Low-price Mini Notebook PC Product Trends and Key Vendors' Strategies

Abstract

The launch of Asus' Eee PC in October 2007 marked the emergence of a new price segment and new product specifications significantly different from traditional notebook PCs. The new wave of interest in low-price mini notebook PCs has led the world' s three leading PC vendors to adjust their product strategies and begun to develop mini notebook PC products of their own. This report examines low-price mini notebook PC product trends and strategies adopted by different vendors. The report also examines future technology trends which will play an important role in low-price mini notebook PC development.