The netbooks obviously gaining a lot of attention recently, thanks to the OLPC & Asus Eee PC who ‘invent ‘ such a cool device and open a way for fierce competition from other manufacturers. Like what I’d wrote yesterday, there are bunches of netbooks on display during my visit to KL’s Pikom PC Fair as well.
Come to the stat, Hitwise’s top 10 most searched for computers by UK Internet users during November 2008, shows that netbooks accounts for 1 in every 7 computer related search. It is also predicted that netbooks will continue to gain market on the expense of computers, especially during the ‘credit crunch’ crisis and the price that lower than its more & powerful sibling.
Started as a low cost computer as an alternative to a full-fledged computer, now netbook has been marketed as a gadget that peoples buy for mobility purpose or secondary computer. Such marketing was fruitful with millions of unit shipped so far.
Samsung NC10 surprisingly topping the Top Netbooks cart with Acer Aspire One and Asus Eee on 2nd and 3rd place respectively. This is a stark contrast with image of Acer Aspire One and Asus Eee which is very synonym with netbook before other player jump on the wagon.
And although Dell is the most search brand in November, Dell Mini Inspiron only ranked on distant 7th place. The stat doesn’t include netbook such as HP Mini or Lenovo Ideapad.
