Laptops AMD releases Atom killers

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Netbooks are toast
All those netbooks out there with the Intel's Atom processor facing competition from a $279 AMD-based Acer laptop.

Acers machine really makes the case for a netbook pointless. Why buy a Netbook with a 10-inch screen, an Intel Atom processor, no optical drive, and Windows XP that weighs about two pounds when you can have a laptop with a 15.6-inch screen, a higher-performance AMD or Intel processor, an optical drive, and Windows Vista that weights about six pounds? [Because it doesn't give you spinal deformities? sub.ed.]

OK the weight is a problem but most people buy netbooks because they can't afford a proper laptop. When Best Buy flogs a 15-inch Acer laptop for $279 that had been previously listed at $299 you know that the netbook industry is about to suffer.

The specifications: an AMD Athlon TF-20 64 processor, 15.6-inch WXGA display, 2GB DDR2 memory, DVD-RW drive, 160GB hard disk drive, ATI Radeon Xpress 1200 graphics, 802.11b/g wireless, 10/100 Ethernet LAN, and Microsoft Windows Vista Home Basic Edition. The cheap Athlon MV-40, TF-20 and the even cheaper U2x0 Semprons have been around for quite a while, but they didn't manage to get a lot of design wins.

So why bother with a netbook if you are looking for a cheap PC?
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This is like 15k right...good price i think (not sure thought :ashamed: )

How much will it be if ordered from KMD / Fizzmall ?
 
Its hard to understand why AMD has shied away from netbook market with no serious products... I think with their onboard graphic power they can easily match Intel.. even beat them altogether...
 
HailStonE said:
Its hard to understand why AMD has shied away from netbook market with no serious products... I think with their onboard graphic power they can easily match Intel.. even beat them altogether...
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profit is very little :P
 
archish said:
profit is very little :P
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Plus atom denting intels own market now...since people still buy age old pentium 4 thinking they to be greatest stuff yet...

Btw becoz nvidia ion...now intel again improving atom will pine trail platform...else we wont have seen any upgrade in atom
 
^^@MAGNeT, your sentences are getting weirdier and weirdier nowadays! What's up with the cryptic lines?

On topic, I thought there was something new to beat the atom series. It's still a 15" and atleast me and the people I know buying the EEE PCs were attracted not to the pricing but the size and battery backup. I don't think the people buying the 10" Atoms are doing it for budgetary reasons. They hardly cost any lesser than entry level budget lappies.
 
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On topic, I thought there was something new to beat the atom series. It's still a 15" and atleast me and the people I know buying the EEE PCs were attracted not to the pricing but the size and battery backup. I don't think the people buying the 10" Atoms are doing it for budgetary reasons. They hardly cost any lesser than entry level budget lappies.
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Totally agreed. AMD did release neo series for netbooks but I never like AMD in notebooks. Hot and poor battery lives. Dont know if situation has improved now.
 
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