The peak popularity of netbooks, has already passed, and mobile computers in this category, now occupy a very narrow niche, attracting the attention of students or, for example, tourists who appreciate the ease and low cost devices. According to associate netbooks will be able to give up the operating systems Windows, thereby ensuring a more interesting price. This will be part of measures aimed at reforming the segment.
For netbooks, the price should not exceed $ 249, a typical configuration will be 2 GB of RAM DDR3, SSD 32 GB or 250 GB hard drive capacity, processor Atom N2600 and a screen diagonal which can vary from 7 to 10.2 inches. Netbooks can also be equipped with a wireless adapter Crane Peak and Kelsey Peak. Apart from Windows 7 Starter and Windows 7 Home Basic, Intel allows the use of MeeGo and Chrome OS.
Netbooks in $ 249-349 price range equipped with a screen diagonal up to 12.1 inches will be running MeeGo and Chrome OS. In the second half of the year Intel plans to introduce the operating system Tizen.