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ARM Android netbooks more “snappy” than Windows 7 on Atom say analysts
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| Of course, there’s a big leap from snappy performance to an appealing
| platform, and that’s something that Linux still needs to address for
| mainstream users. Sales figures of Windows and non-Android Linux netbooks
| suggest that buyers are willing to put up with slower performance in return
| for the familiarity and app-flexibility of Microsoft-based devices. Internet
| browsing, while perhaps the netbook’s primary purpose, is not all the budget
| ultraportables are used for; similarly, the absence of Flash support for ARM
| processors could prove a major stumbling block for an audience used to
| streaming video content.
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http://www.slashgear.com/arm-android-netbooks-more-snappy-than-windows-7-on-atom-say-analysts-1546984/
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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