Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 11th Mar 2009 17:23 UTC
To further prove that analysts' projections are just informed guesses, two major analyst firms just presented a completely different outlook on the netbook market and where it is going. Even though both project major growth, one of them sees a very bright future for non-Intel netbooks, while the other sticks with Atom.
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RE: The purpose of netbooks
by lemur2 on Thu 12th Mar 2009 06:15
in reply to "The purpose of netbooks"
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Right now most see the atom based netbook as a mini-laptop. When the arm based netbooks start to come around they will most likely be marketed more as an internet device/pda and they will most likely be running mobile operating systems like android, symbian or even windows mobile. If they market the arm netbooks as anything more than a uber pda then I don't see a bright future ahead of them.
Why not?
Why not a full desktop OS, gaming even, given that with ARM architecture we can get quad-core CPU, 1GHz @ 1Watt?
Why wouldn't one of these in a netbook, given that it doesn't have x86 overhead, be able to run a full-featured desktop? Take it with you easily when you are out and about, plug it in to a full-sized screen, keyboard and mouse when you are sitting down somewhere. Same machine ... no compromise on power. The ultimate in ultra-portability.
You might even see something like this within this year.
There is even an OS available for it, and it could easily support a cutting-edge innovative desktop like KDE 4.2 or later. Nice.
Edited 2009-03-12 06:21 UTC
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I don't think it's about who will dominate the netbook market but rather what the netbook will be marketed as.
Right now most see the atom based netbook as a mini-laptop. When the arm based netbooks start to come around they will most likely be marketed more as an internet device/pda and they will most likely be running mobile operating systems like android, symbian or even windows mobile. If they market the arm netbooks as anything more than a uber pda then I don't see a bright future ahead of them.