intel's not-so-mighty atom - cheap electric toothbrush

Do you want your dear mom to have to walk around town in a crowded, unstable car? Always take the same shopping trip as her friends?
You won't.
So why are you forcing her to use the computer equivalent to that car, the netbook?
So why do you torture yourself with one?
Netbooks are very popular now because they are smaller and lighter and (mostly)
Cheaper than their full price.
Brother notebook
A typical Windows Vista netbook costs $300 to $500, half the priceend notebooks.
By using features such as a smaller screen and omitting the optical drive, you can save weight.
The lower price is the use of a new Intel chip called Atom.
It turns out that the chip is the reason for most of the problems with netbooks.
In recent years, Intel and rival amd have been under tremendous commercial pressure to manufacture a central processor with lower power consumption, not only for small devices such as mobile phones, but also for computers plugged into wall sockets.
Companies with thousands of PCs generate huge utility bills.
One of Intel's reactions is the Atom series of the chip, which consumes less than 10 watts of power.
This is a tenth of the recent power consumption.
Release the Pentium desktop.
Lower wattage means a cooler device that lasts longer when the battery is exhausted.
This also means that there are not so many oomph chips.
I bought a netbook.
Most of the pre-warnings I 've heard about this machine involve its structure;
The suggestion is that any computer that is so cheap must feel vulnerable or unqualified.
In fact, my Acer Aspire One is as strong as anything better I 've ever used --
Laptopmakers are known.
The keyboard and mouse controls are also responsive.
This problem is that the atomic chip does not depend on the full set of requirements for it.
Mature Windows Vista computers are doing business in today's online world.
The task is trapped in syrup;
Things that happened in the blink of an eye in the past, like switching windows or opening apps, now require one, two or even three beats.
Windows for Internet Explorer often freezes on me.
YouTube and Hulu videos are often mixed up and raw;
A game like a flight simulator is a joke;
SlingBox streaming video from my living room refused to run at all.
Only when I put it high --
Ability to define so as not to drown out the meager graphics of my netbook.
This is not necessarily a blow to Intel.
Christopher Angelini, who is an editor of Tom's Hardware, pays close attention to the performance of the microprocessor, a popular fan site, saying Intel originally intended to use Atom primarily for smaller devices, such as mobile phones, it will be a perfect match.
Angelini said the chips eventually became very popular in netbooks, although users are often disappointed with the slow performance of the machine.
"Their popularity drives me crazy," he complained . ".
You may object to the high Angel of the world.
End those players who are not happy with anything but the latest scenery-Chew silicon.
In fact, everyone is high-
Today, end-computer users can use the videos just by watching videos from their grandchildren on YouTube.
Daily events online require a lot of computer hardware.
Intel admits that users who want a computer experience closer to the desktop experience may not like to use Atom-Power netbooks.
But that means more money.
Internet operators like atoms because the price of about $40 per car is equivalent to the price of a car.
Power microprocessor.
In this story, bad market research is one of them.
Computer manufacturers ask users if they want machines that are light in weight and have a long battery life.
The customer said, "Of course we will.
"Companies go to make them because they ignore telling those surveyed that low weight and long endurance can only be achieved by having the machine run with all the apparent horsepower of an electric toothbrush.
The ability of atoms-
The chip level will definitely increase.
The same will be true of the rapidly growing Internet's demand for computers.
When netbooks first appeared, it looked like a portable computer with strong performance, which cost about $300.
For the foreseeable future, the lowest acceptable price tag for the machine--
Whether it's a notebook or a netbook-
Maybe twice.
Lee Gomes, senior editor, reported on the technology of our Silicon Valley Bureau.
Visit him at www. forbes. com/gomes/.