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"... AMD believes that the Netbook screen size is too small and the performance disappointing ... The coming year should show whether the Netbook has legs or wh
by bootload 18y ago
"... AMD believes that the Netbook screen size is too small and the performance disappointing ... The coming year should show whether the Netbook has legs or whether it was just another marketing flash-in-the-pan ..."
So after the Intel heads (Craig Barrett) bad mouths the idea, then screws over MIT's OLPC effort ~ http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-9839806-37.html http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-9839806-37.html comes to this conclusion... "flash-in-the-pan"? I think not. The real problem is the cost. No company wants to build cheap netbooks (very small PC's due to margins but I can tell you people want to buy them. The lowest cost I see now in shops is AUD$330. The low cost & razor margins is most likely the reason.