Comments on: HP: Netbooks aren’t hurting sales, the economy is http://liliputing.com/2009/02/hp-netbooks-arent-hurting-sales-the-economy-is.html Compact Computing Sun, 12 Feb 2012 20:56:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: angryearthling http://liliputing.com/2009/02/hp-netbooks-arent-hurting-sales-the-economy-is.html#comment-48651 angryearthling Mon, 23 Feb 2009 04:05:08 +0000 http://www.liliputing.com/?p=5847#comment-48651 there is i find a high level of snobbery amongst non technical people when it comes to laptops/software. giving them something smaller/cheaper is seen as less. there is i find a high level of snobbery amongst non technical people when it comes to laptops/software. giving them something smaller/cheaper is seen as less.

]]> By: angryearthling http://liliputing.com/2009/02/hp-netbooks-arent-hurting-sales-the-economy-is.html#comment-15987 angryearthling Sun, 22 Feb 2009 23:05:08 +0000 http://www.liliputing.com/?p=5847#comment-15987 there is i find a high level of snobbery amongst non technical people when it comes to laptops/software. giving them something smaller/cheaper is seen as less. there is i find a high level of snobbery amongst non technical people when it comes to laptops/software. giving them something smaller/cheaper is seen as less.

]]> By: Sunday Stew « Simple Country Physicist http://liliputing.com/2009/02/hp-netbooks-arent-hurting-sales-the-economy-is.html#comment-15969 Sunday Stew « Simple Country Physicist Sun, 22 Feb 2009 13:21:16 +0000 http://www.liliputing.com/?p=5847#comment-15969 [...] note an article [Link] that despite a lot of gloom and doom projections from market watchers claiming that cheap netbook [...] [...] note an article [Link] that despite a lot of gloom and doom projections from market watchers claiming that cheap netbook [...]

]]> By: Linc (MonkeyKing) http://liliputing.com/2009/02/hp-netbooks-arent-hurting-sales-the-economy-is.html#comment-15884 Linc (MonkeyKing) Fri, 20 Feb 2009 13:07:11 +0000 http://www.liliputing.com/?p=5847#comment-15884 [sigh] Sure people like less expensive things. But what all these manufactures need to understand is that SMALL and LITE are also selling points. Some people want something they can carry without one of those warehouse 'back support' belt. <br><br>Any company that thinks that netbooks are just selling because they are cheap will have a rude awakening when they keep selling. In fact beyond small and lite weight the whole idea of superior energy efficiency computers is compelling to people as well. Any company that thinks they can "go back" when the economy improves will fail. [sigh] Sure people like less expensive things. But what all these manufactures need to understand is that SMALL and LITE are also selling points. Some people want something they can carry without one of those warehouse 'back support' belt.

Any company that thinks that netbooks are just selling because they are cheap will have a rude awakening when they keep selling. In fact beyond small and lite weight the whole idea of superior energy efficiency computers is compelling to people as well. Any company that thinks they can “go back” when the economy improves will fail.

]]> By: Ohio Red http://liliputing.com/2009/02/hp-netbooks-arent-hurting-sales-the-economy-is.html#comment-15843 Ohio Red Thu, 19 Feb 2009 23:19:41 +0000 http://www.liliputing.com/?p=5847#comment-15843 Noticing that five or six students in an honors class had their laptops open, I asked whether any of the 20-odd students owned a netbook. Only one student had even seen a netbook, and he thought it looked like a toy. I was surprised how limited netbook penetration was among undergraduates at an upscale public university. Netbook manufacturers need to extend their reach beyond business travelers and techies who sample any innovation if the companies want to make money in bad times. For instance, get your machines into campus bookstores. Give a few to college libraries that loan laptops to students on an hourly basis. Noticing that five or six students in an honors class had their laptops open, I asked whether any of the 20-odd students owned a netbook. Only one student had even seen a netbook, and he thought it looked like a toy. I was surprised how limited netbook penetration was among undergraduates at an upscale public university. Netbook manufacturers need to extend their reach beyond business travelers and techies who sample any innovation if the companies want to make money in bad times. For instance, get your machines into campus bookstores. Give a few to college libraries that loan laptops to students on an hourly basis.

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