Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 6th Jan 2009 09:36 UTC, submitted by caffeine deprived
It seems that after Intel, just about every chip maker wants a piece of the netbook pie. AMD is an obvious competitor, but VIA is also eyeing the little notebooks. However, more exotic options like the Chinese Loongson chips and ARM's Cortex A-8 and A-9 chips are also among the contenders. We can now add a new contender: Freescale.
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RE[2]: Microsoft are shooting themselves in the foot
by REM2000 on Tue 6th Jan 2009 13:36
in reply to "RE: Microsoft are shooting themselves in the foot"
Member since:2006-07-25
i don't understand why you were modded down, what you say is totally correct.
Ok we can get the OS ported to ARM however what about the apps? Unless the OS can do some emulation which in itself would be pretty pointless.
I think x86 will be with us for a long while.
I can see perhaps a sub-netbook market with the device sporting an OS and custom apps purely for the machine and architecture without the ability to install other OS's, more a focused device like a phone etc..
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2005-06-29
And how many netbooks shipping today or this year actually are non-x86? So far, ARM and Freescale have done a lot of talking, but little releasing.
So far, it makes zero sense for any software company to invest time in non-x86 netbooks.