Mandriva and Precedent Technologies work together to offer a new low cost desktop: TechSurfer
Submitted by srlinuxx on Tue, 07/22/2008 - 20:45.
Mandriva and Precedent Technologies ("PTech"), announce a new partnership, working together on the release in September in the United States of a new low-cost desktop, with Intel Atom CPUs and Mandriva Linux preinstalled on these machines.
Since signing their agreement, Mandriva, the leading European editor of Linux distributions, and Precedent Technologies, full service I.T solution provider, have been working together on a new low-cost PC called: TechSurfer.
«Precedent Technologies has anxiously awaited an opportunity to enter the low-cost PC marketplace. We were hesitant to make this move because we wanted to ensure each system we produce provides value and performance, as well as quality.
PTech's new solution is called the TechSurfer. TechSurfer is a web-centric computing platform that is designed for customers who mostly surf the web; download music; and utilize VOIP services, such as Skype. The TechSurfer platform is also suitable for very light desktop productivity applications. TechSurfer is powered by the Intel Atom processor. The Atom Processor was designed especially for web-centric computers. TechSurfer starts at $399.99 with the Mandriva linux OS. Customers can add an additional $100 for Windows XP or Vista.
Hotspot reality will sink Atom cpu ? 802.xx or edgeQam/DSLam ?
For some years now Intel did not invest in hotspot availability. Instead provided wireless centric features in their cpu.
Everyone loves wireless 802.xx standards, but they are merely chasing technology development of IEEE standards directions.
So, another computer manufacturer hoping cloud computing computer is the final solution, will find themselves not adapting to cellphone edgeQam/3G transmission; but stuck in the quagmire of 802.xx standards.
All the ultra light laptops are missing the cellphone connection(3G) and hope to connect to hotspots with limited range of usable signal strength.
However, in some cases, cellphone may lower its cost per call by 802.xx connection to wired transmission.