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____/ bbgruff on Sunday 21 September 2008 11:57 : \____
> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
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>> ____/ bbgruff on Sunday 21 September 2008 10:20 : \____
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>>> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
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http://www.pocket-lint.co.uk/news/news.phtml/17730/18754/toshiba-nb100-netbook-uk.phtml
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>>> I was just about to post that link - but well done:-)
>>>
>>> I'd seen the news on the Tosh previously, but no mention of Linux
>>> That clears it up. Ubuntu LTS version, eh?:-)
>>
>> Either that or some antique operating system where disconnecting the
>> keyboard required a reboot (IIRC).
>
> Yes - it's a rum do when the best that MS can offer for these devices is a 7
> year old OS which MS itself has stopped selling, isn't it?
>
> Several things strike me wrt this whole "netbook phenomenon":-
>
> - MS seems to have been caught with its pants down.
>
> - I wonder if they are actually relying on Moore's Law, and hoping that these
> things will catch up with Vista/7 requirements in a year or 18 months, and
> hope to return to "Business As Usual"?
>
> - To me, *the* most striking thing about the whole thing is how many
> different manufacturers are now pushing Linux, and not just on these devices.
> Has Linux improved *so* much?
> Has there been a change in the MS stranglehold on manufacturers?
> Are manufacturers using Linux to "threaten" MS?
> What?
Intel is working on a dual-core "Atom"right now, but what do these
labels/brands really mean? It's not just an issue of energy consumption. The
manufacturing costs are almost the same (was about $29 per chip in 2006), so
they just artificially create 'tiers'... like "rich man's Intel" and "poor
man's Intel".
At the end of the day, it's margin erosing for both Microsoft (they sell
Windows for about $18) and Intel (dual-core for a coupla' hundreds). The big
issue for Wintel is that AMD is said to be entering this space (it was already
there with OLPC, which Intel attacked) and ARM too will soon have an
announcement. Interesting times ahead!
- --
~~ Best of wishes
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