Bajarin: Apple’s iPad will kill netbooks

“I speak with a number of folks in Taipei who build parts for leading PC companies, including Dell, HP, and Acer. Many of them have asked me the same question: could the iPad kill netbooks? The reason for their concern is clear—at present, about 40 million netbooks are sold a year. A major decline in that number could have a huge effect on their business,” Tim Bajarin writes for PC Magazine.

“The iPad and other tablets may become a major disruptor in mobile computing. If manufacturers get things right, the world of mobile computing may change rapidly,” Bajarin writes. “Sure we have had commercially available tablets for more than 20 years now, and all have failed to catch on in a major way. Still, we have never seen a tablet quite like the iPad before. Apple’s device has an elegant ecosystem of hardware and software and an easy-to-use multi-touch interface.”

Bajarin writes, “If Apple and the competition strike the proper balance of ease of use, simple multi-touch interfacing, and an ecosystem of apps and services, these devices just might succeed in killing off the netbook space.”

Full article here.

[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Frits” for the heads up.]