| Mini notebook computers have reached critical mass | | | | browse the net, open flash content or write an email |
| by the looks of it and they're rushing towards an | | | | as these can. |
| explosion on the market. Since Asus has put it's | | | | Before the netbook snowball subnotebooks used to |
| name next to a 7" screen laptop that had a 600 mhz | | | | rule this segment and were a trusted companion to |
| cpu and linux pre-installed everyone seems to want | | | | many businessman. Mainly their price destined them |
| their share of it and release updated and upgraded | | | | to be a toy of the important and rich. Usually with a |
| models of their netbook family twice a year. Even | | | | screen smaller than 13" and weighing less than 3 |
| the most reputable manufacturers like Dell and | | | | pounds they were priced at $1000 to $1500 and |
| Lenovo had expanded their website with an extra | | | | were therefore way out of reach of ordinary people |
| menu for these little computers, but are they such a | | | | checking myface and facespace. Their price was so |
| hit? | | | | high for two reasons, both of which Asus addressed. |
| Mini notebooks or otherwise known as netbooks by | | | | First, subnotebooks were shrunken normal laptops, |
| de facto definition are laptop computers with a | | | | and we know the smaller the space computing |
| screen size smaller than 12" diagonal. They usually are | | | | power takes the more expensive it gets because |
| equipped with 10" screens of a resolution that allows | | | | there are more and more obstacles to jump for |
| 1024 pixels in width. That is the width of most | | | | manufacturers to achieve miniaturization. Asus |
| websites and these computers are cut and tailored | | | | swapped normal parts for ones that were tailored at |
| that very task. Browsing the net is a really popular | | | | mobility at the expense of sheer computing power |
| everyday activity for dozens of millions of people | | | | and they made the right call because users were still |
| around the globe and before netbooks there was | | | | be able to use a browser without having to pay |
| nothing they could use as conveniently to connect | | | | thousands. |
| the net on the move, grab a piece of information | | | | Second, due to their high price the production rate |
| and disconnect. | | | | stayed generally low which allowed no room for |
| A netbook with its 2.5 pounds weight and size smaller | | | | further development, basically Asus, the company |
| than an A4 sheet of paper blows everything out of | | | | that was barely interested in the subnotebook |
| water as far as battery life and portability goes. | | | | market, cut the knot and released it's low cost subs, |
| Perhaps some smart phones could reach same stats | | | | the mini notebook computers. |
| but I wonder if they can be used as comfortably to | | | | |