Nobody has been able to answer the riddle whether it was the chicken which came first or the egg but I have certainly entertained the egg first in this column. In case you are wondering if I am going to hold forth on my culinary skills, let me assure that that’s not the case.
Acer, the world's third largest PC vendor, is a big believer in the future of mini-laptops, or netbooks, and the company gave me a chance to try out its first device, the Aspire one, in an interview last week.