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Comment by sublinear

21 hours ago

How are netbooks dead?

What's the meaningful difference between a netbook and a modern 11-inch laptop?

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trelane  21 hours ago

> What's the meaningful difference between a netbook and a modern 11-inch laptop?

Being cheap, commonly available, and shipping with Linux come readily to mind.

  • catdog  6 hours ago

    Sadly even back in the day mostly some very early models shipped with Linux as Microsoft promptly made sure they don't.

  • sublinear  5 hours ago

    I was implying that the answer has to be nostalgia. Ewaste didn't stop being produced some time in the early 2010s. There's always newer ewaste to look at.

    You can buy more modern laptops made as recently as 2020 that are at least an order of magnitude better in every single way (even including weight) on Amazon and eBay for about $150 USD. They're lightly used and all hardware is supported without any fuss including the touch screens, etc. They're even cheaper if you buy them in bulk. These are institutional selloffs (schools, offices, government, etc.).

    You do have to install Linux yourself though.