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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. In other news...... by LibertineR · · Score: 0, Troll

    ...."After trying everything else short of rape at gunpoint, thousands of geeks SUICIDAL after discovering that owning a Netbook will indeed NOT get them laid."

  2. Slashdot Users by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    I wouldn't socialize with someone who went to junior college for 6 years, I wouldn't socialize with someone over 22 who worked at Best Buy, I wouldn't socialize with someone who was over 100 lbs. overweight... ... and I would never socialize with a Slashdot user! Sorry, guys. :(

  3. Re:It's fairly obvious why they are so successful. by chappel · · Score: -1, Troll

    In my experience, it's necessary to upgrade a windows machine to newer hardware at least every six years or else it isn't powerful enough to run current anti-virus software.