[TriLUG] Arm Based Laptops Eee pc @ Target

[Michael Peters]

Brian Phelps wrote:

> Yes I know that plugins like flash are x86 only, but isn't that really
> the only drawback?

Flash is huge. It's used all over the place, not just for annoying ads and nifty little games, but 
in lots of places as workarounds for the limitations of JavaScript in browsers (swfIR, SWFUpload, 
sIFR and many comet frameworks). So if you're building a machine who's primary purpose is to browse 
the web, your market suddenly becomes miniscule if you can't do Flash.

Also, it's not just Flash. There are probably lots of applications written for Linux and Windows 
that don't work on anything bug x86. Especially Windows. So if you were making a business decision 
and decided to go with an ARM processor you be signing your own products failure because there just 
aren't that many geeks who can live with a non-flash web.

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Michael Peters
Plus Three, LP