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I for one am looking to buy a new mini laptop computer by the end of this year, as I gave up my laptop for a more powerful desktop and now lack a portable computer that I could easily carry around with me when needed. And since I need autonomy and not necessarily power and special features, I’m probably going towards a new netbook, perhaps one of those 11.6 inchers, as I consider those offer a good deals between size, weight and ergonomics (as in: they are not so small so you can’t comfortably work with them for at least a couple of hours).
I’ve been monitoring the market the last months, and with Windows 7 to launch later this month, I’m looking forward for some new announcements on interesting devices from October 22nd. And I’m pretty sure most of them will get cheaper as the winter sales period comes closer, as this always happened before.
I remember that last year on Black Friday I was able to spot some good HP and Toshiba laptops for half their retail price (around $400, with a $850 retail price). These devices only lasted in stock for a couple of hours as people roamed to buy them.
Anyway, last year during Black Friday and Cyber Monday, netbooks were not at all as popular as they are right now. That’s why people weren’t so interested in buying these mini laptops, but I’m confident a lot will change this year.
However, there’s one problem: netbooks already are cheap, most producers claim that they’ve already as cheap as they can be and their profits margins are extremely low for devices in this class. I do agree with that, but also I’m pretty sure we will see some price cuts on most devices this year, during Black Friday sales 2009 day. They won’t be that big, probably around 50 to 100 bucks for the more expensive versions, but still, any bucks saved is good.
Also, I’m pretty sure some of the best netbooks will be part of some interesting bundles that will attract many shoppers. Bundles like a mini laptop, a case, one extra GB of RAM, a sleeve, a mouse and an external DVD drive, for around $450. You would already need those accessories, so buying them together with a price cut will surely be appealing. At least for me it is.
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Source by Mike Aurel Andrew
