Intel's
never made a
secret of the
fact that it developed the now-ubiquitous
atom chipset primarily for
mobile devices and low-powered
netbooks for at
emerging markets, so it's not
totally surprising to
hear intel sales VP Stu Pann
say the
company doesn't see
netbooks as potentially cannibalizing sales of its existing
processors -- but we are a bit intrigued by
his seeming dismissal of
netbooks as
everyday machines.
according to Stu, a
netbook with a 10-inch
screen is "fine for an hour. It's not
something you're
going to
use day in and day out." That's
probably true, of course, but it's harsher language
than we've
heard from
intel in the
past -- and it's more or
less in
line with AMD's
recent decision to
ignore netbooks entirely in
favor of more
capable machines "above that
form factor." Of course,
intel execs can
pretty much
say whatever they
want as
long as the
company is
basically the only player in the
netbook game, but we
think a
lot of
people actually are
willing to
use a
netbook as
their primary machine,
especially in this economy.
could you
handle a
netbook as your
daily driver? The comment
box awaits.
Thanks:
jkOnTheRun
