Intel's Revamped Classmate Goes the Convertible Tablet Route

Intel announced their newest version of the education-focused budget laptop (netbook, really) called the Classmate. It's not the cheapest netbook around, but it's packing some features that definitely endear it to the education market more than your bog-standard Atom-based machine.

The Classmate line is designed mostly as a low-cost, durable, functional machine for primary schools, but the first generation's paltry storage and surprisingly mid-range price kept it from really catching on...