2009: What's new in netbooks?

The most prominent feature that will appear in netbooks in 2009 is probably the high resolution image display and 3D graphics for gamers.

Stronger, the price is unchanged?

The vital factor for netbooks is the selling price. Manufacturers know this very well and they also determine the primary goal is to make products that are more powerful, more versatile but are not allowed to be more expensive than existing products. Taiwanese computer company Asustek absorbed this lesson more than anyone else because it was the pioneers in the netbook market and also dominated the market segment for this product. But in the third quarter of 2008, Asus officially lost its No. 1 position to Acer when its market share was only 30.3% while its competitors accounted for 38.3%. No one dares to say Acer's Aspire One is better than Asus's Eee PC except one: the Aspire One is cheaper.

This lesson also shows that the netbook price war has begun to enter a fierce period, making manufacturers forced to find a way out. Another Taiwanese computer maker, MSI, has used "changing" chips. Usually netbooks now use Intel Atom N270 chips, but MSI decided to switch to Intel Atom Z530 with the only difference being to consume less power even though the price is only higher . 0, 5 USD. The production cost is almost unchanged, but the Atom Z530 helps the battery life of the Wind netbooks last longer without MSI having to improve a range of other hardware.

Not only did the chips change, the netbooks of 2009 were called mobile phones because some other manufacturers had mimicked Dell, MSI integrated SIM card slots and easily turned netbooks into into a contact center.

Towards the laptop

Some tech experts say 2009 will mark the explosion of netbooks using dual-core Atom N330 chips. There is the same price as Atom N270, but the N330's biggest drawback is the consumption of more power. Even so, the N330 will do the job that all current netbook processors can't support high-resolution video display. In addition, the Nvidia graphics card maker also revealed that they will make netbooks more powerful by being able to display and process 3D images with the 9400M mobile graphics processor ( This product is currently used in Apple's new generation MacBooks. Not only will they display HD images, play 3D games, will netbooks also add a variety of advanced "weapons" like DirectX 10 or CUDA (Computer Unified Device Architecture). Nvidia's computer)

Multi-integration trend

But if only that change (expected to appear in the first half of 2009), netbooks will forever be just the shadow of a laptop. The second half of 2009 is likely to mark a new battle between the original equipment manufacturers, which started with Intel's Atom Pineview chip - an integrated processor that can handle all things. Graphics (GPU) and memory. The launch of Atom Pineview is important because with this "3 in 1" chip, power consumption will be significantly reduced and the power of netbooks in particular and mobile devices in general. will also be increased no less. Other rivals from Intel, VIA and AMD, also refused to allow the company to be free to roll out while also announcing product categories that are multi-integrated for netbooks. For example, VIA plans to release the VIA Nano - a processor that is twice as fast as its older C7 -M product on the same clock but consumes less power than Atom chips. AMD revealed that they are building a platform called Yukon that integrates with single-core processors Huron and RS 690 chipsets that make netbooks no less than laptops except for the width. screen.

It is difficult to talk about the future market and technology of netbooks because they are still in a booming stage but only with the information we have, maybe the day the netbook replaces the laptop will not too far.