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Fri, 12 Dec 2008 13:36:19 +0000

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By: scuntespenset

scuntespenset — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 17:29:31 +0000

I failed my driver’s test. The guy asked me “what do you do at a red light?” I said, I don’t know… look around, listen to the radio… (Bill Braudis).

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Fri, 07 Nov 2008 13:12:47 +0000

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Between the Lines mobile edition — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 10:35:12 +0000

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By: tino

tino — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 20:49:53 +0000

Such an important topic I would like to see an honorable mention of the Toshiba Libretto series and the Transmeta crusoe chip after that.

I loved my Libretto. I wish I didn’t over clocked and killed it.

By: Chippy

Chippy — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 15:35:46 +0000

Thanks JP.

By: JP

JP — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 14:40:16 +0000

Well after re-reading it I understood the sentence the way it’s meant, but it was unclear. Now that I read it again, I understand that 2008 was just Intel’s previsions, but this prevision was given in 2007. Everything is in 2007 actually

Yes this is not really clear but I don’t know how you could make it better, so do as you wish.

By the way, you added “(2007}”, you mistyped a curly brace instead of a parenthesis…

By: Chippy

Chippy — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 14:02:34 +0000

Hi JP
This does refer to 2007
“In 2007, Intel and Asustek managed to create a mini storm in the mobile computer market…”
and the asustek ref talks about the Origami platform not Menlow, Happy to mod the sentence if its not clear though.
Steve

By: JP

JP — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 13:52:57 +0000

Chippy, I think I found an error in your report.

“First, Intel announced their dedicated silicon developments. Menlow was the platform name and it was targeted squarely at the mobile consumer and slated for launch in 2008. Later in the year Asustek took a risk and decided to launch a simple, small notebook using the same components as the Origami devices that came before it.”

I guess you’re speaking about the famous Eee PC 701. But the 701 was first release in late 2007 and did not use the Intel Atom processor that was to come in 2008.

Or am I just misunderstanding your sentence?

By: Pixel Qi fan in waiting...

Pixel Qi fan in waiting... — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 13:35:30 +0000

Good idea to publish this. Might be good to link your article series to a Wikipedia entry for the same.

Of course, by next spring we shall see all the segments hitting full stride with each company with better offerings. Battery life is still not what we all want in the netbook category, and we shall see if any new technologies come along to help that? The Nokia, Intel Moblin and Ubuntu 9.04 OS offering’s by next spring will be interesting to watch as well. The low end of the net book market will be evolving at the low end using non-intel “other than x68″ CPUs and the next CES will be interesting to see what is about at the sub-$98 price range?

Today, with all that are out there, it is very confusing for the average consumer to survey the market place and make a selection. Articles like this one will be a great help.

PS- Regarding Netbooks, I was interested in seeing if anyone knows anything about RAID 1 and scatter gather technology (that improves read times when used with Disk based RAID), and if this CF/SATA RAID capable 2.5 inch drive replaement Flash Device could make quicker access and boot times:
http://www.addonics.com/products/flash_memory_reader/ad2sahdcf.asp ???

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Ultra-Mobile Computing Buyers Guide 2008. Part 1 — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 10:54:23 +0000

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Tue, 04 Nov 2008 10:11:17 +0000

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