Think it's too soon to tell whether or not iPad is truly killing Netbook sales. I'm sure it will happen but netbook momentum was on the downslide anyway, before the iPad's announcement and released. People were largely dissatisfied with Netbooks. Companies selling netbooks had no place to go but down. Any company selling netbook with higher specs, higher resolution, larger screen will suddenly find themselves competing in the more powerful small laptop category. Which would be the better buy for consumers at roughly the same price (small more powerful laptop or netbook)? There were nowhere to go but downward for netbooks. But it served it's purpose during the recession.
Now unlike Netbooks, the iPad will provide for Apple tremendous growth/value in its unique category. The sky is the limit.
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