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2012: The year that netbooks died

by dragonquest on 12/28/12, 5:46 AM with 1 comments

• by ISL on 12/28/12, 6:19 AM

  I'm still buying one every once in a while, most recently in 2012. Sometimes you need an actual computer that you can take anywhere, not a tablet. Sometimes you don't have a lot of money. That's what a netbook is.

  I don't think the form factor will ever die. It'll just change names. In a few years, Transformers and Surfaces will be cheap-enough to fill the same niche.

  When Africa impedance-matches with the internet, someone will sell boatloads of netbooks.

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