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Intel's New Mobile PCs Will Ditch Vista for Linux

By Louis Ramirez, 9:33 AM on Mon Apr 16 2007, 796 views (Edit, to draft, Top, Slurp)

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UMPCs have yet to take off, yet Intel's already launching an alternative to the overgrown handhelds—the Mobile Internet Device (MID). These mini-tablets will run Linux, not Vista, as their operating system.

They'll have screens ranging from 4.5 to 6 inches and each device will carry a dual-core processor clocked from 600 to 800 MHz. The MIDs will have Wi-Fi and 3G HSDPA complemented by entertainment-friendly features. Design-wise, they look slicker than many of their UMPC counterparts. For now we can only hope they don't follow the UMPC's painful path to popularity. – Louis Ramirez

Intel to Launch Linux-powered Mobile Internet Device [ZDNet]

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