Comments on: Windows-CE Based FirstView PC-706 Netbook Spotted at CES http://blog.laptopmag.com/windows-ce-based-netbook-at-ces News and views on today's hottest laptops, cell phones, and other mobile devices. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 00:37:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: blah blah http://blog.laptopmag.com/windows-ce-based-netbook-at-ces/comment-page-1#comment-118880 blah blah Wed, 09 Feb 2011 11:54:46 +0000 http://blog.laptopmag.com/?p=10710#comment-118880 By comparison, REAL netbooks of the time (2009) were sporting a standard... * atom 1.8ghz cpu (hyperthreaded to emulate dual-core cpu) * 1gb RAM (upgradeable to 2gb) * WinXP (upgradeable to Win7) * 160gb 5400rpm hard drive Just like all fads, when netbooks came out there were sure to be some coat-tail riders coming up with cheap knock-offs to try to cash in on the fad. That's when these made-in-china junkers were slapped together with an ARM proc, Windows CE (which is a PDA OS kit-bashed onto a netbook), and all the specs needed to make it run. So while folks who got a REAL netbook are loading REAL Windows apps onto their comps and surfing the net to watch YouTube, folks with these cheap knock-offs are wondering why they can't install Windows software (b/c they don't realize CE isn't compatible with XP/Vista/7), and are waiting around for youtube videos to stutter and play. These things are good for college students who need a cheap, disposable note-taking device in class which they won't sweat over if it breaks, gets dropped, etc. Hammer out their notes in class and during breaks, copy them to SD cards, then save them on their main puter back at their home/dorm. But most college kids are going to want a portable all-in-one device, and this ain't it. Much like carb-loaded protein junk food killed the high-protein diet craze, cheap crap like this will kill off the netbook craze. Next, we get to see cheap tablet knock-offs kill the iPad craze. By comparison, REAL netbooks of the time (2009) were sporting a standard…

* atom 1.8ghz cpu (hyperthreaded to emulate dual-core cpu)
* 1gb RAM (upgradeable to 2gb)
* WinXP (upgradeable to Win7)
* 160gb 5400rpm hard drive

Just like all fads, when netbooks came out there were sure to be some coat-tail riders coming up with cheap knock-offs to try to cash in on the fad. That’s when these made-in-china junkers were slapped together with an ARM proc, Windows CE (which is a PDA OS kit-bashed onto a netbook), and all the specs needed to make it run. So while folks who got a REAL netbook are loading REAL Windows apps onto their comps and surfing the net to watch YouTube, folks with these cheap knock-offs are wondering why they can’t install Windows software (b/c they don’t realize CE isn’t compatible with XP/Vista/7), and are waiting around for youtube videos to stutter and play.

These things are good for college students who need a cheap, disposable note-taking device in class which they won’t sweat over if it breaks, gets dropped, etc. Hammer out their notes in class and during breaks, copy them to SD cards, then save them on their main puter back at their home/dorm. But most college kids are going to want a portable all-in-one device, and this ain’t it.

Much like carb-loaded protein junk food killed the high-protein diet craze, cheap crap like this will kill off the netbook craze. Next, we get to see cheap tablet knock-offs kill the iPad craze.

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