"After beginning in late 2007, the age of netbooks is coming to a close. Acer and Asus, the two remaining top-tier manufacturers of the small laptops, are ceasing netbook production today, reports the Guardian’s Charles Arthur. For a computing market that appeared to have unstoppable growth early on, the rise and fall of netbooks happened quickly. It should remind us that disruptive new technologies can quickly erode a product’s market share and even the viability of a product class itself."The Netbook is Dead. The iPad Killed It - Businessweek
Thursday, January 03, 2013
The Netbook is Dead. The iPad Killed It - Businessweek [GigaOM]
I suspect most people who tried to use Windows netbooks would agree it was more suicide than murder
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Also see Apple Killed the Netbook:
http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/technology/2013/01/what_happened_to_netbooks_apple_s_ipad_and_macbook_air_killed_the_400_former.html
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