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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Member since:2008-07-24
in this industry, most of the other manufacturers are like ford and chrysler, they have product lines that span the entire market. Apple is like lexus, they don't have any value lines. So it is kind of like the car industry, but not in the sarcastic way you mention it.
Last time I checked, Lexus was owned by Toyota. And almost every other luxury motor brand either has some value products (eg BMW also makes the Mini) or is owned by a cross-market company (eg Fiat owns Ferrari). R&D costs and the logistics of international distribution mandate these tie-ups.
Apple's recent success is built on high-volume consumer products, many of which are very competitively priced. The laptop business looks much less appealing, especially at the outset of a possibly lengthy period of economic decline and massive private sector deleveraging.
You might remember this post in three years time.
Member since:2005-08-11
Apple's recent success is built on high-volume consumer products, many of which are very competitively priced. The laptop business looks much less appealing, especially at the outset of a possibly lengthy period of economic decline and massive private sector deleveraging.
You might remember this post in three years time.
You might remember this post in three years time.
Last time I checked, Apple's business compared to the rest of the industry was decidedly low volume, at least as far as computers are concerned.
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2005-08-11
in this industry, most of the other manufacturers are like ford and chrysler, they have product lines that span the entire market. Apple is like lexus, they don't have any value lines. So it is kind of like the car industry, but not in the sarcastic way you mention it.