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Netbook acceptability checklist: 1) Runs a web browser 2) Has k hours of battery life 3) Has "big enough" screen and keyboard These things don't compete on fea
by swolchok 17y ago
Netbook acceptability checklist:
1) Runs a web browser
2) Has k hours of battery life
3) Has "big enough" screen and keyboard
These things don't compete on features, they compete on binary "good enough" and price. They're practically commodities, which is why the industry doesn't like them -- ECON 101 rules about efficiency apply.
Of course, you can still decorate the case to differentiate on fashion.
- pasbesoin 17y agoAdd on: + I don't have to maintain it. (Anti-malware, etc.) + Comes with the applications I want. (Wherever they are hosted -- local or on the net.) Chrome might make the netbook into an (true) appliance. A lot of people would like that. I think the killer feature for Google may be manipulable audio-visual. The ability to insert and control advertising in A/V media. There's a reason they continue to pour money into YouTube.
- netsp 17y agoI disagree. If that were the case prices would have gone down, not up. Since netbooks surfaced there has been feature creep and price creep.