Netbook Fever

The economy worldwide is in a wacky situation, everyone is supposed to be thinking twice or even thrice at spending anything. With stocks at a tailspin the past few weeks no one in their right mind should consider dropping cash on non-essentials.

But Lo-and-Behold, the netbook fever seems to be the exception, what was once thought as a stagnant computer market was energized at the right time by the right product concept: a cheap, highly usable and portable notebook — the “Netbook” (previously lumped in with the UMPC category)

Asus successfully started this trend with their EEE line; now everyone is jumping into the fray (HP, MSI, Acer, Dell, Lenovo). I honestly think these are pretty cool gadgets; these netbooks actually fill in a void that cell phone companies are trying to get to. Portable devices that allow you to do some serious stuff such as surfing and blogging are getting serious attention.

Now, I have to be honest I’ve been trying to hold myself into buying one, prices have been really competitive that it’s almost easy to make it as an impulse buy… but with the economy looking the way it is, maybe it’s not too smart to fall into that impulse. Plus, I bet with the phase and demand, things will only get more heated between these netbook manufacturers… which would just benefit us, consumers.