Posted 11/03/09 at 04:37:19 PM by Bart Salisbury
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
Links:
[1] http://www.maximumpc.com/user/bartsalisbury
[2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potter_Stewart
[3] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacobellis_v._Ohio
[4] http://www.tgdaily.com/hardware-features/44521-amd-the-netbook-category-is-all-a-bit-of-a-blur
[5] http://www.maximumpc.com/article/news/amd_and_havok_demo_opencl
[6] http://www.maximumpc.com/article/news/intel_shipping_atom_n280_processor_brings_hd_netbooks
[7] http://www.maximumpc.com/article/news/acer_shows_new_businessaimed_ultrathin_laptop
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