I'm Building a $200 Linux Desktop

[Michael Haney]

I've often wondered why none of the netbook makers are using the
faster 2GHz dual-core HyperThreaded Atom 330 processor.  Basically,
Intel didn't want to develop the Atom processor, but they had no
choice but to do so because of the growing netbook market and the
increasing market share VIA was getting with their low-powered x86
compatible processor.  The Atom 330 is available but not in
configurations suitable for netbooks.  This is because Intel is afraid
manufacturers will build larger notebooks using the faster chip and
thus cutting into their profit margins since they don't really make
any money off the Atom processor.  Nvidia had to work hard to get
Intel to support their Ion technology (a chipset that lets an Atom CPU
and Nvidia GPU work together better) because of this.

I'm still going to build that Atom 330 machine.  I also need to
upgrade the RAM on my laptop which runs Vista.  1GB of RAM isn't
enough for Vista.  Whatever you all do avoid the Acer brand.

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