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ARM Exec Says 90% of PC Market Could Be Netbooks

Posted by timothy on from the invested-interest dept.

Barence writes "ARM chief executive Warren East has claimed that netbooks could dominate the PC market, in an exclusive interview with PC Pro. 'Although netbooks are small today – maybe 10% of the PC market at most – we believe over the next several years that could completely change around and that could be 90% of the PC market,' he said. East also said ARM isn't pressuring Microsoft to include support for its processors in Windows, claiming progress in the Linux world is 'very, very impressive.' 'There's not really a huge amount of point in us knocking on Microsoft's door,' he said. 'It's really an operational decision for Microsoft to make. I don't think there's any major technical barriers.'"

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  1. But Steve Jobs said... by jeffmeden · · Score: 4, Funny

    Netbooks are supposed to be those things too small to work like a real computer but too big to be really portable! How could Steve Jobs be wrong? Is it true that they are small enough to be more portable than a laptop but big enough to be more useful than a cellphone/PDA?

    I wonder how long I will go on musing for, before I break down and buy one...

  2. Re:you can say whatever you want by MrNaz · · Score: 5, Funny

    Given that, as far as I can tell, the only difference between a laptop and a netbook is size, what he's really saying is that laptops are going to get smaller.

    Could this man, perhaps, be a captain of some sort?

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  3. MOD PARENT UP by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    My kingdom for a modpoint

    1. Re:MOD PARENT UP by Dayze!Confused · · Score: 3, Funny

      I have modpoints, could you point me to your *cough* my kingdom?

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  4. Re:Key message, "No operational barrier" by Shrike82 · · Score: 2, Funny

    conveniently forgetting the backroom deals and tilting of the playing field done in smoke filled back rooms.

    That is the usual place to carry out backroom deals though, so it's hardly surprising that people forget about it. What would be memorable is if they carried out these backroom deals through the medium of skywriting. Or perhaps interpretative dance...

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  5. Re:Absolutely not. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Ummm.. he/she/it said it couldn't play dvd's because there isn't a drive. dvd's are hardly hd video.

    My netbook doesn't play eight-tracks either!

  6. Re:Absolutely not. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Mind you, on a 19' screen, 720p is way more than enough.

    I don't know about you, but I'd rather have at least 2160p on my 19 foot screen...