News - Dell discontinues Inspiron Mini 12 netbook

[HEXUS]

10in displays are the sweet spot for netbooks, says Dell as it axes its larger 12in model.

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[MadduckUK]

10in displays are the sweet spot for netbooks,

whew. bit of sense at last

[Bob Crabtree]

Or is this discontinuation of the 12in netbook a move to protect sales of conventional notebooks, which sell for considerably more than netbooks?

[PeterStoba]

Or is this discontinuation of the 12in netbook a move to protect sales of conventional notebooks, which sell for considerably more than netbooks?

Yes

Intel are charging more for atom chips if they are going into a 12" product, and less if they are in a sub 10" product. Dual Core notebooks are more profitable!

[Funkstar]

Or is this discontinuation of the 12in netbook a move to protect sales of conventional notebooks, which sell for considerably more than netbooks?

Do they?

Not when you can pick up a conventional laptop from Tesco for £350.

i think it's a lot more complicated than that. Netbooks aren't just cheap, they are small as well. a 12" 'netbook' isn't really much smaller than a regular laptop, and it performs like a dog in comparison.

[MadduckUK]

Nobody has ever been going to buy a portege and decided to plump for a 12" "netbook" instead. And if they have then they deserve a lifetime of dissapointment tbh

[jim]

After dragging my Studio 15 around in a backpack for the best part of 6 months, there's no way I'd buy another laptop for "portability". I would've happily taken the slower speeds and gone for a 12" like this instead... but given the choice between cheap atom and more expensive Core 2 at the same weight, I'd take the latter. Maybe they are right.