The netbook is dead, according to my editor-in-chief Larry Dignan. I’m inclined to agree with him frankly; as Gartner and IDC project that netbooks will not sell as many as they have done before, or even ever.
Chris Dawson, education enthusiast, to some extent disagrees and sees the wide opportunity for younger users to easily get themselves into technology. Plus, on a strange level, netbooks are mini-laptops for smaller people - children in particular. Still, Chris hopes netbooks won’t go away any time soon. Again, I’m inclined to agree but for the student market, there is not much place for netbooks.
I could walk into any lecture theater on campus and pick out from the 200 students in there around 50 of them are using laptops, and only 1 or 2 are using a netbook. Students don’t see a benefit in getting a netbook, with the exception of the compact size and lighter weight.
Netbooks are smaller, thinner, more “lightweight” (in more ways than the obvious) laptops. The screens are tiny, the keyboard is - well, the same size - but there isn’t much room for error, the memory capacity is low and there’s nothing more than an on-board graphics and sound card. They’re not meant to be fantastic, but should bridge the gap somewhat between a smartphone and a laptop.
But Steve Jobs says that’s what the iPad will do. And though I hate to admit it, he has a point when he said, “…but netbooks aren’t good at anything”. Maybe battery life - I’ll give you that one - but nothing else.
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Ο Steve Jobs PC Magα δεν είχε δίκιο μόνο σε αυτό. Είστε σκατόμυαλοι εκεί στην Windows πλευρά των πραγμάτων και σας βάζει γκολ πάνω από 10 χρόνια ο Steve Jobs και ας παίζει ενώ ήταν ετοιμοθάνατος, μέσα/έξω σε νοσοκομεία, τα μισά χρόνια από αυτά.
Δεν σας χαλάει που τα βάζετε με άτομα με "ειδικές ανάγκες" και πάλι χάνετε!
IDC on Monday rolled out its 2010 PC industry predictions and became the second major research firm to note that mininotebooks, or netbooks, will hit the growth wall and plateau.
Why? Portable PC prices are coming down and netbooks just don’t have the differentiation to compete with more full featured computing devices. Netbook prices will have growth rates of low double digits, just below the portable PC average, said IDC in a statement.
Gartner mentioned the same theme for netbooks last week. In its 2010 forecast, Gartner said that mini-notebooks will fuel growth this year and then fade.
Add it up and it appears that the bandwagon calling for the death of netbooks is filling up. I can’t say I disagree, but the switch in the consensus view is notable.
Among the notable calls from IDC’s 2010 outlook:
-Ultrathin notebooks will account for less than 5 percent of total portable PC shipments. IDC says the focus on ultrathin PCs will continue, but the value to the consumer isn’t clear. Actually, my biggest hang-up in my notebook shopping has been the underpowered chips in ultrathins.
-Don’t expect average selling prices to continue to tank.
-Portable PCs with WiMax embedded will surpass shipments with 3G chips embedded.
-All in one desktop market share will double to be 10 percent of the desktop market.
-10 percent of enterprise desktop deployments will be virtual.
-The launch of Apple’s iPad won’t spur demand for Windows-based Tablet PCs. In other words, Apple’s iPad is a unique product that won’t suddenly make those newfangled tablets a big category for the also rans.
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