Published 11/14/2008
by Brooke Crothers
at CNET News - Business Tech
In case you missed it, Advanced Micro Devices is passing on Netbooks. At least as Intel and its partners have defined the category.
AMD thinks that ultrathin 13-inch designs such as the MacBook Air address a more viable market than what it calls mininotebooks. (Credit: Apple)
In fact, a lot of the media outlets missed this point completely , ... Originally posted at Nanotech - The Circuits Blog
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