Comments on: Freescale chip aims at 1GHz, $199 Netbook

While Freescale, like Intel, sees Netbooks as companion devices to the PC, it also envisions devices that are more frugal with power and that run Linux.

[Mr. Dee]

Since this thing called Netbook is a moving target, I won't bother buying one until 2013.

[Maccess]

Or buy a used Pentium III or Pentium M Thinkpad with a full Windows XP Pro license. Same prices as Netbooks.

[websterphreaky]

Naw, not a chance it would end up in any Apple Netbook .... as Freescale said, this chip is aimed at Sub $200 Netbooks and Apple would in their usual GREEDY WAYS, want to charge at least $450 (twice the cost of a PC equiv) in the "Mac Premium"!!

[Cheetahjab]

Oh come on.. if they can't water cool it , with a aluminum exterior, upcharge a $1200 premium for their apple sticker they wouldn't be interested..

[man_w_balls]

Freescale is a good company, who used to make the G4 processor for Apple. They also used to be a division of Motorola, but they were spun-off to independence for processor & memory production. I wish their stock was publicly available, because they have invented magnetic DRAM that can store your computer's booted-up state with no electricity (this makes not losing work in a complete power outage completely possible). But it's apparently not ready for system building yet... So hopefully they will go back public before they put out the MRAM and double those GHz's for the netbooks.

[pugster]

I doubt that these would sell. Unfortunately, most people want to run Windows on their netbooks and not Ubuntu. I go to websites all the time and somehow the browser doesn't seem to support flash or quicktime. Unfortunately, someone has to keep maintain software updates and unless these netbooks can update its software with ease, I doubt these netbooks would sell.

[pithenumber]

Windows+netbook=slow

You're looking at a chip which will power a device similar to a huge iPhone or iPod Touch. People will buy these just like they bought the iPhone - they don't care that it doesn't run Windows because it does what they want it to do regardless of what OS is running on there.

You don't need Windows to check email and browse the web and do social networking and update twitter..

[netbookguy]

I do not believe that INTEL will stand by and cede this market to Frrescale or anyone else

[raggi]

This is what netbook should be made of. A 1 ghz arm Notebook should be able to be quite fast is it won't run Windows.
X86 architecture doesn't stand a chance in power consumption.
Anyone who has used Psion devices and similar now what I am talking about.
We are not talking about a couple of hours of battery use folks, but a whole working day or more.
You could actually start your work on the way to work (on the train or whatever) and maybe finish earlier.
The best ARM processor up til now is from Samsung, It will be interesting to see how this one is in comparison.

[phalyman]

Net books are over priced at the moment.Ubuntu is robust enough as an OS ,have not used windows at home for 2years .Whats wrong with competion ?