Back in May, I took a look at the small notebook PC market to try and determine the distribution of screen sizes. I took screen sizes of 11” and under and plotted them on a graph to find the unsurprising result that the 10” screen size was the most popular and the original 7” netbook had all but died. In May 2009, 68% of the devices had a screen that was over 10”. I also promised to revisit the subject. By taking a second snapshot today, I’m able to work out what sizes are growing and waning in popularity. It’s only a second data point but it’s very interesting.

There has been a huge growth in the 11” segment (and 12” but that’s out of scope for this mobile-computing-focused data set) which means that of all the SKUs, 79.6% are now 10” and over.

• 79% of devices have screens of 10” and over. (was 68%)


• The 11” segment grew by 65%


• The 5, 6, 7 and 8” segments all declined in % (and absolute number of devices available)


• The 8” segment declined by over 40% from 61 devices down to 45


• Linux-based devices still count for 8.5% of the devices (no change)


• 80% are over 1KG (12% i