Dell is reportedly removing its not too old Mini 12 netbook from its product line up. The company seems to be focusing on the 9-inch and the now netbook "standard" 10-inch version of its netbooks. In the future, however, the company seems to see market only for the 10 inch netbooks and might just phase out the 9-inch version too.
Dell, on its corporate blog, outlined reasons for its decision to kill the 12-inch Mini. The entry reads
"So, should you read anything into this as far as Dell's commitment to the Netbook space? Nope. It really boils down to this: for a lot of customers, 10-inch displays are the sweet spot for netbooks. That's why we offer two different 10-inch Inspiron netbooks for Mini 10 and the Mini 10v. And on the Latitude side, the Latitude 2100 netbook is finding a home in schools all over the place. Portability is one of the key points for netbook customers. Larger notebooks require a little more horsepower to be really useful. More to come from Dell on that later."
What this essentially means is that Dell seems to have realized its consumers expect a larger sized laptop to perform like a large laptop, instead of just a netbook. And with the Mini 12 shipping with Vista, the performance side of things looked hopeless. Now, positioned slightly above the Mini 12 are the much better spec-ed 13 and 14-inch inspiron models. It just does not make sense for a consumer to invest in high end netbook when you get a decent low end laptop that performs better for almost the same price. That brings us to the larger question. How big is too big for netbooks? Dell is not the only manufacturer to have a 12-inch lineup. HP, Samsung and Lenovo too have 12-inch models.
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