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Let's Remember Netbooks

by akent on 4/19/21, 5:40 AM with 2 comments

• by mikewarot on 4/19/21, 5:48 AM

  I loved my netbook, it was so very much lighter and easier to carry around than my older laptop, and the battery lasted a long time as well. I wanted more storage and RAM, but it was a great machine for the 45 minutes of sit down time each way too/from work on the train.

  The thing that was so special is that it ran normal windows.

• by 1vuio0pswjnm7 on 4/19/21, 8:28 AM

  Still have an EeePC. Used to run NetBSD in the 500MB RAM.

  I wiped the Windows partition to use for building distributions and releases but would love to know how to get a running version of Windows 7 again. Only complaint about EeePC is that it did not come with Windows installation CD.