[ubuntu-uk] Good news for Linux promotion?

[Alan Pope]

2010/2/3 Dianne Reuby <pramclub at yahoo.co.uk>:
> In the PC Pro newsletter today, these two items caught my attention.
> http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/355246/arm-our-netbooks-will-fly-with-or-without-windows
> One significant barrier to ARM CPUs in netbooks is Windows' lack of
> support for the company's processors. East admits it's a problem. "If we
> were to wake up tomorrow and find Windows support for ARM it would
> certainly accelerate ARM penetration in that space," he said.
>

I had a play with a few ARM based computers at the last UDS and on the
podcast we interviewed very nice man from Freescale (who manufacture
ARM-based chips). There's certainly an opportunity for ARM to take
over somewhat this year I hope there are plenty of brave manufacturers
willing to take the leap away from x86. The prospect of many tens of
hours of battery life coupled with HD video playback and a familiar
(to me) interface means I'm somewhat holding back on buying a new
laptop until much later in the year.

Cheers,
Al.