Exactly, How Different is a Netbook From a Notebook?
When netbooks were first introduced, life in the netbook market was a lot simpler. Netbooks were those cheap mini-me versions of regular sized laptops. with their cheap price also came their less powerful performance against the desktop PCs and the regular-sized laptops.
But the newest models of netbooks are bound to blur the lines between netbook and notebook.
The Netbook becomes More Powerful
The blurring of distinction marks between the netbook and notebook is expected to become more acute with the arrival of the Windows 7 operating system. unlike Windows Vista, Windows 7 is designed to work on Netbooks and may provide a good computer experience for users on of low-priced models. while this may be good for consumers, it is not necessarily good for netbook sellers. Netbooks are being trumpeted as secondary computers, not as replacement computers, which is bad if you’re trying to sell something during a recession.
The LCD Screens are Growing
In the beginning, a seven-inch laptop was considered a netbook. Then it became 8.9-inches to 9 inches. Then it became 10 inches. this wouldn’t have been a problem, except that regular sized laptops are 13 to 14 inches. and it wouldn’t be a problem too if it didn’t seem like netbooks are growing in sizes.
So what is exactly is a netbook?
It was the One Laptop per Child Project that gave rise to the netbook market. The project was originally intended for children in developing countries. However, Asus made the project accessible to ordinary consumers when it offered the first Asus EEE PC in 2007. The first netbook model had a 7-inch screen, little chiclet keys, a solid-state memory, and Linux operating system instead of Windows.
A lot of things have changed since then, and you can see so many incarnations of the netbook as there are many manufacturers. Dell, Sony, and Hewlett-Packard all have different takes on the same netbook.
It would seem that only Acer and Asus agree on what a Netbook is. Both seem to define a netbook as a low-power notebook with a 9-inch screen with a price ranging from $300 and $400. For them, netbooks are not meant for much beyond connecting to the Internet and for basic computing functions. Both manufacturers are based in Taiwan and both have captured the lion’s share of the netbook market in the United States and Europe. Acer netbooks have done particularly well in Europe.
