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IDC: Netbooks could find a business home
News In the whole of 2008, almost seven million netbooks shipped in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA), IDC said, as the arrival of the first affordale models generated strong interest from buyers. The release of several new netbooks from October...
[February 19, 2009, 14:15]
Netbooks prop up European PC sales
News The continued surge in popularity of 'netbooks', or mini-laptops, helped the PC market in Europe, the Middle East and Africa see strong growth in the third quarter of this year. Laptops and netbooks helped the overall EMEA PC market grow 27 percent...
[October 21, 2008, 10:32]
Netbooks
Talkback The sharp peak in Linux loaded netbooks gives the lie to this assertion. Netbooks though, are not the same deal. The main problem with desktop Linux adoption is that people already have desktops and they don't currently run Linux.
[February 13, 2009, 12:47]
Netbooks turn into Androids
Blog Analyst firm Ovum has predicted that Android, the Google-led open source mobile OS, will appear on Netbooks before too long. It's hardly the most incisive of predictions (and it's been made before) -- most netbooks already run Linux, and Android is...
[March 20, 2009, 12:09]
Intel talks Linux, netbooks and rivalry with ARM
News Imad Sousou is the director of Intel's Open Source Technology Centre, which is behind the Moblin project — aimed at providing optimised Linux technology for netbooks and mobile internet devices. With Moblin v2.0, there haven't been any devices...
[September 17, 2009, 14:29]
Netbooks expected to drive PC-market growth
News According to IDC, Atom-based netbooks are behind this positive outlook. Rival analyst firm Gartner is predicting 5.2 million netbooks will be sold this year, reaching 50 million in 2012. IDC has said recently that 3.5 million netbooks will be...
[September 11, 2008, 11:27]
Ubuntu to run on ARM-based netbooks
News ARM-based processors have traditionally been used in small devices such as mobile phones, but it emerged in October that ARM's technology would soon be used in netbooks, the new breed of small, low-cost notebook PCs.
[November 13, 2008, 15:37]
Shuttleworth talks up app launcher for 'netbooks'
News The launcher is for Ubuntu Netbook Remix, a pared-down version of the operating system, designed for "netbooks", or low-cost laptops. Mark Shuttleworth, who runs Ubuntu's commercial sponsor, Canonical, said the organisation's OEM team developed the...
[June 10, 2008, 16:39]
Intel adds two new Atoms for netbooks
News Intel on Wednesday introduced two new Atom processors for mobile internet devices, or MIDs, such as netbooks, and demonstrated an upcoming Atom-based netbook platform that it said significantly cuts power usage.
[April 8, 2009, 16:56]
Voda avoiding Linux netbooks due to user confusion
Blog Vodafone has dismissed the preinstallation of Linux onto its netbooks, citing consumers' perception that netbooks are equivalent to laptops in their functionality. David Pollington, the operator's head of consumer and internet technical research...
[September 16, 2009, 9:23]
ARM Cortex-based netbooks due soon
News Netbooks using ARM's next-generation processor architecture will be announced soon, according to a senior executive at the firm. In the future we're going to be in netbooks," said Coombs. Coombs refused to explicitly name manufacturers who might be...
[October 23, 2008, 12:25]
The article CLAIMS it is testing Netbooks in the title
Talkback The article CLAIMS it is testing Netbooks in the title. It is NOT testing ANY Netbook components and the results are completely misleading. If they wish to test desktop components, that's fine but do NOT claim that the results are representative of...
[February 11, 2009, 18:18]
Mobile business bolstered by netbooks
News The analyst also says netbooks will also gain ground in the enterprise, as they offer an inexpensive way of boosting the effectiveness of employees in the field. The unwired enterprise is on the march, according to a new report by analyst house...
[May 7, 2009, 11:58]
Linux on Netbooks - Hope for the Future
Blog Comment It is only the Windows 7 'Starter Edition' which will come installed on Netbooks with a heavy upgrade price to a fuller featured version. That should help to give a boost Linux on Netbooks, despite the lack of support from retailers - just moving...
[October 27, 2009, 13:29]
Linux on Netbooks - Hope for the Future
Blog As I see it, the first netbooks came along shortly after the release of Windows Vista. The fact that Vista was an absolute pig on netbooks gave Linux an opening, and several of the first few netbooks came preloaded with Linux.
[October 28, 2009, 8:43]
Sony: Netbooks are 'in-between' products
Video While netbooks look like being a major seller this Christmas, Sony is one company that has stayed away from the format, preferring to offer its Vaio laptops, which are seen by many as expensive. While others might panic over sales, the head of the...
[December 19, 2008, 15:18]
Reports: 8.9-inch netbooks out, Android in at Asus
Blog Separate reports have also revealed how the manufacturer is contemplating putting the Android operating system onto netbooks. ZDNet UK has contacted Asus' UK representatives to confirm that the manufacturer will no longer sell 8.9-inch netbooks...
[February 20, 2009, 10:31]
Windows 7 on Netbooks
Talkback Nevertheless, I don't like the sound of a crippled version of Win7 for netbooks, shades of Vista Basic and all the bad PR that went with that. Lets face it, M$ do have to make a play for netbooks but I do not have to like their monopoly.
[March 16, 2009, 8:35]
Win 7 on Netbooks? Easy to do.
Talkback I wouldn't be surprised to see coupons attached to Win7 equipped Netbooks.refund for Win 7 Starter edition (Windows7 for FREE) OR $50 off Windows Home Basic. The big question is how fast will it be. I usually try out Betas on slow or older hardware...
[March 20, 2009, 7:11]
Definitely Netbooks to Blame, uh-huh
Talkback Oh yeah, it's definitely netbooks, it couldn't possibly be that Vista gulps buckets. Just think how bad their revenue would have been if Microsoft hadn't been forcing all those customers who wanted (and needed) nothing more than Windows XP to buy...
[January 23, 2009, 8:26]
