Most stuff people try to run on mobile devices has way too large working set for current chips' caches. Some have as little as 8kB instruction cache/8kB data cache. Couple that with a 16-bit data bus... Large L1 caches and huge (for a mobile device) 512kB L2 is very very welcome.

To someone above - who has mentioned that 1080p@30fps is actually 1080i - You are wrong. There is 1080P at 30Hz. The actual difference between P and I is if we are scanning every line in the picture (progressive) or alternate line (interlaced). Minimum requirement is to have it at 24fps (for human eye to not see it is a jerky image). So earlier to reduce the processing requirements - Interlaced scans were implemented. Now with improved processing capability - progressive is being implemented.

Trouble is, even with Windows on ARM there would be few if any applications as they are all x86 - they might come in time, but would the major app developers really want to support two architectures, one of which may be quite niche?

That's the advantage of Linux and open source applications, particularly Debian. The source is out there, you want it to run on a new esoteric hardware platform? Just build it yourself. Debian is ready to go on ARM with thousands of applications.

Well if the processor doesn't suck this is a real chance for linux to get some traction. Unless MS has an arm version of windows 7, I'd say these netbooks are all going linux.... I don't think windows mobile is up to the task.

MS used to have windows for powerpc and other platforms, so they could certainly do it, but if these are out by Christmas I don't see it happening.

@Shhhhh - I have a theory... Nick is working for Apple! He complains about the "tame press" and he keep talking about Apple products!

With all the comments he posted on Apple, he help advertising their products!

I start loving good Apple products here!

:o)

John

The built in video and 3d sounds nice. If this platform is not tied to media content agreements and tied up drivers, this would be the platform to buy.

However 1080@30fps = 1080i and not 1080p.

@John - don't suggest that something like this might turn up in an iPhone or other Apple product. If Nick starts thinking that he'll go off on a rant about how the chip rapes babies and kills kittens and makes Jesus cry.

I can wait to see with Apple will bring us in their next iPhone.