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: ARM market share ahead
by lemur2 on Thu 12th Mar 2009 11:02
in reply to "ARM market share ahead"
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As on how steep the success will be - I agree this will heavily depend on the i386 compatibility issue. Apple's smooth CPU transitions all came along with some sort of compatibility layer / emulator layer. ARM doesn't neccessarily have to go the same path, but they'll have to find something like a solution for this problem. At least at the user interface level.
What problem?
They have a full OS and full suite of desktop applications (Ubuntu 9.04), with cutting edge GUI, zero cost, ready to roll.
As for the GUI familiarity ... people can't even tell its not Windows.
http://atechiesthoughts.com/2009/01/27/experience-with-kde-42-and-w...
http://rubenerdshow.com/blog/p2408/
http://www.downloadsquad.com/2009/02/06/windows-7-or-kde-4/
http://www.phoronix.com/forums/showthread.php?t=13515
http://www.joejoe.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=17577
http://www.zdnet.com.au/insight/software/soa/Is-it-Windows-7-or-KDE...
"Is it Windows 7 or KDE 4? In this video, we take to Sydney's streets to find out what people think of what they think is a Windows 7 demonstration."
Edited 2009-03-12 11:12 UTC
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Interestingly, even the most pessimistic analyst gives ARM at least a 10% market share a few years ahead. That means, users can rely on sufficient support in terms of Linux distros, hardware compatibility.
As on how steep the success will be - I agree this will heavily depend on the i386 compatibility issue. Apple's smooth CPU transitions all came along with some sort of compatibility layer / emulator layer. ARM doesn't neccessarily have to go the same path, but they'll have to find something like a solution for this problem. At least at the user interface level.