ARM Exec Says 90% of PC Market Could Be Netbooks

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.'"

Comments

But Steve Jobs said...

[jeffmeden]

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...

Re:you can say whatever you want

[MrNaz]

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?

Re:Absolutely not.

[Anonymous Coward]

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...

Re:MOD PARENT UP

[Dayze!Confused]

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