Tablets Threaten to Make Netbooks Obsolete
PC World:
Analysts predict that Apple alone could sell 28 million iPad tablets in 2011. That doesn’t even take the Samsung Galaxy Tab, or the rest of the upcoming tablets expected in the next few months into consideration, and doesn’t bode well for other mobile computing platforms. The netbook in particular will be the primary victim of the rise of the tablet, and will quickly be rendered obsolete.
Netbooks, yeah yeah yeah. They haven’t been around that long anyway so it’s hard for me to summon tears when I think they will become obsolete. I had one last year and, after working on it exclusively for several weeks, felt that my whole world was cramped.
But what about all the other things tablets will help render obsolete? Off the top of my head: Radios, maps, note books, spelling…
This isn’t to say that I don’t want one of my own. Because I do. I requisition my husband’s whenever I can. But he uses it a lot. In fact, there are certain everyday functions that he cannot complete without it. Bathroom books = Obsolete!
Read the rest of the the PC World piece here.
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