Will netbooks die off as the economy recovers?
Liliputing has a great post here which is based on an Information Week article.
My own view is that Netbooks are helped by their low cost, but that is not their point. Their success is more about their form factor and utility in a low cost package. There will not be a recovery and increase in cost as the market recovers, primarily because netbook or laptop – the price of a computer in the UK is now fixing itself between £250 ($380) and £400 ($600) – $1000 computers are in the past in the same way that $2000 computers are.
Computers are getting into their sweet spot for price and the profit is being impacted by the OS cost. Microsoft is one who must adapt – their OS is now the most expensive single component in the package. I think Microsoft needs to think about its Microsoft tax and less about the Apple tax.
