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Computer Central
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| A. It is interesting what is happening with the mini PC form factor. These
| sub $500 PCs, some of which run Linux to save money, were lighting the world
| on fire for a while. They are incredibly small and light; many have small
| solid-state hard drives and long battery life. The Dell you mention was on
| sale on Black Friday for $299, which sounds like a great deal.
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http://www.timesdaily.com/article/20081208/ARTICLES/812080302/1004?Title=Computer_Central
Acer leads hot netbook market
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| The netbook category grew at a quarter-to-quarter rate of more than 160
| percent in the third quarter, and Acer bypassed Asus as the top vendor, says
| a DisplaySearch study. Meanwhile, an ABI Research "Vendor Matrix" report
| finds Intel holding pole position among netbook processor vendors.
|
| [...]
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| Third-quarter market share percentages for the netbook category are said to
| be:
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| * Acer – 38.3
| * Asus -- 30.3
| * HP -- 5.8
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http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS8222978703.html
Recent:
is there a long-term future for the netbook?
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| The retail impact of Linux in the netbook market has been huge, with many
| retailers reporting that Linux based netbooks were taking up 40% or more of
| their notebook class shipments.
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http://zerias.blogspot.com/2008/11/is-there-long-term-future-for-netbook.html
Linux Carried Along on Netbooks Wave
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| Morvay revealed to Linux Magazine Online that there were no specific figures
| for Linux netbook sales, but that it lay somewhere in the 40th percentile.
| Even though this figure seems a little high, it is known that many of the
| world's netbooks have Linux on board since their first inception 18 months
| ago.
|
| For example, notebooks with Linux make up about 5.5% of the notebook market
| in Germany...
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http://www.linuxpromagazine.com/online/news/linux_carried_along_on_netbooks_wave
Linux preinstalls rocket to three per cent [preinstalled, not installed base]
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| Microsoft is still be shipped with 93 per cent of all PCs sold through
| distribution in the UK, according to Context.
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| Yet Linux has nevertheless made an impressive gain.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/08/01/linux-preloads-rocket-per-cent
Sustainable computing for the masses
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| Dukker says about 40 per cent of NComputing's customers have chosen Linux
| ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
| (the company uses Ubuntu, Debian, Fedora or SuSE) and the remainder have gone
| with Windows on the host. He is careful to specify that he has no religion
| when it comes to the operating system - it is entirely the buyer's choice.
| (Of course, if he were not offering the GNU/Linux option, then he wouldn't
| have got a run here).
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http://www.itwire.com/content/view/17254/1090/
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