Think Netbooks are Dead? You're Wrong!http://aroundthe.net The netbook market is expected to maintain shipments of about 30 million units in 2011 with the top-three vendors to ship about six million units each, according to the word on the street here in Taipei. Netbooks are Dead is a catch phrase thatâs been going around since the release of Appleâs iPad. However, it appears that the manufacturers have recently changed their position after looking at the market and believe that netbooks still have a place.
The reasons for this change of heart is they realized they are likely to have difficulty earning good profits since smartphone vendors are also aggressively cutting into the market. So it seems that many are changing their plan to have more balanced approach rather then dropping netbooks for tablets.
They have good reason for keep netbooks around, Intel is in fact earning a strong profit and AMD has recently entered the netbook market with its latest APU which will make the segment more attractive due to competition. Its exciting times ...
