Comments on: Intel targets netbooks with new operating system http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:/2009/05/21/intel-targets-netbooks-with-new-operating-system/ Top Technology news Mon, 13 Feb 2012 20:30:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Hugh http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:/2009/05/21/intel-targets-netbooks-with-new-operating-system/comment-page-1/#comment-181062 Hugh Thu, 21 May 2009 23:17:56 +0000 http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:/2009/05/21/intel-targets-netbooks-with-new-operating-system/#comment-181062 "However, much of the hype now is centered on the possibilities of using Moblin to power netbooks. The advantages it appears to offer – solid design, good integration with hardware and a crisp smartphone-style user interface [...]" This would have Intel emulating Apple, only in the low end of the market, and one can imagine the angst that this is causing in Redmond. Will "Wintel" become instead "Lintel"? “However, much of the hype now is centered on the possibilities of using Moblin to power netbooks. The advantages it appears to offer – solid design, good integration with hardware and a crisp smartphone-style user interface [...]”

This would have Intel emulating Apple, only in the low end of the market, and one can imagine the angst that this is causing in Redmond. Will “Wintel” become instead “Lintel”?

]]> By: Aquaadverse http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:/2009/05/21/intel-targets-netbooks-with-new-operating-system/comment-page-1/#comment-181058 Aquaadverse Thu, 21 May 2009 22:57:30 +0000 http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:/2009/05/21/intel-targets-netbooks-with-new-operating-system/#comment-181058 What's Microsoft going to do, make versions of Windows that won't run on Atom? The Netbook market has reached sufficient mass where we should see some interesting models, probably some with internal 3G being marketed on the wireless side. If a carrier allowed a pairing for the amount they allow a second family phone it would be pretty popular. The latest smart phones make things like web surfing tolerable, but only a deluded fanboy thinks watching a movie or reading an ebook is a quality experience. It makes more sense for Apple to use the iPhone side of the business to snag Netbook share. What’s Microsoft going to do, make versions of Windows that won’t run on Atom?

The Netbook market has reached sufficient mass where we should see some interesting models, probably some with internal 3G being marketed on the wireless side. If a carrier allowed a pairing for the amount they allow a second family phone it would be pretty popular.

The latest smart phones make things like web surfing tolerable, but only a deluded fanboy thinks watching a movie or reading an ebook is a quality experience. It makes more sense for Apple to use the iPhone side of the business to snag Netbook share.

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