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I think it signals diversification for Intel; not necessarily a shift away from Windows. Running Windows on ultra-low-end boards like this makes no sense; the l
by exelius 13y ago
I think it signals diversification for Intel; not necessarily a shift away from Windows. Running Windows on ultra-low-end boards like this makes no sense; the license would cost more than the board itself and the board isn't powerful enough to run anything approximating a modern version of Windows. It's an order of magnitude slower than your cell phone.
Ultimately though, the x86 PC (aka Windows) market is not a significant growth market for Intel. They'll keep pumping money into it as long as they get their 3-5% growth, but if Intel wants to move the needle for the company, they need to find new markets.
- mark-r 13y ago> It's an order of magnitude slower than your cell phone. Really? I'd like to see some evidence of that. I'd assumed they were roughly the same ballpark.
- exelius 13y agoThe base $99 model is a single core 1.4 gHz E3815. The graphics core is significantly slower than a cell phone SoC as well. Intel is not an inferior company or anything; just this product at this price point is slower than a 3 year old cell phone.