DisplaySearch says netbook sales will slow as ULV laptops get cheaper

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http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2009/07/07-20-09mini10att2.jpg (http://www.displaysearch.com/cps/rde/xchg/displaysearch/hs.xsl/quarterly_notebook_pc_shipment_and_forecast_report .asp)Netbook sales have been on a solid upward tick (http://www.engadget.com/tag/netbooksales) for about as long as the product category has existed, so it shouldn't come as much surprise that research firm DisplaySearch is now forecasting that shipments will exceed a hefty 33.3 million units by year's end, which translates to a full 103% jump in growth over the previous year. What is somewhat surprising, however, is that the firm is also predicting that growth will slow considerably in 2010 (down to "just" 20%) as more and more laptops with ultra-low voltage processors dip under the $500 mark. Of course, 20% growth still means that netbook shipments should be in the neighborhood of 40 million for 2010, and DisplaySearch even estimates that growth will hold steady at about 20% for 2011, so we wouldn't be so quick to put them on deathwatch just yet.
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