Comments on: Asus Eee PC 701SDX: Seriously, another one?

By: Tim

Tim — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 10:08:58 +0000

Hmm, that's what I get for not proofreading thoroughly. I meant that the limitation (in order to qualify for cheap XP licensing) for netbooks is performance less than the N270. We should be seeing dual-Atom in desktop machines RealSoonNow.

By: Tim

Tim — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 10:06:21 +0000

The oddest part is how little press there has been about this restriction. Another interesting thing is that the performance of the Atom processor is limited to the N270 or less. Unless Microsoft changes their ways, we can't expect to be seeing Dual-core (ok, actually it's hyperthreading) Atoms anytime soon.

By: Tim

Tim — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 06:08:58 +0000

By: Tim

Tim — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 06:06:21 +0000

By: Tim

Tim — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 03:08:58 +0000

By: Tim

Tim — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 03:06:21 +0000

By: DougC3

DougC3 — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 03:04:44 +0000

Somebody good at ASCII art should post a picture of a cupcake with one candle, labeled “Happy Birthday EEE”

By: DougC3

DougC3 — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 02:49:30 +0000

I'd pay extra for a high resolution netbook too, especially a 10-inch one. I think it really sucks for MS to restrict netbook specs. Now that you mention it, all the netbooks with greater than 1024 x 600 that I can think of are available with Vista instead of XP (and none have Atom 1.6 processors or 10-inch screens)… but wait, I just found one in the liliputing database: the Gigabyte M912 comes with XP or Vista and an Atom 1.6, but it's an 8.9-inch “touch-screen convertible” on the “Intel lowcost portable platform,” so you may argue that it's not really a netbook.

Another similar one is the Kohjinsha SX3 with 1280 x 768, also with Vista, but with the weaker Atom Silverthorne and a price of ~ $1250 US. Still no regular netbook with Diamondville, high res, and 10-inch screen.

By: tim

tim — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 00:46:37 +0000

So, the netbooks are becoming more powerful… Ok. Where are the netbooks (either 8.9 or 10 inch screen models) which have both >1024×600 screen resolution and an atom processor? And why are there not more of them? Hint: There was an article last year about Microsoft placing XP licensing restrictions on netbook hardware capabilities. Manufacturers have had to limit the capabilities of their netbooks in order to get cheap XP licenses. Personally, I'd be willing to pay extra for an atom processor and 1280x??? screen resolution.

So… you can blame Microsoft for the cookie cutter specs of the netbooks on the market.