Intel Does Not Want Bigger Screens on Netbooks
Intel Corp. said that while there are netbooks with relatively large 12” screen and some companies have plans to produce Intel Atom-based mobile systems with even bigger displays, such computers should not have large screens since this leads customers to believe that performance and capabilities of netbooks are akin to notebooks.
Later this year netbooks will cease to have screens larger than 10.2”, a guideline defined by Microsoft Corp., but while this may potentially reduce popularity of netbooks, Intel Corp. has perfect explanation why netbooks do not need larger screens.
“They are not so much constraints. We are trying to frame the category that we’re trying to encourage. If you use a netbook with a bigger screen, people expect a standard notebook. The responsive of the system might be disappointing. You saw some people trying to experiment with Atom and a bigger screen and stuff like this. Try to open the system, open more windows. Try to open some more demanding applications, and I believe you will see the responsiveness is not what we were planning for,” said Mooly Eden, vice president and general manager of Intel's mobility group, reports IDG News Services.
