RE: Digital Archaeology: Dell Latitude D610

My definition of netbook is closer to what was the idea of the 'web appliance'. Inexpensive accesible devices that focus on get you online. It reminded me of this device which only do email (see picture). Hence the name (inter)net-book. Or what now we have as Google Nest or Amazon Dot. So running a proper OS is sort of ok only because Linux made it possible. But like I said, Windows wasn't part of the plan, Microsoft just threw money and threats to the manufacturers to get the specs up to where windows was possible. Because trying to push Windows Mobile (from their pocket pc line) resulted in a disaster.