"People realize that it's not so bad that they can't spend some money if it's good value, and a $350 to $400 laptop wouldn't be possible before but now it is, " said Gartner analyst Mikako Kitagawa.

人们认识到，如果价格实惠，他们花一些钱也不是一件坏事。 350美元到400美元的价格过去不可能买到一台笔记本电脑，现在却成为可能。

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"Consumers are migrating content consumption from PCs to other connected devices, such as tablets and smartphones, " said Mikako Kitagawa, principal analyst at Gartner.

BBC: PC sales worldwide have tumbled, data from IDC shows

Meanwhile, it's still too early to tell whether netbooks have created a new global product segment or cannibalized traditional ones, says Gartner analyst Mikako Kitagawa.

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