When new, the netbook came with Windows 7 Starter Edition, which [Igor] replaced with Ubuntu Netbook Remix 10.04, which was its own adventure, but the netbook worked well and got dragged around ...

One of the most popular of these was Asus' Eee PC (pronounced E-P-C). The second generation of this series is now making its way to market and the Test Center took a look at the Windows XP version ...

What exactly was it that made netbooks so great, and where did they go? An Asus EEE PC shown here running Linux. You could run anything on them! Because they were real, full-fat computers.