Intel Atom targets Internet consumers
- Intel, Laptops -
By Alexander Villafania
INQUIRER.net
MANILA, Philippines – Intel Atom, the much awaited ultra-mobile PC (UMPC) processor, is making waves worldwide. However, it is just about to test the waters in the Philippines, where a majority of portable PC buyers would want to spend as little as possible. It was expected that the Atom, a low-power chip for basic computer requirements, will supply the budget-conscious PC market with low-cost computers.
So far, two brands have introduced Atom-powered notebook computers in the Philippines: MSI with its Wind and Acer’s Aspire One. Both are currently being distributed and both are priced much lower than their larger, more powerful counterparts.
Being low-energy devices mean that these cannot match the power of notebooks based on Intel’s other processors, including the Celeron and the recently-revived Pentium branded Dual Core processors.
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THE ULTRAMOBILE PC business is heating up as more hardware manufacturers are getting into the fray. Not to be outdone, computer manufacturer Red Fox and AMD have launched the Wizbook, which will compete with the Asus Eee PC (which technically is not a UMPC).