Netbooks Boost Notebook Market

Netbooks (or Mini-Note as they call it) are hot, (pun intended) and their market is growing. DisplaySearch, a market research company, has released a new report that takes a look at the netbook market (and the notebook market in general). They claim that the netbook … Read more

LAPTOP Magazine’s 2008 Dubious Mobile Achievement Awards

LAPTOP Magazine has published the “LAPTOP’s Dubious Mobile Achievement Awards 2008” list, and netbooks were prominent (but not for the reason you maybe thinking). Asustek and their Eee PC family got the “Brand Dilution Award” for the numerous netbook models and naming variations they released … Read more

Dell Mini 9 and Netbooks as a Development Platform

Scott Hanselman has posted a good writeup on the Dell Mini 9 from a developer’s point of view, and why netbooks are getting a bum rap by some. I’m actually surprised at the development environment he’s running on his netbook (including server software). He mentions … Read more

Samsung NC10s – Too Popular?

It seems like the Samsung NC10 maybe the hot new netbook to have these days, similar to the MSI Wind U100 when it originally rolled out, along with the early Asus Eee PCs. Samsung says it may not be able to meet all of the … Read more

Netbooks Dominated Amazon’s Cyber Monday Sales

Even while some are debating whether netbooks have any influence in the netbook/PC market, sales from one of the biggest online retailer’s “Cyber Monday” are proving that netbooks are here to stay. PC World kept an eye on Amazon.com’s Bestsellers in Computers and PC Hardware … Read more