Netbooks Tech Predictions 2009

I like Netbooks and so does CNN making it one of their top predictions for 2009.

In an excerpt (story here):

Spiraling netbooks

The computer industry now ships more portable computers such as laptops than desktops, and an increasingly important part of the mix will be mini-notebook computers, known as netbooks. Industry sources say computer makers will sell more than 11 million netbooks worldwide in 2008, up from just around a million in 2007, and netbook sales could easily double in the new year.

The appeal of these stripped-down portables (no DVD drive, a lot less processing power) clearly is their equally stripped-down price. Market leaders ASUS and Acer, both based in Taiwan, offer sub-$300 netbooks, and U.S. manufacturers Dell (DELL, Fortune 500) and HP (HPQ, Fortune 500) have netbook offerings of their own.

I have also written about reasons why Netbooks would sell more than 41 million units by 2012 and given that Windows 7 was demoed to run on Asus Eee PC, I think Microsoft should speed up the release of this Windows Vista SP4 operating system.

Netbooks came at the right time when the economy prompted consumers for less expensive alternatives while maintaining productivity and Microsoft should run after this opportunity as fast as they can.

More netbooks articles:

Top Reasons Why 41 Million Netbooks in 2012 is Possible
Windows Vista is Crawling the Netbooks Market
I have Finally Given in to a Netbook, Lenovo IdeaPad S10