The eight-inch Piccolo N150 may be small, but its sharp display and solid build prove it's far from a toy.
  • MattTheProgrammer@lemmy.worldEnglish
    17·
    22 days ago

    I had one of the original netbooks (Asus EEEPC) back in the mid 2000s and I absolutely loved that thing. It was really great for bopping around college and travelling and such and had a killer battery life of like 8 or 10 hours or something like that. I used to run Win 7 dual booted with Ubuntu

    • whotookkarl@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      22 days ago

      Same had a little acer mini laptop in early 2000s I used it for notes, office apps, etc during college and between the battery life and how much more portable it was than the giant laptop I had at the time it was great, it ran BSD without any fuss too.

      • aeroplayne@lemm.eeEnglish
        2·
        21 days ago

        There’s some talk somewhere else yesterday about how PC/laptop sales are tanking. It’s mostly because people don’t want “AI” computer.

        Out of all the things in the past 20 years I miss - it was my netbook. It was amazing in college for me too.

        Some say tablets killed the netbook, but there have been so many failed tablets that are not “iPad.” It’s a real gap in form factor and need

    • dumples@midwest.socialEnglish
      1·
      22 days ago

      I loved my EEEPC. I used while study abroad before smartphones were common. It was great to carry on me at all times. If I needed directions or to check on a website I would sit at a café / restaurant / bar to have a coffee / wine / beer to grab the wifi. It was great and small enough that I could carry it open if needed. I loved it. I thought it was the future until the iPad took over