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Technology News – Stooping sales graph of netbooks
Netbook was a trend setting, ground breaking little computer designed for people who prefer for a lightweight, portable computer. Netbooks was purposely intended to meet the requisition of Web browsing and online content consumption and to complement the device it could also accommodate light office work. But netbook could allow only a limited capability of performance owing to its usage of the first Intel Atom CPUs and also the starter versions of Windows that was a hurdle to its extent of performance. Microsoft allowed a license of a meager usage of 1GB of RAM that was limited enough for the initial Windows netbooks perform. Other significant limitations that were not much appreciated were its cramped keyboards, low-resolution tiny display screens of 7- to 10-inch. No sooner than Asus developed and announced the advent of the first Eee PC range of tiny laptops there was a horde of products that were instantly launched by computer companies to prove themselves the best option as a netbook. Being considerably inexpensive, lightweight, and at a moderately jagged appearance, netbooks gained ground with the considerably fast and reliable 802.11n Wi-Fi standard. Though considered to be a aptly filling a valuable niche, but with the arrival of tablet PCs netbooks failed to prove to be a value alternative to a tablet. Despite, tablets being the hot new category of computers and are at top craze, analysts find it too early to conclude tablets to be responsible for the downfall of netbook sales. Netbooks are still in vogue but the considerable downfall has become a real concern; its inherent causes are still being analyzed. Experts believe that the sudden downfall in sales is surely not indicative of the certainty of netbook death. |
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Netbooks when launched had become the apple of one’s eyes and was the most talked about gadget of the time. It enjoyed a huge hype and hoopla due to its eccentric look, portability owing to light weight, long battery life and above all highly economical. It was an apt instrument primarily used for the purpose of extensive web browsing. 2007 witnessed an overwhelming array of inexpensive, portable and proficient little laptops that evolved with the name tag of a netbook. Since its launch, the netbook craze had no bounds. But suddenly there was a sharp downfall in its demand. According to a technology news United States have registered a sharp decline in sales since the year 2010 and the trend is common throughout the World market.