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Atom N450 Netbooks Hit Full Force in January
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| Starting January 11th, you'll be able to get
| faster, beefier netbooks, with the arrival of
| next-gen Atom chips, according to Gizmodo.
|
| Search for netbooks on Amazon.com and you'll
| notice that for all the different models you
| can buy, the specs are mostly standard: 10.1-
| inch screen, 160GB hard drive, 1GB DDR2 of
| memory, and a 1.6GHz Atom N270 processor. If
| you're willing to spend the money, you can
| upgrade to 2GB ram and a 1.66GHz Atom N280,
| but that's about it.
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http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/120709-atom-n450-netbooks-hit-full.html
Netbooks: What's the small idea?
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| None of these three computers were awful, but
| they all could have been better. It shouldn't
| be that hard: Manufacturers just need to
| remember that netbooks aren't shrunken
| versions of regular laptops. It would help if
| Microsoft stopped trying to wish away this
| category of computer -- but if it won't, there
| are good Linux developers that would gladly
| take its place.
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/12/11/AR2009121101196.html
Recent:
10 Netbook-oriented Linux Distributions... and Counting
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| I can say that Linux on netbook is gaining
| momentum right now contrary to what others
| believe. Just take a look at the growing
| number of Linux distributions that are
| optimized for netbooks so that you will know
| what I mean.
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http://www.junauza.com/2009/12/10-netbook-oriented-linux-distributions.html
Linux Is Regaining Netbook Market Share Quickly
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| Despite this ABI Research published some
| new data last month and the results may
| surprise you. They place the 2009 market
| share for Linux on netbooks at 32% with 11
| million units preloaded with Linux shipping
| this year. In an interview with
| DesktopLinux.com, Jeffrey Orr of ABI makes
| clear that dial boot machines (i.e.: the
| Acer Aspire One AOD250-1613) and machines
| that are purchased with Windows but later
| have Linux loaded do not count in the 32%
| number. That number is pure Linux sales.
| This data confirms comments made first by
| Jay Pinkert and later by Todd Finch of Dell
| that one third of their netbooks sales are
| Linux machines and that there is no higher
| return rate for Linux systems than there is
| for ones sold with Windows preloaded.
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http://broadcast.oreilly.com/2009/12/linux-regaining-netbook-market.html
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