[Jeremy] had an ASUS EEE PC 1000HE netbook on his hands which had succumbed to a corrupted BIOS. In most situations, people replace a motherboard when the BIOS is damaged beyond repair, but ...

What exactly was it that made netbooks so great, and where did they go? An Asus EEE PC shown here running Linux. You could run anything on them! Because they were real, full-fat computers.