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Michael Dell: Netbooks go sour after 36 hours
- sireat 17y agoAs the article mentions, it would be very foolish business wise for Mr. Dell to say otherwise. However, netbooks serve two important niches: people who want ultra-portables and people who want really cheap computers to do basic tasks. Those two sets can and do overlap somewhat. For the latter group, one can argue that a really cheap notebook(or older desktop) would work as well as netbook. As for me, the ultra-portability is the aspect that appeals the most. I remember paying ridiculous money for Toshiba Libretto P75 a long time ago. More extreme portability(iPhone, N900, etc) are nice, but they are not running x86.
- aasarava 17y agoI'm curious, how many HN members have bought a netbook? And are you using it as your primary machine? I've been thinking of buying one for the portability, but am worried that I'd keep going back to my workhorse laptop to do anything more than check email / browse the Web / use vim.
- Luyt 17y agoI have an eeepc which I regularly use for webbrowsing and reading docs on the couch (it runs FreeBSD with OpenBox). I find the keyboard too small to type comfortably. So don't ditch your fullsize laptop yet ;-)
- gamble 17y agoSell 15" notebooks for $300 and you'll see netbook sales dry up. I don't think 10" notebooks are going to be a mainstream product in the long term.