Netbooks (small internet browsing machines built for low-weight and low-cost) were effectively rendered obsolete by tablet devices like the iPad and Surface Pro, and Ultrabooks (high performance, high priced, light-weight machines). Increasingly traditional laptops, with their high performance processors, removable batteries, and built-in optical drives, are becoming rare. They are losing market share to Ultrabooks, and tablets. Is laptop extinction around the corner?
