Dell no longer interested in selling NetbooksDecember 16, 2011 - 13:28 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Dell is no longer interested in selling Netbooks - that category of 10-inch class laptops that saw mild success for a couple of years but is now facing a serious existential crisis, CNET reports. Rather, Dell is now concentrating on laptops that deliver real performance - a major failing of the Netbook. "We sold through the Dell Mini some time ago. We're committed to the highly portable space and have focused on delivering thin + powerful solutions, for which we've seen strong success, particularly in our XPS line," Matthew Hutchison, director of Dell Global Consumer PR, said in a statement sent to CNET. Hutchison said Dell's mobile consumer focus is on products like its recently introduced XPS 14z (which got an "excellent" rating from CNET Reviews) and the XPS 15z. Netbooks debuted in 2008 and Intel said in August of 2010 that about 70 million Atom processors had shipped for the small laptops. But Apple's iPad, and other tablets that followed, began making serious inroads into the category in the second half of 2010. And the Netbook has never really been the same since. Top stories Yerevan will host the 2024 edition of the World Congress On Information Technology (WCIT). Rustam Badasyan said due to the lack of such regulation, the state budget is deprived of VAT revenues. Krisp’s smart noise suppression tech silences ambient sounds and isolates your voice for calls. Gurgen Khachatryan claimed that the "illegalities have been taking place in 2020." Partner news Most popular in the section | Concept to complete Yerevan Cascade discussed at city hall A conceptual proposal to complete the Cascade complex in downtown Yerevan has been presented by Jean-Michel Wilmotte. Pashinyan visits flood-hit region Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on Saturday, June 8 visited the disaster area in the Lori province. €3.5 mln EU grant to support justice reforms in Armenia The European Union has paid €3.5 mln grant to Armenia within a €11mln program on Support to Justice Reforms. Yerevan reacts to Baku’s proposal to see Minsk Group abolition Alen Simonyan has declared that Armenia is taking steps aimed at concluding a peace treaty with Azerbaijan. |