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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Bad news for Apple...
by aahjnnot on Wed 18th Feb 2009 13:14 UTC
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2008-07-24

My guess is that most people buying netbooks also consider a regular notebook but choose the netbook because the extra portability is incredibly attractive; the pricepoint simply adds to the appeal. If I'm right, that's incredibly bad news for Apple - their laptops presently look rather unattractive if you want something very small and light.

RE: Bad news for Apple...
by fithisux on Wed 18th Feb 2009 13:42 in reply to "Bad news for Apple..."
fithisux Member since:
2006-01-22

I buy only desktops and netbooks, no more notebooks. Netbooks come with linux

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