"Netbooks" of the past

You know with all the hype about netbooks, it got me thinking about laptops of the past. I have a dell latitude x300 that is just as fast and last just as long as todays netbooks. With a 12 inch screen (which looks like the next trend in netbooks), less than an inch thick it is a very portable machine and the best part is you can still pick them up on ebay for a reasonable price. I got mine off of ebay for less than $100 minus a hdd and charger but i had those things laying around from older units.

It seems like everything goes in big circles in the tech world, ultra portables used to be the next big thing then everybody decided they wanted that huge 17 inch display then the eee pc came out touting its tiny 7 inch screen and everybody went crazy for them, then it was 8.9 ,10.2 and now companys are launching 12 inch netbooks. It just came back in a full circle the only difference is, when new, my dell cost around two grand and now the same specd netbook with the same size screen is around a quarter of the price. Its gonna be interesting when "netbooks" will have 20 inch screens and sell for $250