Me too, I'm definitely holding out until some ARM based options are on the table. Despite desperately needing a new laptop and even a new netbook, I'd rather not spend money on a new Intel machine until I've had a chance to see the competition in action.
When I had my G4 iBook, Ubuntu PPC worked wonderfully compared to the molasses-like OSX. I can't wait to see what Ubuntu ARM is like. Cheers Bruce On 3 February 2010 19:34, Alan Pope <a...@popey.com> wrote: > 2010/2/3 Dianne Reuby <pramc...@yahoo.co.uk>: > > In the PC Pro newsletter today, these two items caught my attention. > > > http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/355246/arm-our-netbooks-will-fly-with-or-without-windows > > One significant barrier to ARM CPUs in netbooks is Windows' lack of > > support for the company's processors. East admits it's a problem. "If we > > were to wake up tomorrow and find Windows support for ARM it would > > certainly accelerate ARM penetration in that space," he said. > > > > I had a play with a few ARM based computers at the last UDS and on the > podcast we interviewed very nice man from Freescale (who manufacture > ARM-based chips). There's certainly an opportunity for ARM to take > over somewhat this year I hope there are plenty of brave manufacturers > willing to take the leap away from x86. The prospect of many tens of > hours of battery life coupled with HD video playback and a familiar > (to me) interface means I'm somewhat holding back on buying a new > laptop until much later in the year. > > Cheers, > Al. > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ >
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