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With Intel’s help, such a low price point is not entirely out of reach
Craig Stice

Can a $200 ultrathin-type PC be made for consumers, especially as these advanced notebooks now cost upward of $600 or more? The astounding answer seems yes, especially if giant chipmaker Intel Corp. is willing to cut the price of its semiconductor components to PC makers, according to a PC Dynamics market brief from information and analytics provider IHS.

A price point that low seems far-fetched considering the mobile PC prices of today, with Ultrabooks and other ultrathins going as high as $1,000 or more. However, the small laptops known as netbooks saw their prices reach down into the $200 range at the height of their popularity a few years ago, and a cost analysis of netbooks shows how such a low level of pricing can be used to support a no-frills type of ultrathin PC.

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