Posted Thursday 24th April 2008 18:35 GMT
I need a low-power x86 chip for my system on which I run WinMe. This sounds perfect!
Posted Thursday 24th April 2008 18:48 GMT
until they couldn't survive Ashlee Vance killed Montalvo .You bastard!
Posted Thursday 24th April 2008 18:51 GMT
as I have no sense of sarcasm or humor I might be giving advise where none is wanted, but if you really need to run an older windows version you can get win98se to do the same as winme with less memory... ts also a lot more 'secure'. not to mention that it comes bundled with a lot less 'shit'.
Posted Thursday 24th April 2008 21:45 GMT
Windows 2000, surely! Takes forever to shut down, but the lack of crashiness compared to 98 is worth it.
Back to the article. This sounds like Apple buying PA Semi. But don't forget, low power x86 is the new holy grail. The big data centres surely want lower power requirements and everyone's making EeePC-type machines now. More battery life using the apps you're familiar with == win
Posted Friday 25th April 2008 11:34 GMT
OK sir, one large sack of rice, some nice office furniture and three deep-sub-micron tape-outs. That'll be one hundred million dollars, please. Cash or credit?
Posted Friday 25th April 2008 11:34 GMT
The slow shutdown of Win2K was solved years ago. You can find the fix here:
http://www.annoyances.org/exec/forum/win2000/r1040139591
And don't call me "surely!"
Posted Friday 25th April 2008 11:34 GMT
Looks increasingly like embedded development is moving more and more towards x86 technology. The parts just need to be very cheap and low power.
Posted Friday 25th April 2008 13:39 GMT
Thanks. Shame I nuked my 2k box to use the hd to backup my MacBook
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