Comments on: Netbook Computer Sales Continue to Explode

By: used computers

used computers — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 18:59:31 +0000

Worldwide, HP remains the top selling computer manufacturer although in the US Dell leads in sales but is in very close competition with HP for the top spot.

By: Mike McEvoy

Mike McEvoy — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 20:58:52 +0000

@Dave Slow Computer – Yes, I don’t really see Apple jumping into the low margin/high volume Netbook arena. I think it would cannablize the sales of their $1,000 plus laptops.

While there are many people who would prefer to go with the Mac brand and pay more it really depends on what you want to use the computer for. If you are mainly using it to access the web, send/receive email, access Facebook, Twitter, etc. then what do you get by spending an extra $600 -$1,000 for a Mac book? Another case of the right tool for the right job(s) Pun intended

Thanks for the “heads-up” on the netbooks.ca domain.
–Mike

By: Dave @ Slow computer

Dave @ Slow computer — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 02:38:26 +0000

Mike, I’m that person you mentioned. For a netbook purposes I’d likely just buy the $350 unit over anything Apple pumps out. But that said I think Jobs will never ok the production of a low cost netbook. Not worth it bottom line financial for Apple. Razor thin profit and a large percentage of potential buys are make loyal so they’ll buy used Mac or buy something new and bit the price point bullet.

Total side note , netbooks.ca domain is available from the Canadian domain registry (CIRA-drop process) next week. I’m trying to get it but it might end up costing some big bucks.

By: Mike McEvoy

Mike McEvoy — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 04:11:11 +0000

@Dave Slow computer — Yes, netbooks present a bit of a connundrum for Apple. It may be impossible for Apple to make a “quality laptop for $500″ but a netbook is not a laptop. Personally I think the biggest reason is that an Apple netbook would have a serious impact on the company’s profit numbers.

The two top selling points for netbooks are size/weight and price and not necessarily in that order. Would people be willing to pay say $700 for an Apple netbook instead of $350 for a Toshiba, Asus, Dell, Acer, etc. netbook that is Windows-based? My guts level instinct says no. But I’ve been wrong before.

2010 should be an interesting year in the computer world Thanks for stopping by.

By: Dave @ Slow Computer

Dave @ Slow Computer — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 03:21:07 +0000

Regarding Apple’s lack of netbooks, Jobs has said its impossible for Apple to make a quality laptop for $500. I think thats a cheap shot at everyone else. I’m a mac guy but I’m looking at getting a netbook instead of a $1,000 entry level Apple laptop.

By: Mike McEvoy

Mike McEvoy — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 16:51:29 +0000

@Ashok — Yes, it definitely looks like Netbooks are here to stay. Their rapid growth has surprised a lot of people in the PC industry. Plus a lot of the growth in Netbooks has decreaed the sales of more expensive laptops. The small form factor plus the low cost has captured many people’s interests. New CPUs for Netbooks will be arriving in 2101 so Netbooks will gain more power and performance plus better graphics. It remains to be seem what impact these advances will have on battery life.

It’s going to be interesting to see how things play out with Google Chrome. Having a free OS like Chrome on a Netbook could make the computers even less expensive. However, Netbooks running the free Linux OS haven’t had much of an impact so I think Chrome will have a steep uphill battle.

By: Ashok

Ashok — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 15:42:38 +0000

I think what you’ve written should be a great news for Google in view of the fact that next year Google Chrome operating system is going to be launched for Netbook computers. An annual growth of 264% for netbook computer is really awesome, more so when seen in the context of 31% fall (negative growth) for other computers during the same period. This means that people are buying netbook computers instead of other ones (desktops or laptops). It should definitely please Google.
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