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Netbooks Have a Huge Impact On the PC Industry

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the i-can-has-netbook dept.

Xbm360 writes "A report from researcher Canalys said 13.5 million netbooks were sold globally in the 1st half of 2009. Telecom companies have several bundling deals, with about 50 operators selling netbooks. The success of netbooks also surprised Microsoft & forced them to lower the prices of their XP Home licenses, to regain marketshare over Linux."

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  1. It's fairly obvious why they are so successful... by TheKidWho · · Score: 5, Funny

    You don't need the latest CPU or graphics chip when all you do online is watch porn.

    A netbook does fine, heck you can even hold it up with one hand while keeping the other busy!

  2. Re:Taken with a grain of salt by Karganeth · · Score: 5, Funny

    What were you in your former life? A library?

  3. Re:Taken with a grain of salt by just_another_sean · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yeah but he *is* a major university. I'd say his data is more then just anecdotal.

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  4. Re:Tons sold, how many ppl like them? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    One person in general got a netbook from there husband.

    I don't even know where to begin with this sentence...

    What sentence?

  5. Re:Taken with a grain of salt by rainmaestro · · Score: 2, Funny

    Okay, not all people using laptops in class are assholes.

    I've had professors that would cover 100+ slides in a 50 minute class. I can't write fast enough to keep up, but I *can* type fast enough. I sat in the back so I didn't disturb anyone.

    With a netbook, the noise is minimal. The keys are usually pretty quiet, and there is no fan noise.

    I do recall one asshole, though. He sat two rows ahead of me, and had a laptop. He used to watch porn in class. I don't remember a single lecture =)

  6. Re:Warning by FlyingBishop · · Score: 3, Funny

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  7. BASIC usage by tepples · · Score: 3, Funny

    despite having upgraded my processor and ram several times in between (mainly for stuff like gaming, video encoding, source compilation, etc), for BASIC usage my newest machine, a 2.5Ghz Phenom with 4GB of RAM, doesn't really feel any faster than my old Athlon 1.2Ghz with 1GB of RAM felt.

    Might that have something to do with feature additions in Visual Basic eating up all the gains from your faster CPU? (See Wirth's law.)

  8. Because they're flashing you by tepples · · Score: 4, Funny

    How come you know that porn uses Flash video?

    If they're flashing you, they're showing you their private parts. Otherwise, it wouldn't be porn.

  9. Re:Tons sold, how many ppl like them? by Enzo1977 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Did anyone else notice the parent's homepage link to their freelance writing and editing service?

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  10. Re:Tons sold, how many ppl like them? by CopaceticOpus · · Score: 3, Funny

    If it wasn't for my horse, I wouldn't have spent that year in college.

    </Lewis Black>

  11. Re:It's fairly obvious why they are so successful. by MobileTatsu-NJG · · Score: 3, Funny

    Actually, an Atom N270/N280 has a pretty hard time playing back Flash video...

    What about upskirts?

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  12. Re:Warning by leromarinvit · · Score: 5, Funny

    And this is what happens to people who serve big photos to Slashdot:

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