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The netbook did change laptops to be smaller and (Windows) cheaper then they were before they came out. I bought my wife an EEE netbook and it was super cheap a

by baldfat 11y ago

The netbook did change laptops to be smaller and (Windows) cheaper then they were before they came out. I bought my wife an EEE netbook and it was super cheap at $499.

creshal 11y ago
Meh. Subnotebooks were a thing before netbooks and after (until they were killed by cheap ultrabooks), and $250 notebooks faster than the eee crap existed before, if you bothered looking.
- icebraining 11y ago
  To my recollection, you could buy a small laptop or a cheap one, but the combination was almost impossible to find until netbooks came out. Before them, it was the UMPC/Project Origami craze, and they cost $700+. Even in '09, the cheap subnetbook market was very badly served. I got a 12" HP DV2, but it cost me $500, and that because it was on sale, since it originally retailed for $730.
  - jacquesm 11y ago
    Toshiba Libretto, Compaq Aero. Ok, that's long ago but those were netbooks in just about every sense of the word.
    - icebraining 11y ago
      I'm not sure what exact models you're referring to, but the one's I'm seeing were all $1500-3000 machines.
      - jacquesm 11y ago
        That's not what I paid for them. Even so, computers back then in general were more expensive than they are today and 'inexpensive' is a fairly relative term for something that you earn your living with. The last one in that formfactor that I bought was an acer aspire one, probably also not a netbook by some definition but extremely convenient (especially with the built in cellular modem).
kbenson 11y ago
Since when is $500 "super cheap" for a netbook? The original EEE was ~$250 (depending on Linux or Windows).
- anonbanker 11y ago
  Chromebooks are $250 new, with a haswell proc.
  - scholia 11y ago
    Though you can get real Windows laptops for less than that.... EDIT: for whoever downvotes simple statements of fact... Lenovo - Ideapad 100s 11.6" Laptop $199.99; HP - Stream 11.6" Laptop $199.99; New! Dell - Inspiron 11.6" Laptop $199.99. http://www.bestbuy.com/site/searchpage.jsp?id=pcat17071&st=laptops%20under%20$200&cp=1&qp=currentprice_facet%3DPrice~%24150%20-%20%24199.99^operatingsystem_facet%3DOperating%20System~Windows%2010 http://www.bestbuy.com/site/searchpage.jsp?id=pcat17071&st=l...
    - creshal 11y ago
      Those "real" Windows laptops have smartphone CPUs (and less RAM than recent smartphones, to add insult to injury); and run in the same price spectrum as Chromebooks – there's $200 ARM Chromebooks, too. Actually useful versions cost around $250+ in both cases.
      - sccxy 11y ago
        Which laptop & smartphone CPUs are you talking about? I haven't kept up with news lately. Could you post some links
      - Retric 11y ago
        Some smartphones surprisingly decent specs. 1440 x 2560 pixels Quad-core 2.1 GHz Cortex-A57 3 GB RAM 32/128 GB SSD And 2 cameras / other smartphone features. But, they cost 2-3x what a netbook does.
      - 11y ago

by baldfat 11y ago

The netbook did change laptops to be smaller and (Windows) cheaper then they were before they came out. I bought my wife an EEE netbook and it was super cheap at $499.

creshal 11y ago

Meh. Subnotebooks were a thing before netbooks and after (until they were killed by cheap ultrabooks), and $250 notebooks faster than the eee crap existed before, if you bothered looking.

icebraining 11y ago
To my recollection, you could buy a small laptop or a cheap one, but the combination was almost impossible to find until netbooks came out. Before them, it was the UMPC/Project Origami craze, and they cost $700+. Even in '09, the cheap subnetbook market was very badly served. I got a 12" HP DV2, but it cost me $500, and that because it was on sale, since it originally retailed for $730.
- jacquesm 11y ago
  Toshiba Libretto, Compaq Aero. Ok, that's long ago but those were netbooks in just about every sense of the word.
  - icebraining 11y ago
    I'm not sure what exact models you're referring to, but the one's I'm seeing were all $1500-3000 machines.
    - jacquesm 11y ago
      That's not what I paid for them. Even so, computers back then in general were more expensive than they are today and 'inexpensive' is a fairly relative term for something that you earn your living with. The last one in that formfactor that I bought was an acer aspire one, probably also not a netbook by some definition but extremely convenient (especially with the built in cellular modem).

kbenson 11y ago

Since when is $500 "super cheap" for a netbook? The original EEE was ~$250 (depending on Linux or Windows).

anonbanker 11y ago
Chromebooks are $250 new, with a haswell proc.
- scholia 11y ago
  Though you can get real Windows laptops for less than that.... EDIT: for whoever downvotes simple statements of fact... Lenovo - Ideapad 100s 11.6" Laptop $199.99; HP - Stream 11.6" Laptop $199.99; New! Dell - Inspiron 11.6" Laptop $199.99. http://www.bestbuy.com/site/searchpage.jsp?id=pcat17071&st=laptops%20under%20$200&cp=1&qp=currentprice_facet%3DPrice~%24150%20-%20%24199.99^operatingsystem_facet%3DOperating%20System~Windows%2010 http://www.bestbuy.com/site/searchpage.jsp?id=pcat17071&st=l...
  - creshal 11y ago
    Those "real" Windows laptops have smartphone CPUs (and less RAM than recent smartphones, to add insult to injury); and run in the same price spectrum as Chromebooks – there's $200 ARM Chromebooks, too. Actually useful versions cost around $250+ in both cases.
    - sccxy 11y ago
      Which laptop & smartphone CPUs are you talking about? I haven't kept up with news lately. Could you post some links
    - Retric 11y ago
      Some smartphones surprisingly decent specs. 1440 x 2560 pixels Quad-core 2.1 GHz Cortex-A57 3 GB RAM 32/128 GB SSD And 2 cameras / other smartphone features. But, they cost 2-3x what a netbook does.
    - 11y ago