Star Netbook Sales Rise Sharply in Europe
Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 18th Feb 2009 11:46 UTC
Hardware, Embedded Systems We already knew netbooks were popular, but according to new data by research firm IDC, they are even more popular in Europe than we anticipated. The firm says that in 2008, netbooks sales accounted for 30% of total consumer portable sales in Europe, the Middle-East, and Africa. A big contributing factor are the telecommunication providers in Europe who subsidise netbooks.
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Richard Dale
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2005-07-22

New initiatives from AMD, Intel, and Microsoft will also help the industry to reinvent ultraportables in a more affordable packaging.


I wonder what the initiative from Microsoft will be. They have set the pricing of Windows 7 to be much the same as for Vista, although I believe you will be able to buy a crippled version of Windows 7 for less money that only runs three programs at once. What if I want to run the three applications email, irc and instant messaging as well as something else like a web browser? How does that square up with 'more affordable packaging'?

To me Microsoft are appearing to be irrelevant in one of the fastest expanding sectors of the computer market, which is big news.

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