Inexpensive netbook computers are driving down revenue for the overall laptop market, even as they increase unit sales for laptops, a research firm said.
In the second quarter, the overall portable PC market was $26.4 billion, up 10% from the first quarter but down 5% from the same period a year ago, DisplaySearch said in a report released Thursday. Strong growth in netbook revenue, 264% more than a year ago, drove their overall share of the mobile PC market to 11.7%.
Nevertheless, the low price of the netbooks, typically $300, was a major contributor to the overall revenue decline in the market year-to-year, the research firm said.
Netbooks driving laptop revenue down
Posted on Monday, October 12 2009 @ 8:08 CEST by Thomas De MaesschalckDisplaySearch claims that while netbooks are driving increased laptop unit sales, they're doing it at the expensive overall revenue.
