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== About netbooks ==

[[Netbooks]] are typically [[laptop]]s with small screen sizes (typically 7, 8.9 or 10 inches) and low power consumption. They often use an SSD ([[solid state disk]]) instead of a [[hard disk]], and they lack an [[optical disk drive]]. The name netbook indicates they are intended to be run with [[Internet]] connection, although they can function as (less powerful) stand-alone computers.

They are not powerful enough to run [[Windows Vista]], so they are sold with either [[Windows XP]] or some special variety of [[Linux]]. There are special Linux distributions, called '''netbook distributions''', for these machines. These are optimized for use with small screens, for using SSD storage without wearing it out through repeated writes on the same storage areas, and they tend to include only the most important programs. {{Fact|date=May 2009}}.