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Netbook shipments surge over 160% in 3Q08, say DisplaySearch
Despite what is looking to be a rather dismal fourth quarter for the PC industry as a whole, one very bright spot has emerged. The mini-note PC, also called netbook, category grew at more than 160% quarter-on-quarter in the third quarter of 2008 as most of the top tier PC brands have now entered ...
Strong Mini-Note (Netbook) Shipments Buoy Notebook PC Market in Q3’08; Tier One Product Launches ...
displaysearch.com — Strong Mini-Note (Netbook) Shipments Buoy Notebook PC Market in Q3’08; Tier One Product Launches Propel Growth Sort... Date: 12082008 AUSTIN, TEXAS, December 8, 2008 —Despite what is looking to be a rather dismal fourth quarter for the PC industry as a ... (more) Strong Mini-Note (Netbook) Shipments Buoy Notebook PC ...
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Netbook shipments surge over 160% in Q3 - DisplaySearch
TG Daily - All News — ... what is looking to be a rather dismal fourth quarter for the PC industry as a whole, one very bright spot has emerged. The mini-note PC, also called netbook, category grew at more than 160% quarter-on-quarter in the third quarter of 2008 as most of the top tier PC brands have now entered the market. Asustek Computer, which had essentially created the market in late 2007, lost significant share as Acer surged to the top spot, capturing more than 35% of this market. More here at Digitimes . ...

Acer leads netbook market while Apple loses market share
Technology: Technology blog | guardian.co.uk — ... DigiTimes in Taiwan has compiled a table for the netbook market in the latest quarter (Q3 2008), and the numbers from DisplaySearch make Acer the market leader (38.3%), ahead of Asus (30.3%). The story says: ...

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