Asus president and CEO Jerry Shen is expecting to increase its combined netbook and notebook sales from 12 million units in 2009 to over 16 million units in 2010, and global notebook shipments will rise from 140 million units in 2009 to 180-190 million units in 2010.
Shen believes Windows 7 will be the main driver for strong growth in the notebook industry, and he noted Asustek has already shifted about 30% of its Eee PC netbooks to Windows 7. He expects the adoption rate for Eee PC will increase to 80% by the first quarter of 2010 with most of devices to be based on the Intel Pine Trail-M platform.
