If you've been wanting to have a netbook with 2GB of RAM inside but don't have the nerves to wreck open your netbook, well you may want to wait until March when Intel finally allows manufacturers to have 2GB of RAM in their netbooks.
Come March 10, the new Intel Atom N470 which is based on the Pine Trail-M two chip platform will now support 2GB capacity RAM. The N270 has a clock speed of 1.83 GHz, enough to be fully supported by the 3GB RAM.
Currently, netbooks are either sporting the Intel Atom N270 and N280 with clock speed of 1.6GHz. A new processor the N450 is scheduled to be released in January 2010. But netbooks with this CPU would still have 1GB of RAM.
Other possible details of new netbooks to come up once the Intel Atom N470 is available include – Moblin Linux OS, storage guidance up to 20 to 32GB SSD drive or 160GB mechanical hard drive. Screen sizes of future netbooks will vary from 7-10.2-inch. The only let down would have to be their battery life which is expected to go down to a mere 4-cell or less.
Price wise, these new netbooks could go from $299 to $349.
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A post from the Asus Eee PC blog.
Netbooks To Have 2GB of RAM in 2010
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