Following the Eee PC, Everex launched its Linux-based CloudBook Windows XP and Windows Vista models were also introduced and MSI released the Wind - others soon followed suit. Originally designed for emerging markets, the 23 cm × 17 cm (9.1 in × 6.7 in) device weighed about 0.9 kg (2 lb) and featured a 7 in (18 cm) display, a keyboard approximately 85% the size of a normal keyboard, a solid-state drive and a custom version of Linux with a simplified user interface geared towards netbook use. The generic use of the term "netbook", however, began in 2007 when Asus unveiled the Asus Eee PC. More recently, Psion's now-discontinued netBook line, the OLPC XO-1 (initially called US$100 laptop) and the Palm Foleo were all small, portable, network-enabled computers. Apple also had a line of PowerBook Duos that were ultra-portable Macintosh laptops in the mid 90s.
The 6" Libretto 20 dates back to early 1996 and weighed only 840g. The origins of the netbook can be traced to the highly popular Toshiba range of Libretto sub-notebooks. Īn Asus Eee PC 700, the first mass-produced netbook, used a 7 inch screen. As a result of these two developments, netbooks of 2011 have kept price as their only strong point, losing in the design, ease-of-use and portability department to tablets and to ultrabooks in the features and performance field. Capitalizing on the success of the MacBook Air, In response to the MacBook Air, Intel promoted ultrabooks as a new high-mobility standard, which has been hailed by some analysts as succeeding where netbooks failed. At the high end of the performance spectrum, ultra-light portables with a traditional keyboard and display have been revolutionized by the 11.6″ MacBook Air, which made fewer performance sacrifices albeit at considerably higher production cost.
By August 2009, when comparing a Dell netbook to a Dell notebook, CNET called netbooks "nothing more than smaller, cheaper notebooks," noting, "the specs are so similar that the average shopper would likely be confused as to why one is better than the other," and "the only conclusion is that there really is no distinction between the devices." In an attempt to prevent cannibalizing the more lucrative laptops in their lineup, manufacturers imposed several constraints on netbooks, however this would soon push netbooks into a niche where they had few distinctive advantages over traditional laptops or tablet computers (see below).īy 2011, the increasing popularity of tablet computers (particularly the iPad)-a different form factor, but with improved computing capabilities and lower production cost-had led to a decline in netbook sales. In the short period since their appearance, netbooks grew in size and features, and converged with smaller, lighter laptops and subnotebooks. Often significantly less expensive than other laptops, by mid-2009, some wireless data carriers began to offer netbooks to users "free of charge", with an extended service contract purchase. Over the course of their evolution, netbooks have ranged in size from below 5" screen diagonal to 12". Netbooks are a category of small, lightweight, legacy-free, and inexpensive laptop computers.Īt their inception in late 2007 as smaller notebooks optimized for low weight and low cost - netbooks omitted certain features (e.g., the optical drive), featured smaller screens and keyboards, and offered reduced computing power when compared to a full-sized laptop. A Hewlett-Packard Mini 1000 netbook computer, a type of notebook computer
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