Duo: the original netbook?

[Mac1337]

I have a Duo(I think a 280C) sitting around somewhere. It was such a sweet machine. It would probably boot up if the battery wasn't long dead. I wonder if the form factor was tight in the early 90s with little internet to speak of, it should be even more so now?

[vicrock]

I had two duos, and I loved them - I still have a 2300 in my office on a shelf. The size was great for travel.

[macphanatic]

Great little laptop. I have a 230C that I upgraded to the 2300 hardware. The docking station for it was a great idea too.

[Harbourmaster]

The problem with the Duo as netbook, then as now, is that there is no connectivity except for the optional modem.

The best option for an early Netbook was the Powerbook 2400c which had a PCMCIA slot that could accommodate a wireless card, once they became available of course...

[gabester]

I nearly picked up a PowerBook 2400c for $1000 instead of a Wallstreet for $2500. Looking back, I wish I had, and invested the $1500 in Apple stock. I'd have bought a Pismo just a couple years later and still been making money in Apple stock.
Oh well.

I think the eMate is closer to the current netbooks in capabilities and functionlity.
g=

[sekker]

the Duo is really the original MacBook Air rather than the current netbooks.

only the duo had a docking function that is lacking in the MBA,

[Acer]

I had a 2400c with a wireless card in the PCMCIA slot, worked beautifully. I even loaded a small bootable OS 8 onto a compact flash card (in a CF adapter for the PCMCIA slot) for the first flash drive mac. But it only had one slot, so you could not do both.