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Archive for January 22, 2009
Microsoft Lose Jobs – Netbooks to Blame
Jan 22nd
You may have read recently that Microsoft were planning to ‘lay off’ staff due to the financial issues resulting from the ‘credit crunch’ and the company not reaching it’s financial targets. Some 5,000 employees are expected to lose their jobs over the next 18 months or so. Well, it turns out that the credit crunch is only one of the reasons for those job losses – according to a 10-Q finance filing from Microsoft, part of the blame for the downturn in fortunes for the company lies with the popularity of netbooks.
A quote directly from the filing indicates the issue from the perspective of Microsoft:
The decline in OEM revenue reflects an 11 percentage point decrease in the OEM premium mix to 64%, primarily driven by growth of licenses related to sales of netbook PCs, as well as changes in the geographic and product mixes.
Many netbooks to date have been sold with an installation of OEM Linux or Windows XP and Microsoft have been hugely affected by this loss in licensing money to the tune of $465 million. Now with Windows 7 on the horizon which is expected to become popular for installation on netbooks, it will be difficult for Microsoft to make back their losses as they are unlikely to be able to charge a huge sum for OEM licensing of Windows 7 when netbooks themselves aren’t all that expensive themselves, as jkontherun points out.
A post from the Asus Eee PC blog.
Microsoft Lose Jobs – Netbooks to Blame
Samsung NC10 in Pink Shows Up
Jan 22nd
If you didn’t like the MSI Wind U100 Valentine Edition that much, how about the Samsung NC10 Pink as a Valentine’s gift to your geek girlfriend? Unlike the MSI Wind U100 VE, the Samsung NC 10 comes in plain rose pink color design.
The said Samsung NC10 is up for pre-order now at dabs.com and the online store promises to deliver it to customers by February 10, just in time for the Valentine’s Day.
In addition, the site is also offering the NC10 bundled with various items such as a half-priced Norton Symantec 360 Protection Software, a Security TagPack, and a Seagate FreeAgent Go 320GB portable HD. Prices varies for each bundles. But the price tag for the standalone netbook is pegged at $315.99. Surely a very affordable price considering that you’ll get the following specs:
- 1.6GHz Intel Atom N270 CPU
- 160GB HD
- 10.2-inch Display
- Integrated webcam
- Bluetooth
- Windows XP Home
- 1GB RAM
If MSI and Samsung are not your choice of brand, you might want to check the Acer Aspire One in Pink, as well.
A post from the Asus Eee PC blog.
MSI Wind U120 in stock at Amazon
Jan 22nd
Amazon have the new MSI Wind U120 in stock. The price is $379-469 depending on which model you choose.
All models share the following specifications:
- Intel Atom 1.6 GHz Processor 512 KB L2 Cache, 533 MHz Bus speed
- 6 Cell Battery
- 1.3 MP Web
- Built-in 10/100 Ethernet LAN Card
- Built-in 802.11b/g WLAN Card
- Windows XP Home Edition
- 1GB DDR2 667MHz RAM
- 4-in-1 SD/MMC/MS/MSpro Card Reader
The models that is called U120-001US
The model called U120-020US
Read more at Amazon.com
Via Liliputing
A post from the Asus Eee PC blog.
MSI Wind U120 in stock at Amazon
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