The analyst of the corporation The Information Network, declare that in 2009 the sell of netbooks as well as smartbook solutions will guide Intel, which will engage 94% of the market, but in 2012 the proposal will pass to the decisions of ARM. According to Castellano, now the market is split between netbooks made based on Intel processors, plus smartbook produced for ARM, which present users a number of unusual solutions. Netbooks cost more than $ 200 and offer an average of 3.5 hours battery life, in addition, they are well-suited with Windows. In contrast, smartbook on ARM will charge fewer than $ 200, running on Linux or else Chrome OS plus offer about 8 hours of battery life.

Castellano sure what processors ARM, but not Intel Atom, will be more profitable in the modern technological and economic cycle. In 2009, Issue 22.1mln netbooks on the platform of Intel, while the number of ARM smartbook be 1.4mln. In 2010 of netbooks with Intel processors will grow to 31.1mln units, but growth in the number smartbook ARM processors will be more, it will reach 7.8mln units. In 2012, Intel-based netbook will be released 43.2mln, while the ARM processor will be installed in 52.9mln smartbook that provide ARM 55% of the market, reducing the share of Intel up to 45%. Castellano did not foresee the emergence of this rapidly growing sector of processors on any other architecture.

In the current trend of computer equipment subsidies under contracts to provide services provider and the transfer of this trend in favor of smartbook, as more mobile and cheaper devices. The source reports that in Taiwan, half of the laptops sold in August, accompanied by long-term contracts to provide services to 3G. Probably smartbook will be sold mainly in this way, as they will be bought by users primarily for mobile access to the Internet.