Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 28th Nov 2008 12:42 UTC
Netbooks are still all the rage these days, but according to Intel, this is going to change soon. The company has stated that they first thought that netbooks, who are almost exclusively powered by Intel chips, would be for emerging markets, but as it turns out, they are especially popular in Europe and North America. Intel claims that while these devices are "fine for an hour", they are not something for day to day use. And AMD? They are ignoring the market altogether.
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Member since:2006-01-19
The netbooks will to to the notebooks what the x86 PC did to the SGI IRIX workstations.
They will be increasing in calculation power while staying low on price and power consumption.
It will take its time, but the netbooks will continuously eat into the lower end notebook market.
Member since:2006-10-11
The netbooks will to to the notebooks what the x86 PC did to the SGI IRIX workstations.
They will be increasing in calculation power while staying low on price and power consumption.
It will take its time, but the netbooks will continuously eat into the lower end notebook market.
They will be increasing in calculation power while staying low on price and power consumption.
It will take its time, but the netbooks will continuously eat into the lower end notebook market.
I don't think so. The notebook form factor is much better suited to do actual work during travel than the netbook. I even have an anecdote relating to Intel's and AMD's claim: I recently had to fall back on a company 12" Dell Latitude 430 (or something) for a business trip, because my 14" FSC Lifebook 6510 died unexpectedly. I enjoyed the better portability of the Dell, but working during the 4 hour train ride was almost impossible. After about an hour I gave up and tried to surf the net. Not fun, either. So I just shut it down and read a book.
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2006-01-06
I don't know if I'd call netbooks a "niche" market. They brought ASUS from a back end supplier up to a household brand, and also vaulted acer up to the top of notebook sales (if you include netbooks in there).
I for one believe that the netbook craze is reflective of a general trend...one away from increasingly higher powered, higher heat, higher cost hogs to cheaper, lower powered commodity appliances. Whoever truly figures out this appliance market has the potential power to make themselves the next household seller. If AMD & Intel don't want to lead in this market then I'm sure there are others who can get there....I have the ARM folks in mind, who I really believe should have tried this market a long time ago.