Pretty soon, perhaps, we won’t have to ask whether netbooks are finally dead. According to Taiwanese trade paper DigiTimes, the top two netbook manufacturers, Asus and Acer, have at long last abandoned the inexpensive, low-powered netbook.
Netbook sales have been steadily declining for the past couple of years. Like a cold that just won’t go away, however, netbooks have continued to sell, so PC makers continued to make them. Just this January, Asus introduced new Eee PC models.
That has come to a full stop now, according to the DigiTimes report. Asus CEO Jerry Shen has reportedly confirmed the end of production for Eee PC netbooksthe trailblazing netbook brand that started the whole netbook craze.
Acer also appears to have changed its mind since last November, when the company said it would continue to produce netbooks; Acer has no new netbook projects planned.
Read also:
Acer, Asus to pull out of netbook market (The Tech Report, LLC)
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