More than 38 million Netbooks shipped in the second quarter of 2009, helping them capture a 22.2 percent share of the portable PC market, according to a report released Monday from DisplaySearch.

Quarterly demand for Netbooks, or mini-note PCs, jumped 40 percent over the first quarter, according to DisplaySearch's latest "Quarterly PC Shipment and Forecast Report." This surge contrasts with notebook shipments, which grew 22 percent over the same period.

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