Viewsonic Introduces Netbooks?

In a move completely unexpected by myself (and apparently a few others as well) Viewsonic who usually only does monitors and displays is introducing a netbook. This is interesting to me because they wouldn't have introduced it if they didn't think there was a market for it still, even though the netbook market has started to get quite a lot of attention.

ViewSonic is most well known for its display products, but the company has dabbled with various types of mobile computers in the past and was one of the first companies out with a tablet PC. A new announcement of two new netbooks sees ViewSonic entering an already crowded market space.

The two models are the VNB100 and VNB101 and although the model names aren’t that different, the two models have distinctly different designs. The VNB100 is the budget model of the two, yet it offers more features than the more expensive VNB101.

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These new netbooks don't really seem to introduce anything new; they simply are Viewsonic's attempt to create something cool using their technology. Why does it make sense for a company like Viewsonic to get involved in the netbook market? I think it makes sense because they make good LCD screens and that is probably the most expensive component in a netbook. The processors and other technogly in the netbook is really not that expensive and therefore a company that makes quality LCD screens could do very well at making a quality netbook.