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How to profit from the netbook boom

Posted Apr 2nd 2009 12:10PM by Peter Cohan (RSS feed)
Filed under: Microsoft (MSFT), Dell (DELL), Hewlett-Packard (HPQ), Intel (INTC), QUALCOMM Inc (QCOM), Technology

In January, I posted on netbooks -- paperback book-sized computers that now go for under $300. To me, the netbook looked like a powerful growth trend that was boosting sales at makers by as much as 55%, even as the rest of the PC industry shrank 12%. 11 million netbooks were sold in 2008 and 22 million are expected to fly off the shelves in 2009.

Netbooks are popular because many people spend a lot of time dealing with online services and want a cheap, light device they can use on the go.

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