Vista - Report: Netbooks now one-fifth of portable PC shipments

Earlier this year, it looked like the netbook market might have peaked. But maybe not….
DisplaySearch, a unit of the NPD Group, found that netbooks represented 22.2 of portable computers shipped worldwide in the second calendar quarter of 2009. That’s up from 5.6 percent a year ago, and 17.8 percent in the first quarter of this year. The total notebook PC market exceeded 38 million, according to DisplaySearch’s research.
In its “Quarterly Notebook PC Shipment and Forecast Report,” Display Search also noted that Asus, the pioneer in mini-note PC (netbook) space, “has been steadily losing share because Tier 1 brands like Acer, HP, Dell, Lenovo and Toshiba have become increasingly aggressive in this segment.”

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Report: Netbooks now one-fifth of portable PC shipments | All about Microsoft | ZDNet.com

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Netbook owners are more likely to be disappointed with their machines than people who purchase larger and more expensive laptops, a retail research firm said today.

Just 58 percent of consumers who bought a netbook rather than a notebook said they were very satisfied, compared to 70 percent who admitted they planned to buy a netbook all along, according to a survey of 600 American adults conducted by the NPD Group...

Netbooks disappoint consumers, says survey on Reseller News

Thanks for your article.
As always "Buyer Beware" - & do your homework thoroughly.