Dell Abandons Netbooks in Favor of Ultrabooks - crosslond1967

Dell has confirmed information technology will no longer make consumer netbooks. Instead, the troupe will focus happening developing higher-closing, premium "thin and powerful" laptops, following the industry's shift to Ultrabooks.

Dell's 10-inch Miniskirt netbooks have disappeared from sale on Dingle.com, Liliputing spotted lately. Instead, when you're searching for a netbook, Dell might go you the 14-inch Inspiron 14R or the older 11-inch Inspiron 11z.

With the Inspiron 11z currently going for $399.99 in a limited clearance sale and the Inspiron 14R opening at $499.99, this means a new laptop from Dingle will set you back a bit Thomas More than the $300 close to a Mini 10 antecedently cost. You also turn a loss a little of the portability that netbooks offer.

If you truly must have a Dell netbook and get into't care about price, Latitude netbooks for business users are still forthcoming starting at a whopping $469 price. Dell confirmed to The Verge that the troupe will also still offer the Inspiron Couplet netbook/tablet hybrid.

Differently, Dell's Marketing Conductor Alison Gardner told the tech blog that "Thin and powerful is where it is at for us."

This is hardly a big surprise to anyone, with a flood of ultrathin and powerful Ultrabooks expected to launch next month at CES, Acer betting big on Ultrabooks for next year, and Dell also expected to join the Ultrabook political party in 2012.

Netbooks may have had a good run in the last two years, only the low-budget laptops have been dying a unhurried death thanks to tablets like the iPad and now the next class of lightweight laptops, the Ultrabook. The ultraportable is dead. Longitudinal live the ultraportable.

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