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Huh? You could argue the netbook had as much impact on wifi as the iPhone did in 2007/2008. Both the netbook and the iPhone went from a very small number of sal

Huh? You could argue the netbook had as much impact on wifi as the iPhone did in 2007/2008. Both the netbook and the iPhone went from a very small number of sales in 2007 to nearly 11 billion for 2008.

pretoriusB 14y ago
>You could argue the netbook had as much impact on wifi as the iPhone did in 2007/2008 You could. And it would be inconsequential. Why restrict yourself artificially to 2007/2008 for an ongoing phenomenon? That is, your argument sidesteps the fact netbooks were a temporary phenomenon, circa 2008, with sales dropping sharply afterwords, whereas the iPhone/iPad continued to grow and influence wifi demand far far more. http://techcrunch.com/2010/09/17/netbook-sales-are-crashing-quick-blame-the-ipad-not-the-lousy-netbooks/ http://techcrunch.com/2010/09/17/netbook-sales-are-crashing-... http://www.pcworld.com/article/250055/are_netbooks_dead_the_prognosis_is_grim.html http://www.pcworld.com/article/250055/are_netbooks_dead_the_... http://www.techi.com/2012/05/netbook-sales-down-34-year-over-year-can-we-call-them-dead-yet/ http://www.techi.com/2012/05/netbook-sales-down-34-year-over...