> Depends on the old laptop—during the netbook craze, 7-11 inches wasn't uncommon. Playing devil's advocate: I have one of these in my hand right now (an EeePC

> Depends on the old laptop—during the netbook craze, 7-11 inches wasn't uncommon. Playing devil's advocate: I have one of these in my hand right now (an EeePC netbook). It's around 22cm x 16cm, around 27cm diagonal, which Google tells me corresponds to around 11 inches. But it's thick, around 3cm at its thickest point, and also somewhat heavy. (I'd really love to have a more modern device in that form factor; it's a missing step between large phones and small notebooks. This niche seems to have been filled by tablets, but unfortunately they don't have quality keyboards, and most importantly, they don't run the same general-purpose operating system I use on normal notebooks.)