Crowdfunding is bringing the netbook back

While I am not familiar with any offers in the 7-to-9-inch range, in the 11 inch bucket there are a couple offers such as this Acer:

https://www.acer.com/ac/en/US/content/series/aspireonecloudb...

HP, Lenovo and Dell have similar offerings for around US$200. I have a slightly older Acer that, while not as small as my AOA150, which my wife used to call my "makeup case", is still small and cheap (I got it from B&H for about US$160).

But why? Windows netbooks were so slow.

Chromebooks are much better alternatives for general Internet use.

I think the article is wrong to call the showcased devices "netbooks". Netbooks were a laptop-lite, with a slightly smaller size. The Dragonbox Pyra is more like a micro laptop, the size of two big smartphones stacked on top of each other. It's a different size category and that's what makes it interesting.

Only problem I had with netbooks were the keyboard. My hands are kinda big...