Gartner forecast for netbooks / tablet PCs

A report by Gartner shows that netbooks (mini-notebooks) sales will not be affected by tablet PCs until 2013.


It forecasts sales to decline from 2010 onwards with sales for 2014 falling to 13.9% of the mobile PC market from 18.6% in 2010.

"Media tablets will not impact the mini-notebook segment this year," Mr. Vasquez [research analyst at Gartner] said. "However, media tablets, such as the iPad and similar devices, will significantly detract from mini-notebook shipments in 2013 and onward, when we expect their prices to be lower and, more importantly, their functionality to be more similar to mini-notebooks."

http://www.gartner.com/it/page.jsp?id=1375313