The origin of the netbook can be referred back to the OLPC (one laptop per child) concept. Thanks to Asus and Intel, the products (initiative=epic fail?) that were made since the initiative began for developing countries, had started the change the norm surrounding that of subnotebooks. The products changed the definition that was used for ultra-portable laptops before 2007. Thus, these subnotebooks are even smaller than previous subnotebooks and are more cost-effective.
In the consumer world, these products held positive feedback overall and when this happens, other manufacturers join in on the fun and started planning for their own subnotebooks. Eventually the term changed from subnotebooks or ultra-portable notebooks to simply netbooks by Intel since these computers were greatly designed for Internet-usage. For a more in-depth history check out Netbook History 101.
The year 2008 probably marks the first significant year in the growth of netbooks as companies such as Acer, Asus, Dell, Hewlett-Packard, and Sony have rolled out their first line of netbooks.
So far in 2009, netbooks haven't really improved vastly, though that could change during the summer of the same year.
The idea of netbooks catchs on with societal norms due to the light-weight, inexpensive, and functional device that can be used virtually anywhere.
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