3 Reasons Netbooks are Not Enterprise Ready: IT Pros Speak

15.04.2009
Sales of lightweight, low-powered mini-laptops, widely known as netbooks, have been during the past six months and are . And the tech industry can't seem to get enough of talking about netbooks these days; the hype meter has been clicking up steadily for months. But do these little engines really have a place in the enterprise?

The answer is "not yet", according to IT professionals interviewed for this story.

On the bright side, most netbooks on the market do provide enough CPU power, storage and wireless connectivity, not to mention low enough prices and easy portability, to be attractive to enterprises, IT pros say. (Netbooks will likely also become more as more corporate resources move to the cloud and are accessible on the Web, analysts say.)