How Acer Became The Top Netbook Maker
Back around the middle of this past year, the netbook marketplace really began to buzz as the launch dates of the second-generation netbooks was nearing. MSI was garnering a major chunk of the mind share with the Wind Netbook receiving rave reviews. Meanwhile, Asus was busy announcing new Eee PC models at a dizzying pace. Acer was preparing to introduce the Aspire One; however, while the reviews were favorable, it was getting a lot less buzz.
Fast forward to now (year-end) where the Acer Aspire One is king of the netbooks. How did they do it?
Wishing All A Merry Christmas
Over the past month or so, we have shifted gears from primarily providing netbook news and information to searching and reporting on the best deals on netbooks. At times we became almost obsessive in keeping our price comparison charts current and relaying the best deals to you.
We had a lot of fun in doing this. [...]
Holiday Netbook Bargains - Number 2
I’ve researched all the great deals on netbooks for this holiday season. So if your are planning to give someone (maybe even yourself) a netbook as a holiday gift, then pay attention!
I’ve already given you bargains five, four and three. Here is number two:
The MSI Wind U100 is a really nice netbook. [...]
Editor’s Choice Netbooks Named
After a thorough review of all of the netbooks available today, we have chosen the best as our Editor’s Choice Netbooks.
We’ve named two netbooks as our Editor’s Choices:
Best Full-Featured Netbook: MSI Wind U100 Netbook (six-cell battery version)
Best Value Netbook: Acer Aspire One.
Please visit our Editor Choice Netbooks page in our Netbook Buyers Guide, where we [...]
MSI Wind In Stock at Amazon
I see that Amazon has the MSI Wind in stock. It’s been quite a while since they have had any.
If you’ve been waiting to buy a Wind netbook, you’d better order yours before they are gone.
MSI Wind: Lost Opportunity
MSI has not been able to fill the channel with Wind Netbooks. From the much-delayed USA launch date in early July, retailers across the country have constantly been out of stock. While it is possible that this is due to the overwhelming popularity of the Wind, my perception suggests a different cause.
Back in early July, [...]
Acer’s Bombshell Shakes Up the Netbook Market
Acer recently slashed the prices on their Aspire One netbooks by $50, which is huge. As a result, the entire netbook (and ultimately, the notebook) market will be impacted.
I was wondering when Moore’s Law would finally be applied to netbooks. Asus seemed to defy Moore’s Law by incrementally increasing the price with every new model [...]
Arrgh! Give Me Full-Size Shift Keys!
Whenever I try to do any serious touch typing with my Eee PC 4G Surf, I get frustrated. Of course the keyboard is small, I can adjust to that. I just can’t adapt to the half-sized right shift key.
The problem is created when the netbook manufacturers cut the right shift key in half to make [...]
Netbook Price Comparison Guide Enhanced
We’ve made some improvements in our Netbook Price Comparison Guide. Now we show you prices from even more merchants.
Netbook Operating System Interest
In my last article, I reviewed recent activity by product on our Netbook Price Comparison Guide. While I was preparing the article, I noticed another interesting trend. The level of interest in netbooks with Linux was much higher than I expected.
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