Cloud computing or new life for netbooks

Since January 2013, Asus and Acer, the last two netbook manufacturers, have confirmed that they will not launch new netbooks until they have sold their existing inventory. Plus Samsung, Hewlett-Packard and Dell have shut down netbooks, born in 2007 netbooks, after five years of life in the PC market, quietly behind the curtain.

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At that time, the reporter visited Zhongguancun more than a few electronic stores, the shelves are placed in the most prominent position on the new ultra-polar and tablet computers, and once propped up sales of half the sky has been relegated to the second line, seems to herald the end of the era of the net.

The reporter saw in the shop, in order to hurriedly clean up the stock, the netbook is placed in eye-catching position vigorously sell. "We have a lot of stock, to buy on the hurry Ah, but now sell one less one!" Ding Good Electronics mall Dell store staff to inquire about netbooks consumers strongly recommended. Although the Sea Dragon, Zhongguancun e-World and other electronic Mall of the Internet will be back to the market is mostly reluctant to blunt, a proxy Asus, Dell and other brands of senior dealers told reporters, manufacturers have indeed to the distributor has disclosed the production of discontinued information.

The distributor said that the electronic products as long as the production, inventory machine pressure will be very large, large capital occupancy will make the store operation difficult, so hit netbook will soon enter the price of the tail goods stage. "The existing two thousand or three thousand-yuan netbook may be reduced to more than 1000 yuan, or even hundreds of yuan is possible." "he said.

On the electric Business website, the sale of the netbook has begun to clear the tail goods. The East Beijing page shows that there are 82 netbooks, but the actual goods are only 50, and half of them hung out of the red "straight" or "giveaway" and "Sold out" words, in the price selection bar, there are even "tail goods clearance" option. Gome in the 15 of netbooks sold, there are 3 no spot, 8 are discounting promotions or gifts. Cat Mall Ren Mai digital franchise store customer service said that the store's netbook has been reduced to the lowest, including an ASUS 10-inch netbook from 1999 yuan straight 500 yuan for sale.

Once the scenery opened a new era

Back in 2007, Asus unveiled the first Eee PC701, a small, low-power, inexpensive netbook, with a 7-inch screen and a 4GB laptop with a stunning world. For a time, the major computer manufacturers Dell, Acer, Hewlett-Packard, Lenovo and other dozens of Chinese and foreign manufacturers swarmed, even Microsoft also took out the Windows 7 to support the development of netbooks, Intel is tailored to the netbook's Atom processor.

With traditional notebook internet, chat, send and receive mail, processing documents and other functions, netbook volume is more lightweight, the screen is generally not more than 10 inches, the price of two thousand or three thousand yuan is only half of the average notebook. Before the advent of netbooks, Sony, Samsung and other manufacturers have launched a small notebook, but the price is not cheap, Hewlett-Packard, Dell, Lenovo and other Low-cost notebooks, but the appearance and market performance in general. Under the global financial crisis, consumers are at a respectful distance from expensive laptops. Asustek's "Low price" and "small" these two elements together, but produced a wonderful chemical reaction, suddenly grabbed the hearts of consumers.

This is not "innovative" gadgets, the financial crisis has played the PC industry "life-saving straw" role. Two years in 2008 and 2009, netbooks hit a peak. Sales figures were so hot that the US market research firm ABI study was optimistic about netbooks, saying it opened a new era and predicted that 2010 netbooks would ship up to 139 million units.

As a result, netbooks shipped 39.4 million units, just a fraction of the forecast. But this is already ahead of the 23 million Tablet PC. And in 2011 years, the situation changed, tablet computer shipments of 63 million units, but only 29.4 million netbooks.

The 2012 figures are nothing like that. IDC estimates that the 2012 Tablet PC shipments are 122 million units, and netbooks are not worth the shipping volume. In fact, with the last two of the firm's positions, Asus and Acer stopped production, 2013 netbook sales will be basically zero.