Tag Archives: Netbook

Grumpy old men of tech redux

Trevor Pott, over at El Reg, makes an early entry into the “Doesn’t like this new-fangled world” competition with his piece on how “Netbooks were a GOOD thing and we threw them under a bus“. Pott’s demand of a machine … Continue reading

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The missing piece of the iPad puzzle

Ian Fogg on why “Cloud” is the Missing Ingredient for a “Third Device” iPad Strategy: “For iPad to really fly, preferences, usernames, passwords, and content should transfer automatically across the different devices that Apple intends consumers to use together: PC, … Continue reading

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There’s these great cut-down computers, right…

Daring Fireball: Maybe Instead of Two Cars, You Just Need a Car and a Bicycle: “The idea of a computer that does a lot less — leaving out even things you consider essential, because you can still do those things … Continue reading

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Is this the end of the road for Hackintosh netbooks?

Oh dear. According to OS X Daily Apple is effectively killing off support for Intel’s Atom processor in OS X 10.6.2. The biggest consequence of this is, obviously, that anyone who wants to roll their own netbook running OS X … Continue reading

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Microsoft drops European Windows plan, so where next for upgrades?

PC Advisor: “It’s unclear how Microsoft will deal with customers who have already pre-ordered Windows 7E and paid the upgrade price but were told they would receive a full-package edition. Ironically, the users who may be most affected by the … Continue reading

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Ballmer predicts Windows PC 2010 = Macintosh 2008

More from the analyst’s meeting with Steve Ballmer: “Ballmer told analysts there would be a new class of “ultra-thin” PCs” — or high-end netbooks –coming this year that would combine the light weight of netbooks with high-power and high-performance of … Continue reading

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Chrome OS is not a threat to Windows « GartenBlog

“Launching a new PC OS is not easy even if your target is a cloud. Targeting netbooks in 2010 isn’t the answer either. As I’ve pointed out, netbook are laptops with a pivotal axis of price. We’re seeing netbooks with … Continue reading

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