Netbooks are laptops that are light-weight, economical, energy-efficient and especially suited for wireless communication and Internet access. Hence the name netbook (as "the device excels in web-based computing performance") rather than notebook which pertains to size.
Especially suited for web browsing and e-mailing, netbooks "rely heavily on the Internet for remote access to web-based applications". and are targeted increasingly at cloud computing users who rely on servers and require a less powerful client computer. While the devices range in size from below 5 inches to over 12, most are between 7 and 11 inches and weigh between 2 and 3 pounds.
Netbooks normally use light-weight operating systems including Linux and Windows XPrather than more resource-intensive operating systems like Windows Vista, as they have less processing power than traditional laptops.
Recently, Google has announced to be developing an own operating system called Chrome for this market.
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