Two models brandish Eee PCs at an Asus press conference in October 2008, back when netbooks were at least sort of glamorous
Remember netbooks? Back in their golden age which was around four years ago I wrote about them a lot.
I liked having them around as a computing option and found it amusing that the same PC industry that was selling them by the million didn’t seem to like them very much. At the time, industry experts kept confidently predicting the imminent demise of netbooks but consumers ignored the experts and kept on buying ’em.
Still, it’s obvious that netbooks peaked a long time ago. They lost whatever sex appeal they had the moment the iPad was announced, and it’s been years since anyone announced an interesting one.
Read also:
Apple's iPad kills the netbook; will MacBook Air devour notebooks next? (Computerworld (blog))
The Netbook Is Dead, Long Live The Netbook (Forbes)
TECHNOLOGY: Why Apple killed the Netbook (Southgate News Herald)
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