Sroys

Some time back I was considering buying a netbook to replace my huge Dell laptop. I researched and found that there were two companies which dominated the market:

Eeepc

Asus Eee PC - a detailed review can be found here.

MSI Wind

MSI Wind - a detailed review can be found here.

While both seemed decently good - I was turned off by the fact that the key board, the screen, the resolution seemed to be a problem for many people who had bought them. And frankly the market in between the laptop and a mobile is not for everyone.

Net books are fine if it is your first laptop and you don’t want to spend too much - it has potential to be a nice note taking device for school goers and college students and I feel that is the market for these devices. But if you are a developer or someone who has to work many hours on your computer - a Net Book just won’t fit your requirements. They don’t have enough power and it’ll be stressful to work on such a small screen/keyboard.

One of the main features which will help probably help the Net Book market will be it’s ability to easily sync up to a desktop over wireless. Apple is possible considering getting into this market - although these are only rumors - some say that “Apple doesn’t do cheap” - but if they do and if they create a way to easily sync with your desktop - like you can with the Iphone - then it may sell like hot cakes.

The Net Book needs to be priced very low so it is affordable by school and college students.
But for us professionals - we will wait for the next Iphone - which may just wipe out the entire Net Book market if it’s decently powerful and is easy to use. Imagine a mobile phone which can open up into a small netbook. That would be awesome! We wait now.