[Nottingham] Miss netbooks? Think they were maybe too bulky?

[Fay Knight]

Glad I'm not the only one still using them.  
I'll try and get to tomorrow's meeting.  


On 15 February 2017 10:58:29 GMT+00:00, Martin via Nottingham <nottingham at mailman.lug.org.uk> wrote:
>Strangely enough... As seen at the meetings, I'm still using a decades
>old Acer Aspire One netbook from the first days of the various Linux
>netbooks that did very successfully smash into a new Market niche.
>
>Until that is... Microsoft noticed and then 'persuaded' the
>manufacturers to double the spec and halve the battery life for the
>sake
>of pushing Windows at above twice the original pricing...
>
>More recently, we have the Chromebooks that only just now compare
>favourably...
>
>
>And then there are the "RaspberryPi" netbooks/laptops that keep popping
>up ;-)
>
>
>The GPD is interesting for portability but for myself, I'll be watching
>this one from the sidelines...
>
>
>BTW: Usual Angel NLUG meeting *Tomorrow* !
>
>Cheers,
>Martin
>
>
>On 15/02/17 10:44, Fay Knight via Nottingham wrote:
>> To be fair my old netbook still runs OK with Openbox; comes in useful
>> for meetings where I can't be bothered to lug a full sized laptop
>around.
>> But I would definitely look at something like this when the netbook
>> eventually dies.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On 15 February 2017 10:30:19 GMT+00:00, Jason Irwin via Nottingham
>> <nottingham at mailman.lug.org.uk> wrote:
>> 
>>     Check this out:
>>    
>https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/gpd-pocket-7-0-umpc-laptop-ubuntu-or-win-10-os-laptop--2#/
>> 
>>     Interesting little idea.
>
>
>
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