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Microsoft (+ Intel) murdered the netbook in one of the most insane self sabotaging plays I have ever seen. Combine that with the launch of the ipad and the fut
by Marazan 7y ago
Microsoft (+ Intel) murdered the netbook in one of the most insane self sabotaging plays I have ever seen.
Combine that with the launch of the ipad and the future of ARM based laptops was delayed over a decade. Netbook makers were poised to release Arm netbooks only to get scared when the ipad was announced.
- dTal 7y agoIt wasn't self-sabotaging. The first netbooks ran Linux and ran okay, at a time when Microsoft was about to EOL Windows XP and Vista absolutely wouldn't run on such devices. If they'd caught on, it could have spelled the end of Microsoft desktop hegemony. It prompted a panicked reaction of extending the service life of XP, while introducing restrictive licensing to pitiful 1024x600 displays (which fit the current crop, but restricted their growth). It was a classic "embrace/extinguish" response to an existential threat.
- scarface74 7y agoARM netbooks running what in 2010?
- Marazan 7y agoLinux although some were going to go with android
- IOT_Apprentice 7y agoApple with the iPad and revisions of the MacBook Air murdered the netbook.And Google Android as a platform smothered Windows Phone completely.