Yoggie already has the HyPC which is a Linux on ARM11 inside a laptop, based on Express card form factor.
see:
http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/blogs/index.cfm?entryid=107270&blogid=18




It really doesn't matter what OS they use as long as the apps use on the ARM look the same as the ones on the Linux/Windows main OS.

Firefox and Thunderbird could be easily compiled for the ARMs OS and the average User just wouldn't care.

This is *almost* what I submitted to the Intel-Asus sponsored website (WePC) asking about what future technologies you would like in your notebook except that I suggested that Intel does a double chip - Atom + Core 2 Duo- in a MCM. All x86 so no need to worry about cross platform OS and binaires. Atom is sufficient for email,browsing, and basic tasks. If a filter in Photoshop is selected or if Photoshop is opened, it automatically 'wakes up' the Core 2 and uses it instead.

Ahem, the HTC Shift?

Runs both Windows Mobile (on a Qualcomm Processor) and Vista (on an Intel Processor) and you can switch between the two at the touch of a button.

Ok, so the Windows Mobile side is a slightly crippled version called "SnapVue", but you can liberate the device to get full Windows Mobile.

It's a flawed implementation due to insufficient memory/storage on the WM side and an insistance on supplying Vista on a machine that only has 1gb memory, but it is essentially the device mooted here.

two devices in one case : a pda + a notebook, sharing the display, keyboard and speakers.
RISC ( ARM ) and x86 ( Intel ) architectures are pretty much different and I don't see how you can put them on a single board ... and what happened with the speedstep tech from Intel ? Not good enough ?

hoohoo,

One possibility is Ubuntu, since it has been compiled for both, and beyond that is has a special version for netbooks.

"The Intel processor would kick in for more power-intensive apps, meaning that theoretically, battery life could be extended to around 15 hours."

Where is this theory? What numbers are you using? Where did you come up with 15 hours?


What OS would run on such a beast? Seems to me we'd need both ARM and x86 binaries.