Loading ...For my next blog post we are going to branch out into guest blogging, which I think is a good idea and worth a try. Not as aggressive as our Computex 2008 experiment, but hey, everything doesn’t need to a level 10 risk to be valuable! :>
We received an invitation from Xavier Lanier who runs a website called www.notebooks.com. I think Notebooks.com serves as a solid resource for prospective buyers of notebook PCs. If you are ready to buy your next notebook PC, I recommend you check it out first for insight and perspective on the options, features and overall value in terms of price/performance of the wide variety of choices consumers have in the mobile computing market. I do want to emphasize that the guest blog opportunity is nothing more than an invitation to share an opinion and doesn’t represent or reflect a sponsorship or formal business relationship between AMD and www.notebooks.com.
“Mini-notebooks” and “netbooks” remain a very trendy topic in the space, one I’ve blogged about previously. Certainly worth a closer look. Here’s a short excerpt of my next blog you can find in its entirety here.
After testing seven netbooks (Asus Eee PC 4G, Asus Eee PC 900, MSI U100, Dell Inspiron 910, HP 2133, Geode reference design, Asus Eee PC 1000H), over the last five months, I now know what I want to see in future designs. This may not be the same for all 6,699,999,999 people on earth, but perhaps for a handful or two of like-minded people.
One caveat: I don’t expect a single mini-notebook design to be able to meet both my usage models:
* One inside the home focused on entertainment
* One outside the home focused on portability…….
Find the entire blog here.
Pat Moorhead is Vice President of Advanced Marketing at AMD. His postings are his own opinions and may not represent AMD’s positions, strategies or opinions. Links to third party sites are provided for convenience and unless explicitly stated, AMD is not responsible for the contents of such linked sites and no endorsement is implied.
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#1 by janet zogby - March 13th, 2009 at 09:49
Keep it up mr moorhead. We think your comments are spot on and thank you for being one of the few people to have the guts to speak up and tell the truth. Don’t lose your edge and don’t losten to the critics. Well listen just don’t think you need to make everyone happy. Peace out.
#2 by Mobo - March 13th, 2009 at 09:49
Nice to see you getting traction with the blog. We are watching so keep it real.
#3 by laptop battery - March 13th, 2009 at 09:51
I’m vacillating between the Dell inspiron 910 and the Acer Aspire One.
The Dell is said to have an instant on feature that could make the difference for me. I assume that’s Linux on the motherboard, perhaps with Firefox easily available as part of the instant on. If that’s the case, I’d love it. Instant on with Firefox would suit me most of the time, and I’d boot into XP on http://www.batterygoshop.co.uk/dell/dell-inspiron-910-laptop-all-8.9-inch-series–battery.htm those rare occasions that I need Windows.