Steve Jobs Was Right Again: Netbooks Are Officially Dead, iPad Killed Them

Cult of Mac
By John BrownleeApr 15, 2013, 11:39 am508 pts
Back in 2010, when netbooks were the fastest-growing segment of the P market and selling by the tens of millions, Steve Jobs defied conventional wisdom that Apple needs to make a netbook, famously lambasting netbooks as “cheap” and “not better than anything.” Instead, Jobs introduced the iPad… and in the last…

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