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This past, now and future of the netbook(2)

Posted in Computers
June 3, 2011

this life of the netbook

The concept of the netbook this rolled out, immediately ordered raked in the mobile market in China has a pen fortress team saw new business opportunities. Now that reduce the performance laptop can also do a similar to the notebook computer Internet terminals, mobile phone that existing platform can make do with use?

Originally wanted to put out feelers X86 to PC outside of the portable applications, the netbook this concept Intel adriel ARM a will RISC architectures expanded to PC range of opportunities. In the ARM related to this chip venders make platform for online at the same time, impatient fortress groups have been eager to bring Atom, this market opportunities as soon as possible. The netbook preempted

The development and production of the netbook astounding started. Intel's laptop clients very worry, fear of being part of the netbook this laptop computer market fretting off. For Intel, laptop computer market for profits from far outweigh the Atom profits, so Intel had to shoot the market in order to protect the netbook control notebook computer market. So, to stop the rubicon Intel Atom fortress team supply of powerful.

This end, Atom stop supply, and that a, the ARM related chip supply fortress team still do not reach the designated position, a bit into the swamp embarrassing rainy day.

And from the netbook market demand perspective, this also appeared a unexpected situation: manufacturers this will the netbook market positioning in old people, children, such as ordinary workers use only laptop 10% performance crowds, unable to buy laptops crowd, even so-called 3, 4 class city crowd. And, in fact, research firm iSuppli data show that, at present the crowd to buy online, "79% of people will this as second Internet access the netbook equipment". In other words, the existing Internet this purchase crowd, the vast majority are high-end consumers (they already have a computer, and the ability to purchase second Internet terminals). Therefore, we can see that the netbook this location and the actual market conditions gap is very big. What went wrong? Is the positioning error? Or consumers do not train up?

If you really like research company that gives the data, 79% of Internet this consumer is high-end consumers, so, this ZhongDiDuan market for good at go fortress team is undoubtedly a blow. (to be continued)

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