Netbooks may have won over many users with their relatively low cost and small size, but Dell doesn’t see the lightweight machines ever replacing laptops with more powerful processors inside.
“There’s been some over-exuberance on this product in the marketplace,” said Steve Felice, president of Dell’s consumer, small and medium-size business unit, during a conference call with reporters.
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“Some of our competitors have positioned [netbooks] as a replacement device and then you see feedback from customers that are disappointed when they gave up their notebook for a netbook and find that it’s not quite as fast or doesn’t have quite the same functionality,” he said.
“We believe it should be easier for users to discover web apps and for developers to reach a large audience,” explained Google spokesperson Erik Kay.