mjdxp2d ago
why did we ever abandon netbooks as a form factor

instead we should have made them less terrible by not putting CPUs that can barely calculate what 1+1 is, giving them more RAM, and by not putting windows 7 starter on them
Show threadjiub   
@[email protected] china is bringing them back! i've had a chuwi minibook x for about a year now and it fills the same niche as the original netbooks did

only difference is, the n150 cpu is way more capable than the atom-based cpus, and it has a decent amount of ram and storage

it took a bit of tweaking to get everything working on linux (there's a guide to getting it working) but it's been awesome since then

https://boingboing.net/2025/03/10/chuwis-minibook-x-n150-is-a-great-and-inexpensive-little-laptop.html
Chuwi's Minibook X N150 is a great (and inexpensive) little laptop

While it uses the same processors as cheap plastic netbooks, the 12GB of RAM makes a difference and I haven't felt pinched when multitasking.

Boing Boing
Mar 22 at 8:06pmWeb
Show threadmjdxp2d ago
@jiub this actually looks pretty cool, and it's not too expensive for what it is, i doubt it's possible to repair it though