Me too, I'm definitely holding out until some ARM based options are on the table. Despite desperately needing a new laptop and even a new netbook, I'd rather not spend money on a new Intel machine until I've had a chance to see the competition in action. <br>
<br>When I had my G4 iBook, Ubuntu PPC worked wonderfully compared to the molasses-like OSX. I can't wait to see what Ubuntu ARM is like.<br><br>Cheers<br><br>Bruce<br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 3 February 2010 19:34, Alan Pope <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:alan@popey.com">alan@popey.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">2010/2/3 Dianne Reuby <<a href="mailto:pramclub@yahoo.co.uk">pramclub@yahoo.co.uk</a>>:<br>
<div class="im">> In the PC Pro newsletter today, these two items caught my attention.<br>
> <a href="http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/355246/arm-our-netbooks-will-fly-with-or-without-windows" target="_blank">http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/355246/arm-our-netbooks-will-fly-with-or-without-windows</a><br>
> One significant barrier to ARM CPUs in netbooks is Windows' lack of<br>
> support for the company's processors. East admits it's a problem. "If we<br>
> were to wake up tomorrow and find Windows support for ARM it would<br>
> certainly accelerate ARM penetration in that space," he said.<br>
><br>
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</div>I had a play with a few ARM based computers at the last UDS and on the<br>
podcast we interviewed very nice man from Freescale (who manufacture<br>
ARM-based chips). There's certainly an opportunity for ARM to take<br>
over somewhat this year I hope there are plenty of brave manufacturers<br>
willing to take the leap away from x86. The prospect of many tens of<br>
hours of battery life coupled with HD video playback and a familiar<br>
(to me) interface means I'm somewhat holding back on buying a new<br>
laptop until much later in the year.<br>
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Cheers,<br>
Al.<br>
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