PC Thoughts

[andrewducker]

Considering the success of Linux laptops like the Eee, how long until someone brings out a non-x86 variant?

Are there processors out there that would be as faster, cheaper and more power-efficient?

Comments

[sbisson.livejournal.com]

You must have missed NVIDIA's announcement from earlier this week. It's upgrading the ARM/GPU combo it's developed for mobile phones for Netbooks.

There's a Linux implementation for it...

[andrewducker]

Cool - cheers!

(Although the stuff I've seen is mostly talking about Windows Mobile - which I hear is a pain to develop for).

[sbisson.livejournal.com]

MID-class devices will pretty much be exclusively Linux or OS X for the foreseeable future. There's talk of an ARM compile of Windows, but I'll believe that when I see it...

[andrewducker]

http://www.umpcportal.com/2008/06/nvidia-confirms-tegra-for-windows-mobile-mids/
says that the first Tegra designs are going for Windows Mobile exclusively...

[sbisson.livejournal.com]

Interesting. I guess they're scaling up the version they're using for the original mobile phone version of the Tegra.