Today, Digitimes quoted Gartner as saying that “mini-notebook” sales could hit 50 million units by 2012. I tend to take most of what I see from Gartner with a grain of salt, but it appears that I’m not the only person who wants one of these new devices! I have also read reports from several people speculating that the economic slowdown in the United States could boost sales of netbooks significantly. Perhaps Gartner figured that into the 5.2 million devices they say will be sold this year. As a secondary or tertiary computer in the home, they’re a great solution.
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An Answer For a Friend
Fellow Intel employee and good friend Josh Bancroft has opened up his blog to answering any question about Intel from the masses.
Core 2 Duo: One Awesome Processor!
There has been a lot of press coverage of the new Core 2 Duo processors and at the risk of sounding like an Intel commercial, you should believe the hype! Remember that I work for Intel and have no more official voice than any janitor in the company, but I do have a relevant user experience! I have had the chance to play with several flavors of the new processor and have been very impressed with the level of performance. In one of our labs, we have been torture testing one of the new Core 2 Extreme processors and it
And We’re Off!
Thanks to the efforts of Josh Bancroft (my geek mentor and fellow gadget addict), I’m starting my new personal blog here at GeekBlog.org.
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