Netbook Killer: Apple's revolutionary iPad destroying the netbook business

Mac Daily News ^ | Thursday, May 06, 2010 - 08:59 AM EDT

[Swordmaker]

Netbook Sales plummet with introduction of iPad... PING!

Apple iPad killing netbook sales Ping!

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[Psycho_Bunny]

Lol.

[Hildy]

I used an IPAD for the first time today. It’s an IPHONE x 100. It’s great and I want one...bad. But I will wait for the price to come down a bit.

[umgud]

JMHO, the iPad will become the the next 8 track.

[Mr. Jeeves]

They'll be arguing the superiority of the Windows netbook for years, right alongside the other experts who are sure OS/2 will become the dominant desktop operating system any day now. :)

[HangnJudge]

It is good to see an American company,
with American talent,
making products with worldwide impact,
clearly demonstrating the superior nature
of American entrepreneurial spirit

AND making a lot of money at it
AND doing so in the face of ferocious competition
AND ubiquitous naysayers

[aft_lizard]

Call me in a year so we can real data.

[VeniVidiVici]

Outstanding! I’m in the market for another Netbook.

[aft_lizard]

And with Chinese manpower, with Chinese factories in China.

The fact remains the item was just introduced, that does not equate to anything right now no matter what the blow hards are saying. If in a year from now these netbook sales are still down and the iPad sales are still soaring then you have a case.

[tubebender]

I saw this on the news the other night... iPad to replace text books .

[aft_lizard]

BTW Here is a story with out the Apple feverish orgasmic spin to it:
http://www.newsfactor.com/story.xhtml?story_id=013000R3SFIP&page=1

[OneWingedShark]

I don’t know... I use pen and paper a lot despite the electronic age. Do you think that the notebook will EVER truly die?

[mnehring]

Archos has some pretty good Windows based competitive devices but Apple always seems to know exactly what the market is looking for.

[dennisw]

I used an IPAD for the first time today. It’s an IPHONE x 100. It’s great and I want one...bad. But I will wait for the price to come down a bit.>>>>>>>>

Hey Bub I see what all the hub bub is about.
I tried one first time ever in Best Buy today for 15 minutes. It’s clean and sleek and very light. Nice bright sharp screen. Has more sex appeal than a netbook. Don’t need one ...just saying....

[meyer]

I’m not fond of my netbook, but at least it has a keyboard!

Neener neener...

[meyer]

Isn’t Al Gore on the Apple board of directors?

[KoRn]

"Do you think that the notebook will EVER truly die?"

It has with me. When I go to meetings at work, I'm surrounded by all of these people with pens and paper, and I'm the only one among them using a netbook. Instead of writing notes, I just type into an open text document. When I get bored, instead of doodling and fiddling with pens like the rest of them, I'm browsing FR. lol

[PugetSoundSoldier]

Netbook sales are still increasing; the rate of increase has slowed, and it started slowing well before the iPad was even announced.

How long did people think netbooks could continue racking up 500%+ annual sales increases? At some point it has to slow down. The slow down is not from the iPad (since it started before the iPad was announced or out), but from saturation in the market.

[barb-tex]

Many Years ago when I was but a wee lass, I got my first electronic Type writer, a brother. It could communicate by Modem and had a Paralell port to communicate to my non existent computer. With 4k memory, you could type your notes and be the envy of every other person in the meeting. This machine came from Saudi Arabia, and the ones I saw in the US did not have all the features of this one. To the i-pad in 25 short years.
barbra ann