Area Netbook Owner Still Waiting for Final Cut Studio 2 to Load
by John Paczkowski
Posted on June 23, 2009 at 10:01 AM PT
What’s the difference between a netbook and a notebook? If you know the answer, you’re in the minority…of netbook owners. According to a survey by market research outfit The NPD Group, 60 percent of consumers who purchased netbooks assumed they would function just like regular laptops. Consequently, only 58 percent were satisfied with their purchases, compared to 70 percent of consumers who purchased traditional notebooks.
It would seem then that the so-called “fastest-growing segment of the PC market” is also the most misunderstood. For what is a netbook but an underpowered laptop or a giant Gallagher-sized smartphone? Consumers are intrigued by the netbook’s low prices, but they don’t understand its value proposition.
“We need to make sure consumers are buying a PC intended for what they plan to do with it,” said NPD’s Stephen Baker. “There is a serious risk of cannibalization in the notebook market that could cause a real threat to netbooks’ success. Retailers and manufacturers can’t put too much emphasis on PC-like capabilities and general features that could convince consumers that a netbook is a replacement for a notebook. Instead, they should be marketing mobility, portability, and the need for a companion PC to ensure consumers know what they are buying and are more satisfied with their purchases.”
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Anyone expecting to run Fina Cut on a bargain-basement netbook is seriously delusional. Consumers are “intrigued by the netbook’s low price” because they are idiots.
Posted by Alan Sanders at June 23rd, 2009 at 12:24 pmMy guess is that the vast majority of people buying netbooks are NOT running Final Cut Pro or in many cases may have never even heard of it.
The “net” in netbook stands for network and that should supply a clue as to what it’s main function is all about. The buyer mistakes started happening when the netbook makers took whatever incentives Microsoft offered to allow running XP on the things. For such users, even if they do not try and load programs that exceed the hardware’s specs, they will soon be so loaded down with spyware, corrupted registries, and other typical Windows problems so as to render the machines useless.
Posted by Mac Beach at June 23rd, 2009 at 2:45 pmI’ve had people imply that their netbooks are equivalent to my MacBook Air because of its size. I usually don’t disabuse them. Seems to me that they will discover the difference between a netbook and a full service laptop on their own. The statistic quoted confirms they do.
Posted by June Gordon at June 24th, 2009 at 2:20 amI just bought a netbook to take with me on vacation. I plan to play music with Winamp, download pictures from a camera, browse the Internet, send and receive email, etc. So far, I am happy with it.
I had to use Wikipedia to find out what Final Cut Studio is. Anyone who thinks he can do video editing on any $300 computer deserves what he gets.
Posted by Freon Sandoz at July 15th, 2009 at 11:07 am