So what is it about Netbooks and Clouds (Cloud Computing)?. Maybe it is like one of those tunes I can’t get out of my head. Actually, I’m more interested in the Client side of Cloud computing. Just giving the definitions of Cloud Computing was enough for me (see Cloud Computing)

The Dell Inspiron Mini 9 I mentioned in my last blog entry was one of a series of Netbooks from manufacturers as diverse as Hewlett-Packard (HP 2133), MSI (MSI Wind U100 Notebook), Asus (ASUS Eee PC 900), Acer (Acer Aspire One Mini A150-1006 Notebook) and the Dell. These are just a subset of the many Netbooks available.

Wikipedia defines a Netbook as “A netbook is a small to medium sized, light-weight, low-cost, energy-efficient laptop, generally optimized for internet based services such as web browsing and e-mailing.“. The internet-based services part is a hint of the Cloud.

Then there is the Nettop, a “term introduced by Intel to describe “low-cost” desktop computers“.