The advent of Linux-powered netbooks, the launch of Google’s Android and Chrome, and Nokia’s move to snap up Symbian pushed open source further into the mainstream, despite ongoing legal wrangling.
…1. The Rise (And Falling Price) Of The NetbookLinux-powered and budget-priced, the ASUS Eee PC and its successors proved that you didn’t need a full-blown notebook computer to get work done. A netbook gets you Internet connectivity, word processing, and a slew of other common tasks — all in a machine that cost around $350 or so. Even if later models of the Eee and other netbooks came with Windows XP as an option, that wasn’t enough to kill the buzz for inexpensive Linux-powered devices. Netbooks also proved to be a better bet than Linux-powered desktop PCs at the same price point: why pay the same for a machine that doesn’t even come with a display?
The race to the bottom with netbook prices hasn’t stopped yet — in fact, it’s barely gotten started. As of this writing, consumer-electronics maker Coby is planning a $99 netbook. That’s about a low a price floor as you can go to without subsidizing the sales in some fashion (e.g., a wireless data plan, as per cell phones).
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