perhaps, but chromebooks still come in laptop sizes these days. Other than a few stragglers (e.g lenovo duet), the majority of chromebooks are 12-14 inches.
If you are chasing the form factor, macbooks are serious competitors with really good battery life and tactile feel.
The beauty of netbooks was that ~10 inch form factor. Really the perfect companion device without needing a special bag to carry.
In many ways netbooks were a over a decade too early, and came right before the mobile hardware computing boom.
Netbooks are still not feasibile today, modern web design has made smaller lower res displays completely unusable today.
Tech Companies are trying to push foldable phones and tablets into this niche - but there was always something nice about a keyboard.
If you are chasing the form factor, macbooks are serious competitors with really good battery life and tactile feel.
The beauty of netbooks was that ~10 inch form factor. Really the perfect companion device without needing a special bag to carry.
In many ways netbooks were a over a decade too early, and came right before the mobile hardware computing boom.
Netbooks are still not feasibile today, modern web design has made smaller lower res displays completely unusable today.
Tech Companies are trying to push foldable phones and tablets into this niche - but there was always something nice about a keyboard.