Comments on: Panasonic: No netbooks for us

By: Panasonic открестилась от нетбуков | ITLeader

Panasonic открестилась от нетбуков | ITLeader — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 23:00:32 +0000

[...] компания Panasonic официально заявила о том, что не планирует выпускать собственную модель [...]

By: Warukyure

Warukyure — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 07:57:38 +0000

I don't agree with Panasonic's statement about “the reason is that the performance on Intel Atom powered devices is “too low to work with office documents or other applications,”” Seeing as panasonic uses Core Solos, or the U series or even ULV series of chips in their toughbooks. Not to mention they usually have low amounts of ram and small HDDs, all while running windows Vista. Netbooks mostly run Windows XP (except for HP2133) which is fairly light.

By: Warukyure

Warukyure — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 04:57:38 +0000

By: Henry

Henry — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 00:12:47 +0000

they make some awesome ruggedized laptops, but they aren't cheap by any means. and they've never tried to crack the consumer electronics world. it's always been focused on the business (and military, that's how i've used them) world. that's the safe way for them to go. they'll probably reexamine this a few years down the road when more and more powerful netbook size machines are released and performance catches up to what more heavy business users require.

By: MrBoB

MrBoB — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 20:16:54 +0000

@Rob
Panasonic makes some of the best ultraportable laptops available, so it makes sense that they have no interest in cannibalizing their business model by selling netbooks. Until about a year ago, if you wanted the smallest, lightest laptop money could buy, you purchased something from Panasonic.

By: Brad Linder

Brad Linder — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 19:08:15 +0000

Panasonic has been making the Toughbook line of rugged laptops for a while
now. They're pretty well respected. But not cheap.

By: Rob rear Enderle

Rob rear Enderle — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 19:05:44 +0000

I think we all thought the same thing:

"Panasonic makes laptops?"

If I go out to buy a laptop for family/friends, I usually have the same 3-4 usual suspects like everyone else does and Panasonic isnt in there.
Actually Panasonic is probably not in my top 20 just like many on the Liliputing database arent.

I know the name. I even had a Panasonic cordless phone or two, maybe even an answering machine.
Dioesnt mean Id want a GE laptop either.
Not that I dont think they could make something half decent but with 60some netbooks to choose from, I dont think Il mourn them.