Comments on: Intel begins shipping new Atom chip for Netbooks

Chipmaker's new Atom N280 processor, which touts better graphics performance, slips out of the gate a bit sooner than expected.

[Maccess]

Will Microsoft still allow Windows XP to ship with this? If this ships with Vista only, I don't see much of a market for it (as buyers may as well choose a much higher spec notebook, instead of a netbook).

[Sausagebiscuit]

Just install XP yourself. It's not hard from a USB key, or if you want.. an external cd/dvd drive. Or Linux/Unix if you prefer those instead.

Sure it is kind of a waste of the vista license tax, but your machine will (probably) thank you.

[Sausagebiscuit]

reply to myself: I assume your point is people who buy this won't know how to or want to learn how to install something other than the mindless OEM install already on there.

[NWLB]

I started a raging thread on LOTRO.com on how I installed Lord of the Rings Online on my Acer Aspire One. Granted, the graphics are on low, but on a 8.9 inch screen, you hardly notice. And if not a good fit for heavy game action, for MMORPGs where social interaction is big, its proving a very handy little platform.

I'd rather buy another netbook than an X-box or PS3.

[Big_Gonads]

Microsoft will let us have XP cheap it would rather we had XP for next to nothing than let any kind of LINUX take a hold of this NETBOOK market. We will still have to go buy a copy of Office (for those that never heard of open source) and this is what MS is going to make money on not an OS they tried to bin last year! XP has a new lease of life and all these little NETBOOKS are a potential upgrade to 7. Credit Crunch? MS have 30 billion plus cash in the bank. They know a cash cow when they see one.

The significant thing here is a defined devlopment path for ATOM and INTEL are over the moon that we love it as it means more mobile devices on streets, buses the Park etc. This is part of INTELS plans they need this to prop up other related tehcnologies that cant be brought to market yet because there are not enough mobile devices out and about demanding anywere high speed access to the internet. We love NETBOOKS because thay have been handed to use on a plate for next to nothing (though I think this is changing because the manafactures cant afford it!!) . Just what we need in these tuff times and just what we want in our information connected lives. I know I want one.

Telephone communications are only a short term solution to mobile comms you might be swapping your HSDPA card for a Intel developed and service funded WIMAX one some time soon and we will be paying for the service. Thats a good plan take some of those massive mobile comms profits they arent crunched After all how are they ever going to stream HD over HSDPA.

Intel and the rest of them need to keep the cost down which is why the Atom will not get developed more than it needs to. .

I love the idea of NETBOOKS shame I havent got the cash for one.

Kevin.

[edmundo]

Unfortunately Intel N280 CPUs used in the first shipments of Asus 1000HE Eee PCs will not come with GN40 graphics. The N280 CPUs in the first 1000HE Eee PCs will come with Intel 945GSE graphic chipsets. Source: < http://blog.laptopmag.com/eee-pc-1000he-uses-intel-945gse-chipset-still-plays-720p-video#respond >