Market analyst, DisplaySearch, has released its findings for the third-quarter of 2008 into the state of the Netbook market. The report highlights that Acer with its Aspire One is the most popular device on the market, pushing the Asus Eee PC into second place.
Acer wth its single machine, albeit available in as many different versions and price points as there are Asus devices, managed to take 38.3 per cent of the market. Asus is a close second with 30.3 per cent, while HP brings up third place with 5.8 per cent of the world mareket.
We were expecting MSI to have a bigger share than 5.7 per cent, as it has sold its Wind Netbook to PC World, LG and Medion. However, these sales have been quite localised and DisplaySearch figures work on a global overview. Late entrant Dell makes it into fifth place with just 2.8 per cent of the market. Overall, 5.61 million Netbooks shipped worldwide during Q3, up 160 percent on Q2.
Overall, 5.61 million Netbooks shipped worldwide during Q3, up 160 percent on Q2. However, we're not sure if these figures actually details units sold or simply the number pushed into the market place, as this can drastically alter the reality. Simply having them sat in a warehouse doesn't equate with what has been sold.
Will Toshiba, Lenovo and Fujitsu Siemens all coming into the market in the run-up to Christmas, Q4 2008 figures will make for more interested reading when announced in the New Year.
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I've been looking for a
Looking for a netbook (not verified) - 8 February 2009 - 7:02pmI've been looking for a netbook recently and did some research about netbooks and names like Asus EEE, Acer Aspire One, Dell Inspiron 9/12 and the HP one keep popping up.
After some time thinking.
I've decided which one to buy.
But at the last moment I hesitated and googled up netbooks and saw the samsung nc10, it seems like it's really good, exactly what i'm looking for especially the battery life. The only thing that kept me from buying it immediately is the fact that samsung isn't famous for it's laptops or computers, in other words new in this field.
It's nice to see someone say good things about the samsung nc10
That really help me decide what netbook to buy
THE LENOVO NETBOOK ? THE
jonathan (not verified) - 9 January 2009 - 12:09pmTHE LENOVO NETBOOK ?
THE MSI WINE U120 ?
Does anyone have experience of either or both of the above ?
And can anyone actually set out what are the specific pros and cons of the traditional (moving) hard disk versus the solid state version ? All articles I read say there are pluses and minuses but I have yet to see a full explanation >..... How is a non-techie supposed to make an informed choice ?
netbook
Catalin Sibisan (not verified) - 28 December 2008 - 3:27pmI want to buy an netbook and I've decide for an MSI Wind U100, but where I can buy one with 6 cell battery or more ?
And now I just see asus nc 10 and I realy want to buy this one....
thx,
c.
I went with the NC10, but I can see why others didn't
not_that_Steve (not verified) - 22 December 2008 - 8:25pmI have been following netbooks since the release of Asus's original 7" EEE PC. I was debating between one of the EEE 1000 models, or a Wind, for my purchase last month. After seeing the 1000's price increase, instead of decrease, I decided to spend the extra money and went with Samsung's NC10. The battery life really is amazing, and I think you need it for a truly portable computer.
However, I can see why the Aspire seems to be the most popular. It is more like a regular laptop, just smaller and cheaper.
After using the NC10, though, I dont think I could ever go back to 'regular' 2-3 hour batteries, and there is no way I could use any keyboard or screen smaller than those supplied with the 10" netbooks. I would like to see what someone that has used both has to say.
Just had a quick look on
MBE (not verified) - 17 December 2008 - 1:00pmJust had a quick look on Play and the top end Aspire is now £299, which brings it firmly in line with the Samsung NC10 spec wise and kind of dispells the myth that the Acer is the best value out there. It still has a 3-cell battery though, so can't compete in terms of battery life. They've done well with just one model and the wide range of prices/specs has helped. Be interesting to see how the 3G pans out in the New Year.
£250 max
Mo (not verified) - 15 December 2008 - 8:31pmI'm not surprised the Acer machines are top sellers because they have a number of attractive models for around £200-250 which I think is the max. prices netbooks should be. I myself recently purchased a Toshiba NB100 (Ubuntu Remix version) just to get assured sturdiness. The original Asus machines succeeded because they were priced right and rightly didn't bother with putting big genitalia around the highly usable but limited processor.
The MSI Wind probably hasn't done so well because though fine in it's class you can get entry level notebooks for £300 which have at least a Celeron, optical drive and large screen. The Samsung NC10 is possibly one of the best swayers with it's impressive battery life but again at around £300 or more I'd rather get a cheap laptop and exercise my muscles when travelling. I also don't need more than 2-3hrs of charge time and I certainly don't do the bulk of my computing on a netbook. My NB100 seems pricey to me at £250 but that's the max. I'd pay, while I think a decent £200 netbook is what it should be all about. I have 512mb RAM and 80GB HD which is fine for surfing and the creation of documents on a light OS like Linux. It's also bizarre to buy a computer with an ageing OS (Windows XP). Most people know these aren't good primary computers but excellent second or third ones, which is why no one wants to (or shouldn't) shell out more than half price.
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