Another study claims that, given the growing interest in the
iPad and other tablets, the demand for cheap, low-powered netbooks declined
sharply. According to the research firm forecasts IHS iSuppli devices of this
class will be gone by 2015.
In the new research company IHS iSuppli has come to the
conclusion that in two years netbooks finally leave the market. As a major
killer of this class of products called analysts iPad, although it can be added
and other tablets costing less than $ 300, which in many cases compete with
netbooks.
If last year was released a little more than 14 million
netbooks this year the volume of supply will be reduced to 3.97 million units.
The highlight of the life cycle of the netbook was in 2010, when it sold more
than 32 million such products. In 2014, the market will be just 264,000
netbooks, and in 2015 they will no longer be present in the primary market at
all.
According to analysts, a number of manufacturers continue to
produce netbooks for a short time to perform contractual obligations to its
customers.
What killed the same netbook? First, PC manufacturers
started making laptops better quality for less money, which created serious
competition for netbooks. Secondly, netbooks are not the most profitable
commodity: after paying a license for Microsoft's Windows manufacturers do not
make money on these cheap computers. Finally, with the emergence of the market
for such devices as the iPad, people have lost all interest in the portable
laptops for $400.
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