ASUS and Acer Preparing Upgraded Netbooks

Although most notebook manufacturers are retreating from the dying market, big players like ASUS and Acer are still reportedly working on upgraded models. The processors to be used are upgrades of Intel’s l Atom N2600 and N2800 models.

The upgraded models in question are most likely higher clocked Medfield CPUs, or even Clover Trail versions. The netbook domain is losing serious sales with a reduction of over 32% when compared with the sales achieved last year. These are quickly becoming some sort of poor man’s laptops, as the netbook manufacturers that are still producing such devices base their volume sales estimations on the strong demand from the emerging markets.

The battery life will probably be very impressive, as the power consumption was considerably reduced in Intel's Medfield. This is most likely the reason AMD's upping the pace with the launch of Tamesh CPUs. Acer and ASUS are reportedly still able to ship around 7 million netbooks combined each year.

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