Apparently, stating something is dead online is an instant
SEO magic.
Well, all these content publishers got their Christmas presents
just after the New Year when Acer and Asus announced their own cease of production
of their versions of netbooks.
For one, ending the production of the only piece of computer
that students of emerging countries can afford does not call for a celebration.
Second, netbooks will never die. There are many other
manufacturers that still produce netbooks. Who wants to carry around a 14”
notebook all day in school or in the field? No one!
For Dell, Acer and Asus, they are just trying to cut down cost
to channel their resources to compete with the ipad, and iphones and all the
overpriced pieces of hardware that apple is feeding their consumers.
And for those who are saying that the ipad killed the
netbook? Are you out of your mind? Let me see you type a decent 1000 word
article on an ipad? People just need keyboards; real keyboards you can punch
harder when you are in a heated online argument with Justine Bieber fans.
And don’t get me started with the Windows 8 hybrid. Nothing
named “Hybrid” ever lasts long in the market. It just doesn’t look right.
Imagine not being able to type fast because you left your keyboard at home. And
that weird piece of device doesn’t look tough at all. I don’t think any
overpriced Windows 8 Hybrid can last one day in the streets of Manila.
The verdict:
Netbooks are still around us. If you still need one there
will be cheap laptop alternatives available in the market even if manufacturers
will no longer call them netbooks. Funny huh?
Remember: laptops killed the PC, but the truth is PC’s just
got better ever since. And only one thing better than something dead…
Something coming back from the dead.
Watch out for the return of the new and improved netbook,
but no way will they be called netbooks.
Something like Zombie netbooks or zombooks.
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