For a towering duration, Intel’s Atom CPU ruled the mini-laptop universe, powering Netbooks from Asus, Dell, HP, Acer, Lenovo and others. After all — who wouldn’t want an inexpensive processor capable of powering an almost-pocket-sized laptop? particularly one perfectly suited of handling basic coffee shop chores such as Web surfing, e-mailing, or blogging.

But when you’re on

top, everyone else wants a piece of your action. Two new potential Atom-killers have launched recently, each looking to steal some marketshare from Intel with variations on the Netbook theme. The contenders, in brief, are:

Intel Atom
The smallest processor currently made by Intel, the Atom is found in a majority of [...]

Orginal post by Dan Ackerman

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