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Yes, as I've already said, that was part of the deal. OEMs could choose to design whatever they liked, or choose to exploit a netbook/nettop design package that
by scholia 11y ago
Yes, as I've already said, that was part of the deal. OEMs could choose to design whatever they liked, or choose to exploit a netbook/nettop design package that provided some discounts on Microsoft/Intel technologies.
Netbooks were originally intended for school uses (see Intel's Classmate) not to replace consumer laptops. http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/education-solutions/classmatepc-clamshell.html http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/education-solutions/c...
- ZenoArrow 11y agoIIRC the Intel Classmate was announced after the first Asus Eee PC, so I wouldn't say they were originally intended for schools.
- scholia 11y agoThe original Asus Eee PC was designed for schools and was launched first in the UK by the then leading education supplier, RM. I was there. It had a Celeron inside. It was part of Intel's response to the threat of the OLPC.