Netbooks aren’t dead, but they’re not quite the hip topic of discussion they were a few years ago. The focus on cost conscious computing hasn’t changed since the introduction of the first netbook, but the maturity of tablets has. Intel still sees the netbook segment as a profitable one (for itself) through 2012, although I’m fully expecting the line between netbook and convertible tablet to blur after the launch of Windows 8.  Atom has been at the heart of nearly all netbooks since the segment’s inception.

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Intel’s Atom N2600, N2800 & D2700: Cedar Trail, The Heart of the 2012 Netbook