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Low End Linux Netbook Prices Continue To Drop
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| Last month I wrote about netbooks powered by the MIPS processor, originally
| developed by SGI. I also pointed out that the price for the Belco Alpha 400
| had dropped to $149 last December and January. That is now the regular price
| for the lowest of low end Linux netbooks at Geeks.com. Last week they had a
| special and the price dropped to $139.
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http://broadcast.oreilly.com/2009/06/low-end-linux-netbook-prices-c.html
Archos launches Ubuntu netbook with 500GB hard drive
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| You may have noticed that practically ever netbook running Windows has the
| same specs: 1GB of RAM, a 160GB hard drive, probably an Intel Atom processor,
| and a 9 or 10 inch display. That’s largely because Microsoft is offering low
| cost Windows XP licenses to PC makers selling netbooks that meet these
| specifications. It helps keep the costs down while providing netbook makers
| with an operating system that’s been proven to work well on low power
| computers.
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http://www.liliputing.com/2009/06/archos-to-launch-ubuntu-netbook-with-500gb-hard-drive.html
Recent:
SPOTTED: Linux notebooks with ARM CPUs
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| Freescale and Qualcomm have coined the term smartbook to describe Linux+ARM
| systems, ditching Atom+Windows for good.
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http://apcmag.com/linux-notebooks-with-arm-hardware-seen-at-computex.htm
Are Linux netbooks really returned more often than Windows models?
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| But Philip Solis, an analyst at ABI Research, questions the "reliability" of
| this evidence.
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| Solis said in a March research note that Taiwan's MSI had not yet shipped a
| Linux-based Wind at the time of the comment to the magazine. When it did, it
| did "adapt" the operating system for the netbook's smaller size -- an key
| ingredient to Linux's acceptance by consumers, Solis wrote.
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| Acer, Asus and Dell have all built customized versions of Linux for their
| netbooks. Solis said that Asus has noted equal return rates for Linux
| netbooks versus those running Windows.
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| And while ABI's surveys show U.S. consumers clearly stating their preference
| for Windows netbooks, Solis said that isn't true around the world.
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| In Asia, netbook buyers are both thriftier and "and not as tied to the
| Windows environment," Solis said. "They're looking for certain features, but
| they aren't as tied to a certain brand name."
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| Solis predicts an increase in Linux netbook shipments this year, from 25% to
| a third of the 35 million netbooks expected to sell globally this year. Under
| that estimate, Linux will be shipped on 11.5 million netbook PCs in 2009.
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| Solis is bullish about his prediction because of the coming ARM wave. With
| Microsoft still balking at porting Windows 7 to ARM's mobile CPU, PC makers
| using ARM have no choice but to use Linux.
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http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9131204&intsrc=news_ts_head
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