ABI Insight

Netbook Return Rates Around Linux

Author: Philip Solis, Research Director, Mobile Devices

Published: 11 Mar 2009

Recent comments in the media about netbook return rates have created concerns around netbooks being sold with Linux. However, ABI Research notes that a number of these comments are not reliable. Additionally, early implementations of Linux on netbooks are not the best example of what the industry can expect from Linux on netbooks. So just what are the facts and who – if anyone – in the industry should be concerned?

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