Wanna' buy a Netbook? Don't wait. Here's why:

Having watched the "downgrading" of digital camera image quality over past few years, took note of the article below.

The backstory: A few years ago you could do some research and find a basic digital camera with little "noise" in the image (like those irritating groups of pixels -- called artifacts -- that disrupt a smooth blue sky). The Fuji Finepix was a good example, there was simply NO image noise. Now even a top of the line point and shoot doesn't perform like an entry level SLR costing lots more.

I know there are reasons for this, just wish it wasn't so.

Read the last paragraphs of this article on MorningStar.com to see an outline of industry plans to reduce features and functionality on netbooks -- so they won't have the "dispuptive effect" of replacing higher-end laptops altogether.

Netbooks: A Race to the Bottom?
We examine the disruptive effects of low-cost netbooks.

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Mar 02, 2009

John Lam said...

Nice, low noise, Fuji Finepix compacts are still available. If anything, over the past two years, sensor technology on single-lens-reflex cameras has cut noise and tuned calibrated speeds to ISO 6400 with nearly no noise, and pushed uncalibrated speeds to 25600, enabling handheld candlelight photography.

I wouldn't worry too much about availability of low-cost netbooks. I concur with the article: “The rise of cloud computing is a catalyst for netbook growth. The netbook genie is out of the bottle and there is no putting it back in. We doubt that such efforts to limit cannibalization will ultimately succeed, because competitive substitutes are much more viable now.”

Thanks for the heads up!

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