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Monday, July 21, 2008 --- 47 days ago http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/jkOnTheRun/~3/341634885/nyt--notebook-m.html
 We've been saying this would happen since the first cheap mini-notebook hit the scene, that notebook OEMs were going to be getting a bit nervous about the low margins these little laptops are exposing. The New York Times agrees and has published an article that looks at this concern in detail and sheds light on what some of these big OEMs are thinking today. The article looks at Dell, Acer and HP and describes what they are feeling and how the explosion of this market has forced them to produce products of their own. A quote they have from a conversation with Fujitsu that explains why they haven't entered the "netbook" market: “We’re sitting on the sidelines not because we’re lazy. We’re sitting on the sidelines because even if this category takes off, and we get our piece of the pie, it doesn’t add up,” said Paul Moore, senior director of mobile product management for Fujitsu. “It’s a product that essentially has no margin.” That's the biggest factor impacting the big guys, the low margin that cheap mini-notebooks have by design. There's not a lot of wiggle room in the margin when some of these netbooks are going for $300 and more importantly there's not a lot of room for the OEMs to distinguish their product from the competition. Anything new you add affects the cost and even a small price increase ends up being a large percentage increase for the consumer. I agree with the author of the article that the notebook OEMs have ... |
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