[Klug-general] MiniPC to compete with eeePC

[Stuart Buckland]

While the Pentium M probably would result in slightly longer battery life
the questions have to be how much longer? And would people be willing to pay
£x extra for it?

As Colin notes, the price point is critical to this products success.  It's
in a very narrow and very immature market segment.

If price was not an issue then I think it's safe to say the Celeron is not
the right platform for a device like this.  I could even argue a VIA C7M-ULV
would be a better technical choice over the Pentium M.

If nothing else it will certainly be interesting to see where Intel's
Silverthorne and VIA's Isaiah fall into the market place.  My view? At
completely opposite ends initially, progressing towards the middle ground -
and each other - over the subsequent 12 months.

It isn't often I get excited over tech these days as hype nearly always over
shadows innovation but this is a segment I am quite excited about.  The
products should be coming thick and fast over the next couple of years and
they won't all be rebadged clones.

Stu

> -----Original Message-----
> From: kent-bounces at mailman.lug.org.uk [mailto:kent-
> bounces at mailman.lug.org.uk] On Behalf Of Colin McCarthy
> Sent: 31 January 2008 19:44
> To: Kent Linux User Group - General Topics
> Subject: RE: [Klug-general] MiniPC to compete with eeePC
> 
> Wouldn't a Pentium M have made it more expensive? And price is one of
> it's key selling factors.
> 
> Colin
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: "Andrew Miller (Spode)" <spode at thinkbikes.com>
> To: "Alan Pope" <alan at popey.com>; "Kent Linux User Group - General
> Topics" <kent at mailman.lug.org.uk>
> Sent: 31/01/08 12:31
> Subject: Re: [Klug-general] MiniPC to compete with eeePC
> 
> LOL.
> 
> I personally find the built in distro very good. I tweaked it a little
> to how I wanted it, and got VirtualBox running on it should I need
> Windows (which I never really do).
> 
> But the point you make is valid - plugging an external
> monitor/keyboard/mouse into it works really well, it's an incredibly
> capable PC considering its spec. I just wish they had used a Pentium M
> instead of a Celeron M and we might have seen better battery life.
> 
> I've just been commissioned to do a 6 page article on the EeePC for
> Custom PC, so if anyone has any feelings on specific "how-tos" that
> need
> to be in there, I'm open to suggestions. It'll be in print and online.
> 
> Spode
> 
> Alan Pope wrote:
> > On Thu, Jan 31, 2008 at 12:24:31PM +0000, Colin McCarthy wrote:
> >
> >> On a side note, I have been using an eeePC attached to a 17"
> monitor, usb
> >> keyboard and mouse all morning to do my job and it has worked very
> well.
> >>  Only problem is it's not running a Linux based OS at the moment.
> >>
> >>
> >
> > Given they come with Xandros - that's a user generated problem :)
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Al.
> >
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