Over 22% of laptops shipped last quarter were netbooks

The arrival of consumer ultraportable laptops did little to slow down the netbook boom last quarter. According to the latest numbers from DisplaySearch, netbooks accounted for an impressive 22.2% of worldwide portable PC shipments in Q2.

DisplaySearch says netbooks only accounted for 17.8% of shipments in the first quarter. That contradicts the firm's own May 13 report, in which "preliminary data" pinned that number at 19.5%. In any case, netbook shipments reportedly grew a cool 40% between the first and second quarters.