Nick Farrell , Tuesday 16 September 2008. 08:59:00

Moorhead, less juice

AMD’S PAT Moorhead, VP of advanced marketing, claims that wee netbooks are not really worth the effort. He said AMD is “taking a wait-and-see attitude on it.” And he does not like the fact that machines that initially aimed for a $299 price tag are now nearer to $499. According to Slashgear, Moorhead thinks the technology behind the netbooks is bad too. He said that you would expect eight or nine hours out of a netbook because it’s small. But most only have under two hours of battery life. This makes them only good for around the house. He reckons you could spend the same money and get a full-sized laptop with a 15.4-inch screen, 160GB hard-drive with dual-core CPU and Vista….



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