Will netbooks exit the stage of history?

The netbook is a notebook computer with a light and low configuration, and has the functions of surfing the Internet, sending and receiving emails, instant messaging, and multimedia playback. Before the advent of the Tablet PC, the Internet was once considered by the industry to be a major impact on the sales of traditional laptops. However, this is not the case in reality, and it is even in a very embarrassing situation.

As a product that has been on the market for many years, the function of the netbook lies between notebooks and tablet PCs. Its consumer groups are mainly those with low requirements for configuration, simple computer applications, and higher requirements for portable performance, especially for students and women. user. However, the tepid market performance of the Internet in these years has revealed that its positioning is unsuccessful.

First of all, from the appearance point of view, there is almost no difference between the netbook and the laptop. The size of the mainstream 10.1-inch netbook is similar to that of a traditional laptop, but it is lighter. This has led to consumers with high mobility requirements preferring to buy laptops in case of lack of functionality at times. Compared with the tablet PC, the latter's touch screen is obviously more in line with the most direct access to knowledge. And with the increasing popularity of tablet PCs, it may be difficult for netbooks to gain the attention of the public. Therefore, netbooks have not benefited from this.

Second, from the hardware configuration point of view, the Internet has a fatal weakness. At present, the main configuration of netbooks at home and abroad is: 10.1-inch screen, 1024x600 resolution, single-core Atom processor. Not to mention that compared with the current mainstream notebook computers (four-core processors, the minimum 1280x800 resolution), even if there is a big gap between the mainstream and tablet computers, the current mainstream tablet computer configuration 10.1-inch screen, dual-core Tegra 2 processor, 1280x800 resolution (iPad 1024x768), and with the development of technology, quad-core tablets have emerged, next year will become the mainstream, larger resolutions will also be used, netbooks will fall into a more unfavorable situation.

A few days ago, a foreign website Blogeee broke news that Samsung will stop producing netbooks and switch to ultra-thin notebooks and tablets. Although Samsung confirmed that the news was not true afterwards, but no wind can not afford to rise, the weather of the Internet market downturn is already very clear. Some industry insiders expect that the Internet will be withdrawn from the stage of history within three years.

In this regard, Acer, the world’s largest netbook maker, has different opinions. In an interview with the media, Acer’s vice president, Lin Xianlang, said that although the growth of netbooks is weak, in some computer emerging markets such as China, India and Indonesia, the market outlook is still bright.