XPost: comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy   
   From: bowman@montana.com   
      
   On Thu, 8 Jan 2026 05:39:04 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:   
      
   > And *that* was where the higher return rate came from: it was   
   > effectively the death knell of the “netbook” as a separate product   
   > category. Microsoft couldn’t offer a product to compete fairly with   
   > Linux in that category, so it used its still-massive marketing might to   
   > kill the product category.   
      
   Dropping a SATA SSD in my 14 year old netbook did wonders. One drawback is   
   it no longer keeps my balls warm when I'm using it.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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