What happened to the supposed ARM-powered laptops/netbooks of the near future?

[haplorrhine]

Yea I guess I didn't really think about the latest developments and form factors and the lower consumption haswell processors and the like. Still, anyone know of a fanless laptop? Don't know if one exists. I guess you could have a liquid cooled one but then it would look pretty clunky no?

fanless laptop?

Acer Aspire E11

[user1397]

fanless laptop?

Acer Aspire E11

hmm...it still has a regular HDD...that has to at least have a fan right?

[haplorrhine]

hmm...it still has a regular HDD...that has to at least have a fan right?

"It doesn't need a fan, so it's whisper-quiet and runs cool."
http://us.acer.com/ac/en/US/content/series/aspire-e11

[haplorrhine]

If you remind me of the command, I can tell you what temp it's running at.

[pqwoerituytrueiwoq]

sensors-detect
sensors
also there is this one for cpu temp
echo $(($(cat /sys/class/thermal/thermal_zone0/temp)/1000))°C

[haplorrhine]

temp1 stays around 47-49.
The core temps are loitering around 48-51, but have gone to 45 and 56.

Adapter: Virtual device
temp1: +49.0°C (crit = +105.0°C)

coretemp-isa-0000
Adapter: ISA adapter
Core 0: +48.0°C (high = +105.0°C, crit = +105.0°C)
Core 1: +48.0°C (high = +105.0°C, crit = +105.0°C)

[Kale_Freemon]

What happened? People complained about the cramped keyboards of netbooks, so they were removed altogether...

There are billions of Android Linux tablets and phones out there. Windows now occupies a small niche market. The rest is Linux.

I sure hope that Android is not the future. Windows Phone is so much better, in my honest opinion, than Android is. But, that's just me. As long as I get my Windows Phone, I'm happy.

On the desktop, however, Linux all the way (except for the times that I do use Windows as needed for games and non-Linux compatible applications).

But, no, netbooks are pretty much dead. They were quickly killed off by tablets and phones. I also can't imagine using an ARM laptop. Just not enough compatible software. It's a better tablet processor than anything.