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ARM and Dual-Atom Processors in New Portables

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the arms-and-atoms-and-netbooks-oh-my dept.

chrb writes to tell us that Dell's new Latitude Z has finally been delivered as promised, complete with ARM processor. Codenamed BlackTop, the device runs a modified version of Suse Linux, and is capable of near-instant bootup. Dell's research has apparently found that some early users spend 70% of their time in the Linux environment." Relatedly snydeq writes "Colombian computer maker Haleron has designed a netbook that combines Atom processors in an effort to provide the performance of a standard laptop at a price more affordable to Latin Americans. The Swordfish Net N102 includes two Atom N270 processors running at 1.6GHz. Haleron worked for six months to modify Intel's 945 chipset to run the two processors. The processors divide the workload, much like a dual-core processor does, the company said. The netbook, which begs the question, when does a netbook stop being a netbook, comes with Windows XP Home Edition. 'We found that it works best on the Windows XP operating system. Both Windows Vista and the new Windows 7 performed below Windows XP in the load sharing department,' the company said."

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  1. Re:The question was raised, not begged by misexistentialist · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Both usages are insufferable. The technical sense is confusing and the popular sense is annoying. Just when you have the former meaning straightened out, someone comes along and uses the second, "beg" hedging yet egging you on. Nuke them from orbit!

  2. Re:The question was raised, not begged by sudog · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    You are constructing a meaning for the term which has an etymology of only incorrect uses of the prescriptive meaning.

    Would you like to ax me a question? Irregardless of correct grammar and my continuous misuse of said, this "pedantry" of which you speak? Is what keeps meaning meaningful between two isolated geographies that would unerringly, impendingly, inexorably otherwise devolve into inomprehensible, abhorrent dialect, and be nearly completely unable to communicate, upon happening a lone speaker of one on another.

    Be thankful that literacy rates (as abysmal as they are) are as fixative for spoken grammar almost as much as they are for literative, or we'd all be speaking and writing in long, irritating puns.

    You, sir, are an agent of chaos, with poor excuses for bad, indeliberate behaviour on the grammar offenders. And so it is, that it is safe to ignore your bleatings.

    Run along now, Agent Chaos.