In recent years two base tendencies are observed on the computer market: the portion of mobile computers in the sales volume is rising , and the most rapidly-growing segment remains netbook. Now the rates of the increase in the netbook segment slow down, and cheaper analogs of netbook appeared , which are frequently called smartbook - difference is in the use of processors with ARM architecture and operating systems class linux. Such compact mobile computers can work entire day without recharging, and their retail price can be limited to $200.
The general Director of ARM holdings company in an interview expressed hope that sometimes netbook will take 90% of market for personal computers. Perhaps, main obstacle on the propagation of smartbook now is the absence of support from the side of the popular operating systems Microsoft.
ARM holdings General Director recognize, if Microsoft injected the support of ARM processors in its popular operating systems, the market portion for ARM would begin to increase immediately. It is possible to assume that the operating system google chrome OS in some degree will break in two the situation in favor OF ARM .