Comments on: Report: Intel to kill off Atom Z-series netbook processors

By: Trooper P

Trooper P — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 04:40:40 +0000

Looks like that commenter was correct: http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2009/08/03/intel_a...

I knew you wouldn't post his comment in the original post if it wasn't credible.

DigiTimes has been unreliable so many times now. After reading IntoMobile's article about the Apple Tablet, I have second thoughts about taking info from them.

http://www.intomobile.com/2009/08/03/my-theory-...

After reading

By: trooperp

trooperp — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 00:40:40 +0000

By: DougC3

DougC3 — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 05:38:59 +0000

Well, I've been under the impression that the higher resolution would cause a significant drain on the CPU and was consequently puzzled by this pairing. It makes more sense with your explanation. I certainly also like to see innovative and offbeat systems and I definitely think that “one size does not fit all.”

By: wanorris

wanorris — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 23:11:48 +0000

It certainly won't work for everyone, but a Z series Atom can be a really good chip, depending on the compromises you want to make in your system.

Take the Aspire One 751 -- high res (1366x768), 1" thick, 3.1 lbs., very long battery life, full-sized keys, currently $349 at Amazon. If you need the resolution and the battery life but you don't need many CPU cycles, this is a really good deal.

Yeah, Vista is an awful idea. Windows 7 ought to be usable, though.

Of course, in my mind, what a system like this really cries out for is a lightweight Linux with a tiling window manager like ratpoison or xmonad. Text mode geeks have a desperate need for pixels, but often don't tax their CPUs very badly -- and they may be doing everything important remotely using ssh anyway.

It's readily appearent that this won't work for everyone. But I love it when there are vendors that are willing to experiment with systems that depart from the generic N2x0/10"/1GB/160GB/6 cell/XP Home/$3-400 netbook specs. Viva la difference.

By: suzyramirez

suzyramirez — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 21:54:07 +0000

I work in the PR department at Intel. The report from DigiTimes is 100% incorrect and has no truth to it whatsoever. The parts continue to sell and orders continue to be taken. You might want to check with Intel before posting stories like this.

By: DougC3

DougC3 — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 18:04:02 +0000

I've always been skeptical of the use of slow processors, intended for MIDs, in netbooks and especially in expensive Vista-running tablets like the Kohjinsha SX3. I've assumed that this was at least partly the result of market-warping restrictions from Microsoft and Intel and I'm glad I never bought one of these units.

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