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Originally Posted by Harry7
75 million netbooks were sold in the last 2 years, 16 million in the us alone last year. It remains to be seen if the ipad can sustain it's sales pace. If netbooks sales are slowing it's probably because everyone who wants one already has one. Let's see how well ipad does Before proclaiming it a netbook killer. I would buy an asus 1201N over an ipad. For less than the cheapest ipad you get a real computer with areal HD display, Ion graphics, 250GB HDD and HDMI out.
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I own both actually, and let me tell you my asus 1201N has not even been booted since I got my ipad, and I don't think a day has passed when I have not used the ipad for at least 5 hours.
The asus might have all the specs, but it sucks where it counts. It is slow to boot and pokey all around, and the trackpad sucks, making for a lousy web browsing experience. I thought it would be cool because I could run steam on it and play casual games, but it isn't that realistic an option really. I play and enjoy games a lot more on the ipad. I am absolutely addicted to scrabble on the ipad. So fun to play with a friend at starbucks.
So I can definitely believe these statisitics. They exactly mirror my own usage.
Btw, pm me if you are interested in buying my asus 1201N. I am hoping to sell off enough of my old gadgets to pick up a second ipad.