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In an attempt to prevent cannibalizing the more lucrative laptops in their lineup, manufacturers imposed several constraints on netbooks however this would soon push netbooks into a niche where they had few distinctive advantages over traditional laptops or tablet computers (see below).

By August 2009, when comparing a Dell netbook to a Dell notebook, CNET called netbooks 'nothing more than smaller, cheaper notebooks', noting, 'the specs are so similar that the average shopper would likely be confused as to why one is better than the other', and 'the only conclusion is that there really is no distinction between the devices'. In the short period since their appearance, netbooks grew in size and features, and converged with smaller, lighter laptops and subnotebooks.

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Often significantly less expensive than other laptops, by mid-2009, netbooks began to be offered by some wireless data carriers to their users ' free of charge', with an extended service contract purchase. Over the course of their evolution, netbooks have ranged in size from below 5' screen diagonal to 12'. HP re-entered the non-Chromebook netbook market with the Stream 11 in 2014.Р”Р„t their inception in late 2007 as smaller notebooks optimized for low weight and low cost -netbooks omitted certain features (e.g., the optical drive), featured smaller screens and keyboards, and offered reduced computing power when compared to a full-sized laptop.

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With the rise of Chromebooks in 2014, Microsoft began a new effort at creating viable netbooks, with Windows 8.1 with Bing. Many netbook products were replaced on the market by Chromebooks, a variation on the network computer concept in the form of a netbook. Many major netbook producing companies stopped producing them by the end of 2012. As a result of these two developments, netbooks of 2011 had kept price as their only strong point, losing in the design, ease-of-use and portability department to tablets (and tablets with removable keyboards) and to Ultrabook laptops in the features and performance field. Capitalizing on the success of the MacBook Air, and in response to it, Intel promoted Ultrabook as a new high-mobility standard, which has been hailed by some analysts as succeeding where netbooks failed. At the high end of the performance spectrum, ultrabooks, ultra-light portables with a traditional keyboard and display have been revolutionized by the 11.6-inch MacBook Air, which made fewer performance sacrifices albeit at considerably higher production cost. In an attempt to prevent cannibalizing the more lucrative laptops in their lineup, manufacturers imposed several constraints on netbooks however this would soon push netbooks into a niche where they had few distinctive advantages over traditional laptops or tablet computers (see below).Р”В«y 2011, the increasing popularity of tablet computers (particularly the iPad)-a different form factor, but with improved computing capabilities and lower production cost-had led to a decline in netbook sales.

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Netbooks compete in the same market segment as mobiles and Chromebooks (a variation on the portable network computer).Р”Р„t their inception in late 2007 as smaller notebooks optimized for low weight and low cost-netbooks omitted certain features (e.g., the optical drive), featured smaller screens and keyboards, and offered reduced computing power when compared to a full-sized laptop. Netbook is a generic name given to a category of small, lightweight, legacy-free, and inexpensive laptop computers that were introduced in 2007.