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  • Are Chromebooks the New Netbooks, and What Does That Mean?

    - by Chris Hoffman
    Netbooks — small, cheap, slow laptops — were once very popular. They fell out of favor — people bought them because they seemed cheap and portable, but the actual experience was lackluster. Most netbooks now sit unused. Windows netbooks have vanished from stores today, but there’s a new super-cheap laptop — the Chromebook. Chromebook sales numbers are impressive, but their usage statistics tell a different story. Are Chromebooks just the new netbook? The Problem With Netbooks Netbooks seemed appealing, especially in an age before tablets and lightweight ultrabooks. You could buy a netbook for $200 or so and have a portable device that let you get on the Internet. The name “netbook” spelled that out — it was a portable device for getting on the ‘net. They weren’t really that great. The original netbook was a lightweight Asus Eee PC that ran Linux alone and had a small amount of fast flash storage. Netbooks eventually ran heavier Windows XP operating systems — Windows Vista was out, but it was just too bloated to run on netbooks. Manufacturers added slow magnetic hard drives, bloatware, and even DVD drives! They couldn’t run most Windows software very well. The build quality was poor and their keyboards were tiny and cramped. People liked the idea of a lightweight device that let them get on the Internet and loved the cheap price, but the actual experience wasn’t great. Chromebook Sales Chromebook sales numbers seem surprisingly high. NPD reported that Chromebooks were 21% of all notebooks sold in the US in 2013. If you combine laptop and tablet sales into a single statistic, Chromebooks were 9.6% of all those devices sold. That’s 2/3 as many Chromebooks sold as iPads in the US! Of Amazon’s best-selling laptop computers, two of the top three are Chromebooks. These definitely look like successful products. Unlike netbooks, Chromebooks are taking off in a big way in the education market. Many schools are buying Chromebooks for their students instead of more expensive Windows laptops. They’re easier to manage and lock down than Windows laptops, but — more importantly for cash-strapped schools — they’re very cheap. Netbooks never had this sort of momentum in schools. Chromebook Usage Statistics Here’s where the rosy picture of Chromebooks starts to become more realistic. StatCounter’s browser usage statistics show how widely used different operating systems are. For example, Windows 7 has the highest share with 35.71% of web activity in April, 2014. The chart doesn’t even show Chrome OS at all, although there is an “Other” number near the bottom. Click the Download Data link to download a CSV file and we can view more detailed information. Chrome OS only accounted for 0.38% of web usage in April, 2014. Desktop Linux, which people often shrug at, accounted for 1.52% in the same month. To its credit, Chrome OS usage has increased. Chromebooks were widely mocked back in November, 2013 when the sales numbers came out. After all, they only accounted for 0.11% of web usage globally in November, 2013! But Chrome OS numbers have been improving: Nov, 2013: 0.11% Dec, 2013: 0.22% Jan, 2014: 0.31% Feb, 2014: 0.35% Mar, 2014: 0.36% Apr, 2014: 0.38% Chrome OS is climbing, but it’s definitely still in the “Other” category. It isn’t as high as we’d expect to see it with those types of sales numbers. Chromebooks vs. Netbooks Chromebooks are more limited devices than traditional PCs. You can do quite a few things, but you have to do it all using Chrome or Chrome apps. Most people won’t be enabling developer mode and installing a Linux desktop. You don’t have access to the powerful desktop software available for Windows and even Mac OS X. On the other hand, these Chromebooks are less compromised than netbooks in many ways. They come with a lightweight operating system designed for portable, mobile devices. They don’t come packed with any bloatware, like the bloatware you’ll find on competing Windows PCs and the original netbooks. They’re cheaper because the manufacturer doesn’t have to pay for a Windows license. There’s no need for antivirus software weighing the operating system down. They’re larger than the original netbooks, with many of them being 11.6-inches instead of the original 8-inch bodies many older netbooks came with. They have larger, more comfortable keyboards and fast solid-state storage. Really, Chromebooks are what netbooks wanted to be. People didn’t buy netbooks to use typical Windows software — they just wanted a lightweight PC. Of course, for many people, the real successor to netbooks is tablets. If all you want is a portable device to throw in a bag so you can get online, maybe a tablet is better. Where Does This Leave Chromebooks? So, are Chromebooks the new netbooks? It’s a bit early to answer that question. Chromebooks are definitely not out of the competition — their sales look good and their usage share is increasing. On the other hand, Chrome OS is still pretty far behind. They’re not catching fire like tablets did. Maybe netbooks were just before their time and Chromebooks were what they were always meant to be. Just as Microsoft’s Windows XP tablets failed, Windows XP netbooks also failed. Tablets took off with a more refined operating system on better hardware years later. “Netbooks” — or Chromebooks — are now taking off with a more purpose-built operating system on better hardware, too. It’s hard to count Chromebooks out because they provide a much better experience than netbooks ever did. If you’re one of the people who wants to use old Windows desktop apps on your portable laptop, you may think netbooks were better — but most people don’t want that. But maybe people either want a full desktop PC experience or a full mobile tablet experience. Is there a place for a laptop with a keyboard that can only view websites? We’ll have to wait and see. Image Credit: Kevin Jarret on Flickr, Clive Darra on Flickr, Sean Freese on Flickr

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  • Meego 1.0 Arrives for Linux Netbooks

    <b>Enterprise Mobile Today:</b> "MeeGo combines elements of Intel's Moblin Linux with Nokia's Maemo Linux effort into a new mobile operating system that can be used for netbooks, handheld devices and other mobile applications. The initial MeeGo 1.0 release is only available for netbooks, with a MeeGoo handset version planned for a June release."

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  • Les netbooks connaissent une progression record de 71 % selon Gartner : qui a dit qu'ils étaient dép

    Mise à jour du 26/05/10 Les ventes de Netbooks connaissent une progression record De + 71 % par rapport au premier trimestre 2009 : qui a dit que les PC low-costs étaient morts ? 2009 avait été une année noire mais tout de même. Selon le cabinet Gartner, les ventes de PC portables auraient progressé de plus de 40 % au premier trimestre 2010 par rapport au premier trimestre 2009 (+ 43,4 %). Le cabinet précise qu'il s'agit de la plus forte progression enregistrée depuis 8 ans. Plus impressionnant encore « les Netbooks ont participé pour une part importante à la croissance, leurs ventes ont progressé de 71% par rapport à la mêm...

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  • Les netbooks connaissent une progression record de 71 % selon Gartner : qui a dit qu'ils étaient dép

    Mise à jour du 26/05/10 Les ventes de netbooks connaissent une progression record De + 71 % par rapport au premier trimestre 2009 : qui a dit que les PC low-costs étaient morts ? 2009 avait été une année noire mais tout de même. Selon le cabinet Gartner, les ventes de PC portables auraient progressé de plus de 40 % au premier trimestre 2010 par rapport au premier trimestre 2009 (+ 43,4 %). Le cabinet précise qu'il s'agit de la plus forte progression enregistrée depuis 8 ans. Plus impressionnant encore « les netbooks ont participé pour une part importante à la croissance, leurs ventes ont progressé de 71% par rapport à la mêm...

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  • Ubuntu pense à remplacer Firefox par Chromium dans sa distribution pour Netbooks : voteriez-vous pou

    Ubuntu teste Chromium pour remplacer Firefox Dans sa future distribution pour Netbooks : voteriez-vous pour Google ou pour Mozilla ? Ubuntu envisage d'abandonner Firefox pour sa version Netbook et de le remplacer par Chromium, l'implémentation libre du navigateur de Google. La décision n'est pas encore définitive. Mais elle indique clairement que l'équipe de développement de la distribution Linux la plus connue du grand public est en train de se lasser des « lourdeurs » du navigateur de Mozilla. C'est en tout cas l'idée exprimée lors depuis quelques temps déjà : « Firefox est un navigateur web assez lourd qui souffre de performances insuffisamment optimisé...

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  • experience: coding on netbooks

    - by pascal
    HI, i want to buy a netbook for doing some stuff in the train. Can someone report how it is to code simple stuff on a netbook? 10/12". I wanted to buy a very cheap one. like 1gb ram 1,6ghz blabla. and run linux on it with apache. i will code with JS/PHP. and as IDE i'll be using notepad++. so nothing big like eclispe or something else. maybe later on eclipse for java, but that doesn't really matter. so first, would this setup work fine on such a netbook and, is it okay for coding? I don't style any homepages on the netbook, I just want to code. would be nice if someone can share his experience in that. thanks :)

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  • IBM, Canonical to sell Ubuntu-ready netbooks in Africa

    <b>Desktop Linux:</b> "IBM, Canonical, and Simmtronics announced they will market an Intel Atom-based netbook in emerging markets. The Simmbook will be preloaded with the cloud-oriented IBM Client for Smart Work Linux distro, based on Ubuntu Netbook Remix, and will first be made available in Africa for just $190."

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  • iPad's Popularity Comes at Netbooks' Expense

    <b>Enterprise Mobile Today:</b> "Nearly one in three buyers who had been considering a netbook did their evaluations and then bought an Apple iPad tablet instead, according to a survey of more than a thousand U.S. consumers by the consumer electronics review site Retrevo."

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  • Display aspect ratio problem on netbooks?

    - by Jian Lin
    Last night in a computer store with the midnight sale of Windows 7, I see many netbooks, all are 1024 x 600 resolution. Then when the CPU meter and the Clock gadget were added, the CPU meter looked spherical, but the clock (the second clock -- the silver one) looked somewhat oval. Later on I went to all the desktops and both the CPU meter and the clock were spherical. So do the netbook have this "aspect ratio" problem? It is not a big deal but it'd be nice to know if I get a netbook and know that it is common on the netbook. (and aware that the picture and photos will be slightly distorted). Update: All the netbooks were at 1024 x 600, which was their "native" resolution. Every single one of them showed an oval shaped clock. None of the desktop had that issue.

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  • Déclin des ventes de processeurs Atom par Intel, l'âge d'or des netbooks est-il en train de s'acheve

    Mise à jour du 27.04.2010 par Katleen Déclin des ventes de processeurs Atom par Intel, l'âge d'or des netbooks est-il en train de s'achever ? Les spécialistes de l'analyse de marché de chez IDC pensent que le phénomène des netbooks à atteint son apogée. Des chiffres provenant d'Intel confirmeraient cette hypothèse. En effet, les ventes de processeurs Intel Atom pour appareils mobiles sont en déclin. Cette chute inverse la tendance des derniers mois où la puce représentait un large pourcentage des exports de processeurs mobiles. Intel envoie en effet la majorité de ses processeurs Atom à des fabriquants de Netbooks, ces ordinateurs portables miniatures à prix réduit.

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  • Making backup of the System Restore Partition with netbooks

    - by devoured elysium
    I have a netbook that has two partitions. A first one where I have all my programs and stuff and a second one that came with the netbook and has the data so I can restore my computer if I need to. Now, as I had problems in the past with other computers that had a similar restore scheme, I know I must in some way do a backup of this partition, so if there is any problem I can put everything working again. How should I proceed? As this is a netbook, it doesn't have a CD reader. Maybe doing a backup of this partition to a 12GB(it seems this partition occupies this much!) usb? How could I do it? Thanks

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  • Rugged Netbook and software options for Running R statistical software?

    - by Thomas
    I am interested in purchasing a netbook to do field research in another country. My hardware specifications for the nebtook: -Be rugged enough to survive a bit of wear and tear -Fairly fast processing (the ability to upgrade from 1GB of RAM to 2GB) -A battery life of longer than 6 hours -At least a 10 inch screen -A decent camera for Skyping My software needs: -Be able run a Spreadsheet program to do basic data input (like Excel or Open Office) -Use the Open Source Statistical Program R to do basic data analysis (Regression, data analysis etc.) -Word Processing (Word or Open Office) Do you have any suggestions on which models or brands my fit my needs? Some of the models I was considering: Samsung NB-30 Toshiba NB 305 Asus Eee PC 1005HA Lenovo S10-2 Also any recommendations on the best software to load on the aforementioned Netbooks. I saw this resource from [livehacker][6] Any comments. Thanks for your help! -Thomas

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  • Problem with Toshiba Mini Netbook not turning on

    - by wahle509
    This is the second time this has happened with my Toshiba Mini Netbook. When I restart it, it will shut down but then not come back up. It seems like it's running but the screen is blank and the power button is lit. The first time it happened I shut it down via the power button, then turned it back on while pressing F2 and it came up properly. Now, however, it is not doing it. The screen remains blank. What could be causing this and how do I fix it? It is running Windows XP.

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  • Le marché des netbooks en déclin, la faute à l'iPad et aux tablettes ?

    Le marché des netbooks en déclin, la faute à l'iPad ? Hier matin, un rapport a été publié à propos de la possible acquisition de Palm par Hewlett Packard. Sa rédacrice, Katy Huberty, imagine alors l'arrivée d'un tablet PC HP basé sur WebOS (le système d'exploitation de Palm) qui raflerait 15% des parts du marché des tablettes. Joli scénario... Quoi qu'il en soit, il y autre chose de très interessant à voir dans ce document. Il contient des données sur des recherches faites par sa rédactrice à propos de l'i...

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