" and must consider a radical programme of tax cuts, including phasing out employers' national insurance contributions.
Investor communications are best delivered in writing, either through mail or e-mail.
If you need a personal computer for writing and simple electronic mail, even a used PC with a 486 processor will be fine.
Writing in the Daily Mail, Melanie Phillips said there might be a case "for some kind of basic testing of jurors' cognitive abilities".
But writing in the Daily Mail, Lord Carey - who was Archbishop of Canterbury between 1991 and 2002 - said the bishops "cannot lay claim to the moral high-ground".
For me writing an e-mail often takes quite a bit longer than a phone call because I must craft it much more carefully, people often read and reread e-mails multiple times.
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I've skimmed The New York Times, read a few updates on Facebook, checked a Yahoo account that consists mostly of spam and spent a disproportionately long time writing an e-mail connecting two friends in Beijing.
Mr. MELANIE SLOAN (Director, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington): There was no reason for Abramoff to be expecting anybody else to ever be reading this e-mail, so he was just writing things as they happened.
But It could, at least, become part of the charismatic CEO's learning curve: "When I joined in 1980, we had about 30 employees, and we never dreamed, in our wildest imaginations, that we would eventually employ over 50, 000 people in more than 70 countries, " Microsoft's CEO was once quoted as writing in a company e-mail.
Certain disclosures are required to be made in writing and sent to consumers via snail mail .
But no-one asked about the mysterious Wales Office Minister John Davies MP, "Wales Office Minister on Rural Economy" who has been writing for the Daily Post and the Western Mail.
In one of the most significant shifts in the move from mail correspondence to online, the RBS Group has been writing to seven million customers informing them of the shift to quarterly statements.
He created the genetic algorithm that runs the app after reading programming books and forums, writing the code during his summer vacation and sending mail shots to the tech press to get coverage.
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Simply scheduling an e-mail for future delivery is pretty easy--just a matter of writing it and setting a send date in the future.
So because I want the space back in my e-mail inbox, my question remains: Why are my fellow PR people still writing and distributing so many worthless news releases?
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Instead, the FTC recommends writing a letter and sending it and copies of supporting documents via certified mail to the credit bureau.
He also personally addressed an inquiry by e-mail from Nancy Keenan, the president of a pro-choice foundation who was writing in response to a controversy over Siri directing abortion questions to pro-life clinics.
He said Revenue and Customs would never send an e-mail to anyone saying that they are due a refund, but would instead contact them in writing.
They share an e-mail address, which meant that it was sometimes difficult for me to ascertain who, precisely, was writing.
Blogger has a simple interface for writing posts and uploading photos, which is similar to using a Web-based e-mail service to write an e-mail.
Asma, who boasts in one e-mail to a friend that she is the "REAL dictator" in her relationship, reciprocates the affection, once writing her husband a short poem.
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