Netbooks Now Make Up 20 Percent of PC Shipments
Netbooks Now Make Up 20 Percent of PC Shipments
Posted 09/01/2009 at 5:51am
| by Paul Lilly
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Whoever claims netbooks are just fad clearly isn't paying attention. Driven in large part by Intel's Atom platform, the low-power, ultra-portable form factor has been responsible for sustaining both worldwide PC market growth and worldwide processor sales, and continues to climb the portable PC shipment charts..
According to DisplaySearch, which is part of the NPD group, netbooks accounted for 22.5 percent of all global mobile PC shipments in the second quarter, representing an increase of 5.6 percent from a year ago, and leaping 17.8 percent over first quarter 2009 numbers.
With this kind of growth, netbooks are on pace to seriously challenge notebooks in the not-too-distant future, particularly in Europe, where they had a 32.9 percent share in the second quarter. Such strong growth presents a double-edged sword for both PC makers and Intel, all of which see lower profit margins with netbooks compared to traditional notebooks.
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DriZzLe
September 01, 2009 at 11:16am
I just bought an Eee pc 900a & installed windows 7 rc on it. It runs like a champ with full aero effects. I dropped a 32 gig SuperTalent ssd & a 2 gig stick of ram in it & it is now a very fast, powerful(for it's size)& extremely portable tool. All for just over 300 bucks usd.
I showed it to my Father-in-law & he loved it so much, he had me get him one, too.
So, that is 2 new sales to add to the numbers...lol
lunchbox73
September 01, 2009 at 11:04am
It's the low price. People that don't better are buying them as their main computer.
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