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People love taking things on-the-go. And they love smaller versions of the real thing. One of the first real instances of this was the portable CD player. When they arrived, we no longer wanted to listen to music at home or in the car, because now we could listen to it in the grocery store. Yeah, thats right, the grocery store (Sounds strange, but I know a woman whos done that). Or how about popcorn chicken, or Pop Tarts, or iPods? All of these are examples of things we as humans have created to suffice our need to take things with us.

And now, the mini notebook -- a miniature version of a laptop (sometimes called a "netbook") which is more useful for its wireless capabilities rather than its program usage. The Mini Notebook craze is blowing up the nation. These new notebooks are lighter, cheaper and faster than anyone would have ever anticipated. With breakthroughs in portable technology, we now have a new way of thinking about computers with high speeds on low cost/small-sized devices.

The Network Computer In the 1990s, Oracle developed a desktop computer which relied solely on programming. It had no external drives or disk inputs whatsoever. They called it the Network Computer. This was the predecessor for the netbook. Unfortunately, this idea was much too ahead of its time being that Internet speeds only ran at 28.8 kb/s. Its slow speed made the Network Computer seemingly useless and therefore it was eventually scrapped.

One Laptop Per Child Then, in 2005, the One Laptop Per Child organization was founded. Their goal was to create an affordable device to educate children in developing countries. With funding from major corporations, they were able to create the XO-1 laptop by Christmas, 2007. The lightweight device was made to be durable and have a long battery life, and ended up with a price tag of 188 dollars, when purchased by thousand units. The creation of the XO-1 solidified the mini notebook as a real-deal device, and more netbooks followed in its footsteps.

Eee PC Around that time, ASUS delivered what became the standard in mini notebooks, the Eee PC. It weighed about 2 pounds with a 10 inch screen and a keyboard about 85% normal size. Shortly after, Everex, MSI, Dell, and HP all developed their own mini notebooks and by late 2008, mini notebooks were starting to take money away from normal laptop sales.

This craze is now just beginning to bloom. Who knows what the future holds for these devices? What we do know is that we are living on the cutting edge of technology, and we can count on much more to come.