History of Netbook 1

History of Netbook 1



Netbook has now become a  popular electronic devices. With a long battery life and small size are generally accepted students and office workers. The price is also approached  .Here is some amazing product.

Psion 3(1991)

 1991 Psion 3 release. Psion 3 compared to the laptop is closer to the PDA. It can run multiple programs, including a dial-up modem . 

Toshiba Libretto 20(1996)

Toshiba Libretto 20 Configuration: 6.1-inch display, 486 processor, running Windows 95, then can be described as impressive stylish machine. Libretto 20 has rated as one of "the history of the 25 greatest PC"  by PC World .

Casio Cassiopeia(1998)

Casio Cassiopeia pocket-sized computer has set a new standard for pocker-size computer. It's running Windows CE 1.0 and equipped with 480X240 LCD touch screen.

Psion netBook(1999)

Psion netBook equipped a 7.7 inch VGA solution(640X480) screen. Running Windows CE .net and the battery can using for 7.5 hours. It's quite similar with other netbook launched this year.


OQO Model 01 (2004)

The OQO Model 01 is not quite a laptop, not quite a tablet, but it has mixed functions of all three.


Intel Classmate PC (2008)
E PC 700 (2008)






In 2005, more than China's first 2999 ​​yuan a year earlier also published laptop, OLPC plan, the purpose is very simple, for the developing countries, manufacture of $ 99 notebook computers for. OLPC has not  powerful configuration, but with a flash memory hard drive, wireless networking, ultra-small size and excellent endurance. The concept quickly learn from other companies, ASUS introduced E PC 701 , Intel, introduced the Classmate PC.
reference:
1. Clare,'Netbook history 101:The risk of the netbook' , available from http://animalcules.wordpress.com/2008/12/22/netbook-history-101-the-rise-of-the-netbook/ (accessed on 10th Oct 2011)
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