Netbooks are a joke. The netbook market is already dead.
Several companies have tried the whole "email console" for mom's at home in the kitchen and crap like that and they fail every time.
What happens to this company after Steve dies?
Netbooks are a joke. The netbook market is already dead.
Netbooks aren't dead, and if there's anything that will kill netbooks it will be tablets like the iPad. People want a much more portable computer that is more usable than a smartphone. The market might never compete with smartphones or laptops, but there's definitely a market for it.
How does a dead market move 40 million units yearly?The netbook market is already dead.
How does a dead market move 40 million units yearly?
The same reason people keep buying Wii's and then not play them. "Oh look! A cheap novelty item that I'll play with a few times and forget about or hock!"
The same reason people keep buying Wii's and then not play them. "Oh look! A cheap novelty item that I'll play with a few times and forget about or hock!"
The iPad might lower demand for netbooks but netbooks still do so much more than the iPad and do it cheaper that there will still be demand for netbooks.
If your best analogy is the Wii, there is some serious goddamn money to be made in dead markets.The same reason people keep buying Wii's and then not play them. "Oh look! A cheap novelty item that I'll play with a few times and forget about or hock!"
No, it does, you are wrong. Everybody doesn't need to know it because it's already true.No, it doesn't. Don't blame your ineptitude and poor coordination on the iPod. Apple has clearly taken the dominant position in the portable gaming market. The games made for iOS are cheaper, easier to buy, and more fun to play on the go. Instead of having to carry around a silly DS or PSP, you just take your iPhone or iPod touch and you have access to the internet, text messaging, cell phone, video chat, music, and excellent games -- all in one cool looking device. Everyone knows this.
If your best analogy is the Wii, there is some serious goddamn money to be made in dead markets.
I'm not a finance kind of guy at all, but can someone tell me why the hell their share price is so high?
It was just one example. Another example is the guy who invented the Pet Rock. Dude made millions but that doesn't mean it's going to live on forever or that it has any sort of actual benefit.
lol. Are you suggesting that the iPad isn't good? You are a fool if you are. The iPad has successfully introduced tablet computing to the masses. Like all Apple products, the iPad's simplicity and beautiful design make it accessible to people who don't want to burden themselves with silly and overly complicated linux based garbage. These are people who actually spend money and buy products, not pirate them or babble endlessly about open source crapware. That is why the iPad is a success, and that is why you are a fool. Everyone knows this.
the iPad is a fucking ridiculous product that no one actually needs, period. one reviewer said "it filled a void I didn't even know existed" you know why he said that? because he's an apple drone. if you have a smart phone and a notebook you have absolutely no void to fill with the iPad, it's a pointless device at that point. Why have an iPad when you can have your smart phone filled up with all the same fucking shit with the same amount of fucking storage AND it fits in your pocket. Then when you need an actual computer OMFG there's the notebook! Give me a break the thing is fucking retarded and so niche there's no way the thing would actually sell without the Reality Distortion Field.
the iPad is a fucking ridiculous product that no one actually needs, period. one reviewer said "it filled a void I didn't even know existed" you know why he said that? because he's an apple drone. if you have a smart phone and a notebook you have absolutely no void to fill with the iPad, it's a pointless device at that point. Why have an iPad when you can have your smart phone filled up with all the same fucking shit with the same amount of fucking storage AND it fits in your pocket. Then when you need an actual computer OMFG there's the notebook! Give me a break the thing is fucking retarded and so niche there's no way the thing would actually sell without the Reality Distortion Field.
??? Why are you comparing a PSP which has no touchscreen at all and a DS that doesn't rely on it's touchscreen for everything and then bringing in Android multi-touch into it which has NOTHING to do with the discussion at hand. You're acting like you have to have a touch-screen to have good gaming. It's actually the other way around. Buttons are better for gaming than a touch-screen is.
lol. You have been amazing in this thread. You just lumbered in, dropped your pants, squatted down and shat out a huge pile of stupidity and ignorance for all to see. Your failure to recognize the fact that the iPhone is revolutionizing social gaming only shows how shortsighted and foolish you are. You sound like one of those fools saying the internet is just a fad. Games on the iPhone aren't supposed to be played for hours at a time, they are meant to be played at will; that is when ever the user feels like it. Standing in a long line? Take out your iPhone and play a game. Waiting on a take out order? Take out your iPhone and play a game. Simple. You only see little kids taking out PSPs and DS's in these situations. And really, who can be bothered to carry these silly portable consoles around all the time? No one worth talking to, thats for sure. It's time for you to face the facts. The iPhone is the best portable gaming platform there is. Everyone knows this.
the iPad is a fucking ridiculous product that no one actually needs, period. one reviewer said "it filled a void I didn't even know existed" you know why he said that? because he's an apple drone. if you have a smart phone and a notebook you have absolutely no void to fill with the iPad, it's a pointless device at that point. Why have an iPad when you can have your smart phone filled up with all the same fucking shit with the same amount of fucking storage AND it fits in your pocket. Then when you need an actual computer OMFG there's the notebook! Give me a break the thing is fucking retarded and so niche there's no way the thing would actually sell without the Reality Distortion Field.
