Comments on: Are netbooks bad for the industry? http://www.atmasphere.net/archives/2009/01/26/are-netbooks-bad-for-the-industry a multi-tasked stream of consciousness or perhaps just emails to myself Thu, 18 Mar 2010 14:14:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Cloud computing debate: Netbooks, trust and the N97 | Nokia Conversations http://www.atmasphere.net/archives/2009/01/26/are-netbooks-bad-for-the-industry/comment-page-1#comment-605545 Cloud computing debate: Netbooks, trust and the N97 | Nokia Conversations Mon, 09 Feb 2009 13:26:39 +0000 http://www.atmasphere.net/wp/?p=4269#comment-605545 <!--%kramer-ref-pre%-->[...] Jonathan Greene found a good video discussing netbooks. What’s interesting to me (and which Jonathan points out) is that the original intentions for [...]<!--%kramer-ref-post%--> Kramer auto Pingback[...] Jonathan Greene found a good video discussing netbooks. What’s interesting to me (and which Jonathan points out) is that the original intentions for [...]

]]> By: Jonathan http://www.atmasphere.net/archives/2009/01/26/are-netbooks-bad-for-the-industry/comment-page-1#comment-621526 Jonathan Mon, 26 Jan 2009 20:11:34 +0000 http://www.atmasphere.net/wp/?p=4269#comment-621526 I hope they don't become disposable though I suppose there's a market for that. I would really like to see more power in the smaller package. For me having a very robust system that can do most anything I need is a very powerful concept and something I get a lot of value from. I hope they don't become disposable though I suppose there's a market for that. I would really like to see more power in the smaller package. For me having a very robust system that can do most anything I need is a very powerful concept and something I get a lot of value from.

]]> By: GrahamCobb http://www.atmasphere.net/archives/2009/01/26/are-netbooks-bad-for-the-industry/comment-page-1#comment-621525 GrahamCobb Mon, 26 Jan 2009 15:46:50 +0000 http://www.atmasphere.net/wp/?p=4269#comment-621525 There are two ways for the netbook business to go: <br><br>1) Be a lower tier of the laptop industry -- keep on a power & feature growth path, at a fixed price, just like the rest of the laptop industry, but be positioned at a tier below the "notebook" (lower price, lower performance, etc.).<br><br>2) Drive price downwards, with fairly constant power & features.<br><br>Clearly 1) is the strategy any existing computer manufacturer will want to adopt. It has worked for many years and it applies perfectly well to the netbook tier.<br><br>It seems that you are keen on this strategy. And there is nothing wrong with that.<br><br>However, I would like to see some players go after strategy 2: make the netbook cheap enough that I can have several sitting around the house, leave them in places I often visit, etc. Make them small/light enough that I throw it in my bag whenever I go anywhere (and I don't worry about it getting broken, lost, stolen any more than I worry about my watch).<br><br>This is not appealing to the big computer manufacturers but is likely to appeal to the same people who make other low-cost electronics. There are two ways for the netbook business to go:

1) Be a lower tier of the laptop industry — keep on a power & feature growth path, at a fixed price, just like the rest of the laptop industry, but be positioned at a tier below the “notebook” (lower price, lower performance, etc.).

2) Drive price downwards, with fairly constant power & features.

Clearly 1) is the strategy any existing computer manufacturer will want to adopt. It has worked for many years and it applies perfectly well to the netbook tier.

It seems that you are keen on this strategy. And there is nothing wrong with that.

However, I would like to see some players go after strategy 2: make the netbook cheap enough that I can have several sitting around the house, leave them in places I often visit, etc. Make them small/light enough that I throw it in my bag whenever I go anywhere (and I don't worry about it getting broken, lost, stolen any more than I worry about my watch).

This is not appealing to the big computer manufacturers but is likely to appeal to the same people who make other low-cost electronics.

]]> By: Jonathan http://www.atmasphere.net/archives/2009/01/26/are-netbooks-bad-for-the-industry/comment-page-1#comment-603829 Jonathan Mon, 26 Jan 2009 15:11:34 +0000 http://www.atmasphere.net/wp/?p=4269#comment-603829 I hope they don't become disposable though I suppose there's a market for that. I would really like to see more power in the smaller package. For me having a very robust system that can do most anything I need is a very powerful concept and something I get a lot of value from. I hope they don't become disposable though I suppose there's a market for that. I would really like to see more power in the smaller package. For me having a very robust system that can do most anything I need is a very powerful concept and something I get a lot of value from.

]]> By: GrahamCobb http://www.atmasphere.net/archives/2009/01/26/are-netbooks-bad-for-the-industry/comment-page-1#comment-603804 GrahamCobb Mon, 26 Jan 2009 10:46:50 +0000 http://www.atmasphere.net/wp/?p=4269#comment-603804 There are two ways for the netbook business to go: <br><br>1) Be a lower tier of the laptop industry -- keep on a power & feature growth path, at a fixed price, just like the rest of the laptop industry, but be positioned at a tier below the "notebook" (lower price, lower performance, etc.).<br><br>2) Drive price downwards, with fairly constant power & features.<br><br>Clearly 1) is the strategy any existing computer manufacturer will want to adopt. It has worked for many years and it applies perfectly well to the netbook tier.<br><br>It seems that you are keen on this strategy. And there is nothing wrong with that.<br><br>However, I would like to see some players go after strategy 2: make the netbook cheap enough that I can have several sitting around the house, leave them in places I often visit, etc. Make them small/light enough that I throw it in my bag whenever I go anywhere (and I don't worry about it getting broken, lost, stolen any more than I worry about my watch).<br><br>This is not appealing to the big computer manufacturers but is likely to appeal to the same people who make other low-cost electronics. There are two ways for the netbook business to go:

1) Be a lower tier of the laptop industry — keep on a power & feature growth path, at a fixed price, just like the rest of the laptop industry, but be positioned at a tier below the “notebook” (lower price, lower performance, etc.).

2) Drive price downwards, with fairly constant power & features.

Clearly 1) is the strategy any existing computer manufacturer will want to adopt. It has worked for many years and it applies perfectly well to the netbook tier.

It seems that you are keen on this strategy. And there is nothing wrong with that.

However, I would like to see some players go after strategy 2: make the netbook cheap enough that I can have several sitting around the house, leave them in places I often visit, etc. Make them small/light enough that I throw it in my bag whenever I go anywhere (and I don't worry about it getting broken, lost, stolen any more than I worry about my watch).

This is not appealing to the big computer manufacturers but is likely to appeal to the same people who make other low-cost electronics.

]]> By: Asus Eee PC News http://www.atmasphere.net/archives/2009/01/26/are-netbooks-bad-for-the-industry/comment-page-1#comment-604059 Asus Eee PC News Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.atmasphere.net/wp/?p=4269#comment-604059 <!--%kramer-pre%-->says: January 26, 2009 at 8:55 pm @ netbooker achso weil die software für jeden aufs neue programmiert wird oder wie? die 1000 euro fallen nur einmal an Trackbacks Was andere über diesen Eintrag sagen...Are netbooks bad for the industry?says: January 26, 2009 at 6:04 am [...] to NetbookNews I watched this interesting interview between Xavier from Notebooks.com and Rahul Sood, the founder [...] Benutzerbild einblenden! Bei Gravatar anmelden und Avatar hochladen. Einfach und k<!--%kramer-post%--> links from Technoratisays: January 26, 2009 at 8:55 pm @ netbooker achso weil die software für jeden aufs neue programmiert wird oder wie? die 1000 euro fallen nur einmal an Trackbacks Was andere über diesen Eintrag sagen…Are netbooks bad for the industry?says: January 26, 2009 at 6:04 am [...] to NetbookNews I watched this interesting interview between Xavier from Notebooks.com and Rahul Sood, the founder [...] Benutzerbild einblenden! Bei Gravatar anmelden und Avatar hochladen. Einfach und k

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