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AMD is a Little Iffy on What a Netbook Really Is

Posted 11/03/09 at 04:37:19 PM  by Bart Salisbury

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It appears AMD is channeling former Supreme Court Justice, Potter Stewart. Back in 1964, in the case of Jacobellis v. Ohio, the Supreme Court was asked to define hard-core pornography. Stewart conceded it was hard to define, but “I know it when I see it.” I’ll just bet he did.

It’s not pornography this time. It’s netbooks. Just what are those little thingies? AMD tells us they aren’t ultra thin notebooks, except that sometimes they are. The only thing definitive AMD can offer that netbooks make up the web browsing/emailing segment of the market.

Rather than worry about labels, perhaps because Intel has a lock on the netbook market at present, AMD recommends worrying less about “cute” and more about what you want your portable to do.

 

Image Credit: MSI, Lenovo

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TAGS: amd, intel, hardware, netbook, ultra thin notebook
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avatarAMD has the right attitude:

Submitted by chaosdsm on Tue, 11/03/2009 - 5:37pm

AMD has the right attitude: "worrying less about “cute” and more about what you want your portable to do."  No one should EVER buy a computing device because its "hot", "hip", "in", "cute", etc... but plenty do & plenty are disappointed later...

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avatarAMD !!

Submitted by McDaniel on Thu, 11/05/2009 - 1:22pm

lolz.. :-p funny article ..thanks anyway. Recently i wished to assamble an AMD powered Pc, but i found difficulty to have that processor online except - micropartsusa.com

 

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avatarI like the picture.  It

Submitted by reutnes on Tue, 11/03/2009 - 3:00pm

I like the picture.  It just screams "I've been bamboozled!"

 

Poor AMD.  I'm sure they'll figure it out in due time. 

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