The PC industry has always evolved this way, starting when Toshiba and Compaq rode high on the original notebook wave.

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Rivette, a New Wave original from a half-century ago, now seventy-nine years old, creates an atmosphere of unrivalled stillness.

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The original iPad and its first wave of rivals measured about 10 inches across, but more recent entries such as Amazon's Kindle Fire and Google's Nexus 7 have been 7 inches -- small enough to slip into a coat pocket.

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