“DisplaySearch expects shipments of almost 33 million mini-notes (netbooks) in 2009 as penetration of these products into the notebook PC market grows to 20% worldwide, according to its Quarterly Notebook PC Shipment and Forecast Report. At the same time, DisplaySearch expects the market for ‘traditional’notebooks (those with displays 12.1” and larger) to be flat Y/Y for the first time…” – DisplaySearch.
The TeleRead take: Part of the reason? The new frugality—in this recession, er, depression. At any rate, lower prices of hardware are good good news for e-books. Better that more money be left over to buy actual e-books! Plus, the lower prices boost the number of potential users. Meanwhile that $130 Asus netbook deal from Geeks.com is apparently still alive.
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“DisplaySearch expects shipments of almost 33 million mini-notes (netbooks) in 2009 as penetration of these products into the notebook PC market grows to 20% worldwide, according to its Quarterly Notebook PC Shipment and Forecast Report. At the same time, DisplaySearch expects the market for ‘traditional’notebooks (those with displays 12.1” and larger) to be flat Y/Y for the first time…” – DisplaySearch.
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