These were killed off by tablets.. why?

I've never understood why tablets took off besides being used in commerce or infecting children with autism but it pissed me off that it killed netbooks. I've loved these little things, felt like a hackerman.. can we have them back or are they gone for good.........

>felt like a hackerman

>hackerman

netbooks are too slow for anything

also
>felt like a hackerman

Not one of those bezel cucks that complains about a 1 inch bezel but really that shit looks awful.

Gone for good, although you can buy a cheap small chromebook and put a real distro on it.

I agree though - netbooks could at least be used for content production/development, whereas tablets are solely good for consuming.

But that's the world we live in now, unfortunately.

Kys you degenerate

>1inch
1cm*

You can still buy 11 and 12 inch laptops and there are others like the GDP pocket. They're gone because a smartphone is more comfortable to use than that cramped little keyboard.

I still have my Samsung NC10 (best netbook ever made, bought it around 2007), also bought a new battery 2 months ago, its running on Gentoo. Yes I'm unemployed and I don't have gf. No I enjoy my life.

netbooks came out 10 years ago AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
WHAT AM I DOING WITH MY LIFE

Most people want computers for very simple tasks that don't really utilize a keyboard.

Eee PC is still going isn't it?

...

X131 Intel i3 1.9ghz, 16 GB RAM, intel hd4000 master race.

>netbooks are too slow for anything
I tried the GPD thingy with the Atom, does 99% of everything needed just fine.

>those bezels

all living things are made from carbon, does it make all earth's living things 1/5 autistic?

Ultrabooks came back and killed tablets anyway

Netbooks are shit, these 2in1 docking laptop/tablets are objectively superior in every way, instead shitty atom you have underclocked i3/i5, it can be used like tablet and when you need keyboard or dedicated gpu just dock it.

oh the Atom
that one ain't bad yeah

thought you meant the early netbooks that were shit

Is it strange that I want this?

>DELL XPS 13 9365
>macbook air 11 size
>13" screen
>slim
>lightweight
>3200x1800 screen
>faster than any netbook

Isn't this good enough for you?

Or if you want really small there is GPD Pocket 7" and GPD WIN 5.5"

...

>that goddamn bezel

>tablets solely good for consuming

Lmao, nope.

bought myself a gpd pocket couple of weeks ago.
use it mostly for programming on the go, movies and very light gaming (dosbox, emulators, ...)
took some time adjusting to the keyboard, and everything is way too small onscreen, otherwise pretty good thing

Wasn't there a deal with Intel, so that netbooks would be restricted to only use Atom's and max. 4gb of RAM, so the netbooks won't compete with laptops?

>tfw born in the wrong era

Actual hackerman here.

That bezel is too big even for light hacking.

>1/5 autistic?

>1 of the 4 mentioned elements
>1/5th

You need to work on that autism skill.

This.

Tablets aren't even good for consuming.

- glossy touch screens are difficult to read off
- can't stand on their own so uncomfortable to watch movies on.
- so ergonomic they cause a condition called "tablet neck" if used for too long.

>tablets
I think you mean smartphones.

I miss the ASUS Eee PC. Ridiculously underpowered, but a decent thin client for remote CLI applications. Regrettably, I sold the one I had back then because a student had to eat.

> Not an X61

Because they were shitty.

Slow, more expensive for what you got, shit quality, shitty at running applications you would get a PC over a tablet for in the first place unless you're just some autistic hipster who wants to write shitty hello worlds on the train

Dell XPS or Panasonic Toughbooks for work.
Tablets for social media.
That's my guess.

Slap an ssd in an amd e450 netbook, and you had a very decent system.
Could even play civ 5 on low settings better than on my i7 surface fucking pro 3 today

>Could even play civ 5 on low settings better than on my i7 surface fucking pro 3 today
What's wrong with your i7 surface fucking pro 3, hardware damage?

Or you could get the tablet version