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Compaq Holds Off On Crusoe

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the bad-timing-for-transmeta dept.

scott1853 writes "Accroding to this article on ZDNet, based on this article at G2News, Compaq has decided to put off use of Crusoe in favor of Intel's P3. Unlike IBM, Compaq isn't claiming to put the processor on hold, they appear to have made their final decision not to use it. Could this be Intel flexing it's influential muscles, or is Transmeta not being competitive enough price-wise?"

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  1. could it be that... by macpeep · · Score: 5
    Could this be Intel flexing it's influential muscles, or is Transmeta not being competitive enough price-wise?

    Could it be that well established companies don't want to take a risk and use a new product from a company nobody knows anything about? Could it be that without Linus Torvalds, nobody would even bother to look at Transmeta? Could it be that the power savings from the CPU are hardly noticable in the large scheme of things when you have LCD backlights and hard drives to power?