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jdub an hour ago

Alan Cox had a pre-netbook netbook smaller than a VHS tape at linux.conf.au 2001, and milled about chatting with colleagues and fanboys while his kernel builds scrolled by in the background. Everyone would gawk at the strange little machine.

It was Japanese, naturally.

At linux.conf.au 2007 we chose a smaller conference bag, designed to carry your electrical accessories and nick-knacks... it turned out to be the perfect size for the new EeePC (and later the MacBook Air 11").

paradox460 an hour ago | parent [-]

HP used to have extremely small laptops in the early 90s, specifically the omnibook 300

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HP_OmniBook