Can Linux win netbooks back?
In a world that’s seemingly filled with doom and gloom, and stories of failing revenues, pink slips and ever-tightening budgets, the computing industry has found itself something of a salvation. Kick-started by Asus with its Eee PC line, the netbook – as we’ve now come to call it – has been a revelation.
These low-powered, compact machines are selling for just a few hundred pounds at most, and yet are providing the kind of e-mailing and office functionality that a core audience has clearly demanded. What’s more, these netbooks are doing it without the frills, and most crucially of all, the price tag. Sales of 50 million units are predicted in 2012, and there’s a whole lot of growth in the next year or two to get there.
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