http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/27/next-gen-atom-n470-to-relax-netbook-spec-restrictions-slightly-f/ Engadget Comments for Next-gen Atom N470 to relax netbook spec restrictions slightly further http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/27/next-gen-atom-n470-to-relax-netbook-spec-restrictions-slightly-f/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/27/next-gen-atom-n470-to-relax-netbook-spec-restrictions-slightly-f/Oct 27th 2009 2:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/27/next-gen-atom-n470-to-relax-netbook-spec-restrictions-slightly-f/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/27/next-gen-atom-n470-to-relax-netbook-spec-restrictions-slightly-f/
I want a 10" netbook, but I also want a (non-crippled) modern OS, and I want it to be able to dock to my home theatre and do HD output.

bah.]]>Oct 27th 2009 2:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/27/next-gen-atom-n470-to-relax-netbook-spec-restrictions-slightly-f/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/27/next-gen-atom-n470-to-relax-netbook-spec-restrictions-slightly-f/
And Engadget: there was never any licensing restriction saying you couldn't put Home Premium/Professional/Business/Pro/whatever other oversion you wanted to on your netbooks; you absolutely could assuming you or your OEM were willing to pay the additional costs, which most OEMs weren't.
What you couldn't and still can't do is put Vista Home Basic/7 Starter on proper laptops/PCs (although I don't see why you'd want to).]]>Oct 27th 2009 3:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/27/next-gen-atom-n470-to-relax-netbook-spec-restrictions-slightly-f/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/27/next-gen-atom-n470-to-relax-netbook-spec-restrictions-slightly-f/
It isn't INTEL that prevents more than 1gb of ram in netbooks. Microsoft prevents more than 1gb of memory in netbooks that contain Windows xp or Windows 7 Starter. If the manufacturer puts Windows 7 Premium on it, they can put as much memory on it as they want.

Netbooks are perfect for what they are made for- for people that are traveling that don't want to take their regular laptop to check email/surf the net/write a letter.]]>Oct 28th 2009 10:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/27/next-gen-atom-n470-to-relax-netbook-spec-restrictions-slightly-f/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/27/next-gen-atom-n470-to-relax-netbook-spec-restrictions-slightly-f/Oct 27th 2009 2:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/27/next-gen-atom-n470-to-relax-netbook-spec-restrictions-slightly-f/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/27/next-gen-atom-n470-to-relax-netbook-spec-restrictions-slightly-f/Oct 27th 2009 2:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/27/next-gen-atom-n470-to-relax-netbook-spec-restrictions-slightly-f/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/27/next-gen-atom-n470-to-relax-netbook-spec-restrictions-slightly-f/Oct 27th 2009 2:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/27/next-gen-atom-n470-to-relax-netbook-spec-restrictions-slightly-f/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/27/next-gen-atom-n470-to-relax-netbook-spec-restrictions-slightly-f/
(Also, the Z series is coupled with the US11/15 chipset, which has much less power consumption, although it's crippled in other ways, and has poor driver support for non-Windows OSes.)]]>Oct 27th 2009 6:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/27/next-gen-atom-n470-to-relax-netbook-spec-restrictions-slightly-f/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/27/next-gen-atom-n470-to-relax-netbook-spec-restrictions-slightly-f/
Better perf, greener practices, better specs.

Hrm...]]>Oct 27th 2009 2:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/27/next-gen-atom-n470-to-relax-netbook-spec-restrictions-slightly-f/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/27/next-gen-atom-n470-to-relax-netbook-spec-restrictions-slightly-f/Oct 27th 2009 6:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/27/next-gen-atom-n470-to-relax-netbook-spec-restrictions-slightly-f/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/27/next-gen-atom-n470-to-relax-netbook-spec-restrictions-slightly-f/
But yes, if we cut our production way back we'd be using less. However, we have to meet demand to continue to grow. Whether or not we should be allowed to grow any further is a question I'm not willing to answer.]]>Oct 27th 2009 10:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/27/next-gen-atom-n470-to-relax-netbook-spec-restrictions-slightly-f/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/27/next-gen-atom-n470-to-relax-netbook-spec-restrictions-slightly-f/Oct 27th 2009 2:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/27/next-gen-atom-n470-to-relax-netbook-spec-restrictions-slightly-f/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/27/next-gen-atom-n470-to-relax-netbook-spec-restrictions-slightly-f/Oct 27th 2009 2:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/27/next-gen-atom-n470-to-relax-netbook-spec-restrictions-slightly-f/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/27/next-gen-atom-n470-to-relax-netbook-spec-restrictions-slightly-f/
I vote Mini if its not your primary machine for the price. Its done everything I need and with flash going to the GPU soon it will work even better.]]>Oct 27th 2009 3:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/27/next-gen-atom-n470-to-relax-netbook-spec-restrictions-slightly-f/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/27/next-gen-atom-n470-to-relax-netbook-spec-restrictions-slightly-f/Oct 27th 2009 2:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/27/next-gen-atom-n470-to-relax-netbook-spec-restrictions-slightly-f/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/27/next-gen-atom-n470-to-relax-netbook-spec-restrictions-slightly-f/Oct 27th 2009 2:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/27/next-gen-atom-n470-to-relax-netbook-spec-restrictions-slightly-f/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/27/next-gen-atom-n470-to-relax-netbook-spec-restrictions-slightly-f/Oct 27th 2009 3:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/27/next-gen-atom-n470-to-relax-netbook-spec-restrictions-slightly-f/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/27/next-gen-atom-n470-to-relax-netbook-spec-restrictions-slightly-f/Oct 27th 2009 2:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/27/next-gen-atom-n470-to-relax-netbook-spec-restrictions-slightly-f/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/27/next-gen-atom-n470-to-relax-netbook-spec-restrictions-slightly-f/Oct 27th 2009 3:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/27/next-gen-atom-n470-to-relax-netbook-spec-restrictions-slightly-f/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/27/next-gen-atom-n470-to-relax-netbook-spec-restrictions-slightly-f/Oct 27th 2009 2:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/27/next-gen-atom-n470-to-relax-netbook-spec-restrictions-slightly-f/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/27/next-gen-atom-n470-to-relax-netbook-spec-restrictions-slightly-f/
This isn't a netbook, it's an under-powered laptop.]]>Oct 27th 2009 2:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/27/next-gen-atom-n470-to-relax-netbook-spec-restrictions-slightly-f/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/27/next-gen-atom-n470-to-relax-netbook-spec-restrictions-slightly-f/Oct 27th 2009 2:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/27/next-gen-atom-n470-to-relax-netbook-spec-restrictions-slightly-f/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/27/next-gen-atom-n470-to-relax-netbook-spec-restrictions-slightly-f/]]>Oct 27th 2009 3:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/27/next-gen-atom-n470-to-relax-netbook-spec-restrictions-slightly-f/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/27/next-gen-atom-n470-to-relax-netbook-spec-restrictions-slightly-f/
slightly further? LOLWUT?]]>Oct 27th 2009 3:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/27/next-gen-atom-n470-to-relax-netbook-spec-restrictions-slightly-f/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/27/next-gen-atom-n470-to-relax-netbook-spec-restrictions-slightly-f/1GB of ram, as they shouldn't be running an OS [read-vista] that requires it to not run worse than a fat kid. All netbooks need which many have is not intel integrated graphics. This is a problem. Ion and other platforms remedy it]]>Oct 27th 2009 4:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/27/next-gen-atom-n470-to-relax-netbook-spec-restrictions-slightly-f/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/27/next-gen-atom-n470-to-relax-netbook-spec-restrictions-slightly-f/Oct 27th 2009 5:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/27/next-gen-atom-n470-to-relax-netbook-spec-restrictions-slightly-f/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/27/next-gen-atom-n470-to-relax-netbook-spec-restrictions-slightly-f/
Sure, it's no gaming machine, but it actually runs things very well. Granted, I upgraded it to 2GB of RAM, and if I need it I send the Atom into overclock mode, but I haven't done that much to it. ]]>Oct 27th 2009 11:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/27/next-gen-atom-n470-to-relax-netbook-spec-restrictions-slightly-f/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/27/next-gen-atom-n470-to-relax-netbook-spec-restrictions-slightly-f/Oct 28th 2009 9:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/27/next-gen-atom-n470-to-relax-netbook-spec-restrictions-slightly-f/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/27/next-gen-atom-n470-to-relax-netbook-spec-restrictions-slightly-f/Oct 28th 2009 9:53PM