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| DATE | 2008-11-02 |
| FROM | Ruben Safir
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| SUBJECT | Subject: [NYLXS - HANGOUT] HP Microlaptop GNU/Linux construction
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Hewlett Packard on Wednesday rolled out a netbook lineup designed to
play catch up with Dell, Asus and others. But the real interesting play
here is HP’s move to develop a custom Linux operating system for one of
its netbooks.
First the news (statement, specs, Techmeme): HP is rolling out three
netbooks powered by Intel’s Atom processor. Given that netbooks are
accounting for most of the growth in PC units HP would be foolish not to
dive in. Frankly it’s a bit surprising HP has waited this long to dive
into netbooks. As for the models, HP is launching:
* The HP Mini 1000: A black netbook powered by Windows XP Home with
* solid-state or traditional hard drive options. Screens are 8.9
* inches to 10.2 inhpmini.pngches. This one is available in December
* and will start at $399.
* The HP Mini 1000 Vivienne Tam Edition (right): Basically a Mini
* 1000 with a red peony-flower design from Tam, who is a fashion
* designer HP says. (I wouldn’t know Tam if she fell on my head to
* be honest.) This netbook, which will be available in mid-December
* and start at $699, is for “Internet centric fashionistas.†I’m not
* in that fashionista club but it sounds interesting.
* And the HP Mini 1000 with MIE (mobile Internet experience): This
* one comes with an HP interface that’s built on Linux and is
* designed for digital content–videos, music and video. It also
* comes with Skype, instant messaging and a dashboard to get to
* email and browsing. The MIE will start at $379 with availability
* in January.
That latter one is the most interesting for a few reasons. Among them:
* HP has been increasingly dabbling in operating system refinement
* and the user experience.
* By customizing Linux it HP is illustrating that the open source OS
* is still too complicated for the average bear on the desktop.
* However, if HP–and others–start improving the user experience of
* desktop Linux it could be an emerging threat to Windows.
When you look at the netbook market–and its growth–you realize that
these mobile Internet devices are really a Trojan horse for desktop
Linux. We’ll see how the Mini 1000 MIE sells, but I’m very interested in
HP’s interface and how it compares to other operating systems.
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