Comment by tmp10423288442
1 day ago
Yes, they seemed like a good idea - they were really cheap, and had decent battery life for the time - but the compromises were such that you really wouldn’t want to buy another netbook if you could. After the first few releases, the MacBook Air became what the non-cheapskate buyers of netbooks wanted.
> compromises were such that you really wouldn’t want to buy another netbook if you could.
This is directly contradicted by the existence of Netbook fans.
How many of those are there? How many compared to the 15 million (mostly) first-and-only-time buyers?
Netbooks are almost unique in tech history in how flash-in-the-pan they were. Crypto somehow had more staying power.
The parent was speaking in absolutes, that beyond just didn't work for anybody. A handful of examples is more than sufficient to disprove it.
On the other hand, you're arguing that the majority didn't buy it again. I've not seen any proof one way or the other. Do you have some?