Tags: Dell, Netbook, tablet
Sure, a tablet is what the market tells you to acquire these days. Personally, I don’t think the netbook marketplace is entirely lost yet, especially if there are models such as Alienware’s M11x R3. Perhaps it isn’t correct to describe the latest Alienware mobile computer as a netbook, even if the size fits the general perception. [...]
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Gateway is now offering AMD’s Fusion E-series processors in its mainstream NV notebook line.
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Free hardware has somewhat become the norm lately,
Office 2010 Home And Student, if you want to promote your new platform (at least if you aren’t Apple or Google). We hear that HP is apparently planning to hand out WebOS tablets and Intel just confirmed that it has given developers MeeGo netbooks.
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Market researchers have lost their optimistic view on growth opportunities for the netbook.
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Intel is ready to release its “AppUp center” from Beta and launch the final version in September, the company said. The store was originally announced in September 2009 and made its beta debut last January. Developer feedback has been lukewarm, but if you prefer a dedicated netbook app store over traditional download services, Intel’s store may be worth a look.
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Both Gartner and IDC said that the global PC market place showed strong growth in the second quarter of this year with Gartner estimating the pace at 20.7% and IDC at 22.4%. said 82.9 million PCs were sold, while IDC put the number at 81.5 million.
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Forrester jumped into the tablet sales prediction frenzy, which generally now indicates that the netbook was just a blip in PC history and forced into a industry niche in the not too distant future. But then we know that we are dealing with a scenario that may be better left to Tarot and fortune tellers,
Windows 7 sale, especially if we see that some forecasts are likely to miss the actual result of 2010.
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Windows 7, Windows XP Home
Just in case you have been wondering, Microsoft reminded us nowadays that it is time to let go of Windows XP. Really. Hey, 81% of netbooks sold these days are running
Windows 7, so who needs Windows XP?
Read more Tags: Intel, Netbook, Oak Trail, tablet
Intel today provided a few more details about its upcoming processor Oak Trail processor that will target tablets. The company also outlined Canoe Lake, which will enable much thinner netbook designs than we see in stores right now.
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Office 2007 Enterprise, Netbook, notebook, tablet
Recent rumors that the marketplace growth of netbooks is slowing are confirmed by Gartner, even if the marketplace research firm does not believe that the iPad has already affected netbook sales and brought them down to a crawl.
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Office 2007 Pro Plus, IE, iPad, Netbook
Last week, some were saying that the iPad was killing netbook sales while others were saying that was BS. At the same time, I was getting calls on how Firefox had made a significant move against IE 8 which had dropped below 60% of the market. All of these conclusions were not supported by the data provided. The first lacked causality and the second any measure of accuracy.
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This new Morgan Stanley Report should not be a surprise for the PC industry,
Microsoft Office Pro Plus 2007, but it should be a much needed confirmation that the netbook idea has not been evolving quickly enough and is threatening the segment’s future: A chart is making the rounds this morning, suggesting that the iPad is already impacting netbook sales in a dramatic way.
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