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From: RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com>
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Subject: Re: can crowdfunding bring back the netbook?
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Walter Banks <walter@bytecraft.com> writes:

> On 2017-03-12 8:53 PM, RS Wood wrote:
>> From the «sent from my netbook, as a matter of fact» department:
>> Title: Can Crowdfunding Bring Back The Netbook? Author:
>> help@slashdot.org Date: Sun, 12 Mar 2017 18:44:00 -0400 Link:
>
>
> AT one point Netbooks made a lot of sense. I am currently traveling, I
> have not one but two windows small tablets with me (and an android
> tablet) I paid <$100ea for the windows tablets new and they run all my
> development tools. They will also access a keyboard/mouse and USB 2T
> drive if needed.
>
> Netbooks these days would have a lot of competition.
>
> w..

Maybe.  My main machine these days is a Lenovo netbook - about a 12"
screen I think.  Decent keyboard, very portable.  I've got tablets but
they all run Android and I find myself missing my custom bash scripts,
emacs, vim, jed, joe, gkrellm, plus a decent keyboard.  I can get lots
done on tablets (esp. with a bluetooth keyboard).  But I still find
myself using this netbook almost every day.  Somehow they must scratch
different itches.