Netbooks Larger Than 12 Inches May Adopt AMD and VIA Processors
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One downside of netbooks is that their screens and keyboards are relatively small, so you experience that somewhat cramped feeling when you’re trying to surf the web, put together a PowerPoint presentation, or do whatever else it is that you do.
Maybe in the future, the trend will be for consumers to desire larger netbooks, perhaps those whose displays are in the 12″ to 13″ range.
Some players/companies in the market are already anticipating this. White-box netbook manufacturers in China have already begun to manufacture netbooks that have displays larger than 12 inches. Within these netbooks, the white-box companies are rumored to potentially use AMD and VIA processors.
According to the Chinese Commercial Times report, netbooks that are powered by the Intel Atom processor “face limits on the size of the display. In addition, VIA’s solution can offer up to half the price of Intel’s comparable platform.”
Via Digitimes.
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