I miss netbooks. There, I said it. Yes, they were always super cramped to use, packed touchpads that even a mouse would describe as “a little small,” and they were drastically underpowered to boot. But there was something special about having such a tiny Windows device for getting stuff done.

But after testing the world’s first glasses-free 3D laptop-handheld hybrid at IFA 2025, I had a crystallizing moment — the netbook craze has been in front of me the entire time and I just didn’t see it.

As my friend Cale Hunt over at Windows Central surmised, gaming handhelds are the new netbooks. Reading his thoughts last month, I wasn't convinced. But after going hands-on with the Digiera Holomax, he's definitely onto something!

Let me explain why.

Power play

One thing that I sure am glad isn’t

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