I lived through this era as a student on a relatively tight budget, and must have been one of the few people who was never tempted to get a netbook instead of p

I lived through this era as a student on a relatively tight budget, and must have been one of the few people who was never tempted to get a netbook instead of putting Linux on my regular 15" laptop. The tiny screen size was the deal-breaker, and a complete no-go from my point of view. I don't understand how anyone got a decent amount of work done on these tiny netbooks.