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Five years ago: NetPC final spec looks a lot like a PC
News The final NetPC specification suggests that spotting the difference between a NetPC and a PC could be tough. NetPC proponents say the design eases the manageability burden for IT support staffers. The NetPC specification calls for a base 133MHz...
[April 24, 2002, 7:31]
NetPC final spec looks a lot like a PC
News The final NetPC specification suggests that spotting the difference between a NetPC and a PC could be tough. NetPC proponents say the design eases the manageability burden for IT support staffers. The NetPC specification calls for a base 133MHz...
[April 24, 1997, 11:20]
A Year Ago: NetPC spec released by Intel, MS
News Striking back at the rising prominence of network computers (NCs), Intel and Microsoft today released the NetPC reference specification for sub-$1,000 sealed-case designs that run PC software. Key features of NetPC include: the ability for software...
[March 13, 1998, 8:41]
Microsoft NetPC platform finds backing from key players
News Microsoft today announced specifications for its NetPC platform which has the support of PC manufacturers including Compaq, Hewlett-Packard, Dell and Digital. Using the familiar rhetoric of Network Computer evangelists, Microsoft said the NetPC...
[October 29, 1996, 12:45]
Five years ago: CeBIT: NetPC won't compete with NC - Intel
News The NetPC will play a key role in Intel's 1997 product strategy, alongside the transition towards the Pentium II chip (codenamed Klamath) and away from the Pentium Pro and non-MMX Pentium chips, according to Pat Gelsinger, Intel's vice president...
[March 14, 2002, 6:01]
NetPC spec released by Intel, MS
News Key features of NetPC include: the ability for software to manage all hardware functions across a LAN; an absence of ISA slots to ensure device recognition; and a sealed design so that users can't modify systems.
[March 13, 1997, 14:15]
CeBit: NetPC won't compete with NC - Intel
News The NetPC will play a key role in Intel's 1997 product strategy, alongside the transition towards the Pentium II chip (codenamed Klamath) and away from the Pentium Pro and non-MMX Pentium chips, according to Pat Gelsinger, Intel's vice president...
[March 13, 1997, 16:07]
Mitac offers OEM NetPC, 14.2-inch screen notebook
News Mitac will enter the UK NetPC market in November, admitting that it will let OEMs test the water first before it makes concrete decisions on own-brand sales targets. It will also deliver a 14.2 inch screen notebook which it expects to get to market...
[September 19, 1997, 11:28]
Networks 97 dubbed NetPC versus NC show
News With the NetPC camp out in full force including Intel, Microsoft, Compaq, Dell and now Viglen, the publicity rug is expected to pulled from under the NC vendors. Netscape will attempt to shift the emphasis of the show towards intranets.
[June 23, 1997, 8:50]
Dell plans PC/NetPC hybrid
News The world's largest direct sales PC vendor said it plans to bring in technologies to help remotely manage systems on a network, combining the flexibility of the PC with the low-cost upkeep of NetPCs. The components of the plan will be a phased...
[May 29, 1997, 13:59]
Cyrix-based NetPC to debut in January
News Cyrix UK managing director Brendan Sherry said vendors will produce NetPC systems based on a wide variety of designs including sealed units, VCR-style appliances and mobile systems. Compaq, Hewlett-Packard, Dell and Digital have all said they...
[October 31, 1996, 11:51]
Q&A: Cyrix's Rogers on the NetPC and the x86
News What about the NetPC: you have talked about how you see your GX processor being ideal for low-cost systems? Microsoft showed our product line at the end of August for the PC97 [NetPC] concept. We think [NetPC] will take effect in the first half of...
[November 11, 1996, 10:20]
Siemens Nixdorf first with NetPC
News Called the SCENIC Pro Net 2, the diskless base unit will be powered by a Pentium processor, contain 16Mb of RAM and offer a high-speed LAN connection. The unit will be able to load the Windows 95 operating system off the network and will be priced...
[January 29, 1997, 14:54]
UK firms hesitate over NetPC and NC
News The report, commissioned by AST, spoke to 138 companies of which 47 per cent believed it will be at least two years before the NetPC and NC even beginning to make an impact on the UK market. Just eight per cent were totally unconvinced by either...
[December 5, 1997, 17:08]
Vendors poised to push NetPCs
News Compaq will lift the lid on its desktop strategy next week and unveil its NetPC product. Other companies are set to join Compaq next week in announcing NetPC products. Mitsubishi and Siemens-Nixdorf will both exhibit their NetPCs at PC Expo in New...
[June 13, 1997, 16:40]
Quotes of the Week, October 28-November 1
News Microsoft's Julie Cox on its NetPC budget-computer standard. Cyrix MD Brendan Sherry on its adoption of Microsoft's NetPC platform. "The problem with Larry Ellison and Bill Gates is that they think because they have big companies, that they are the...
[November 1, 1996, 13:57]
Compaq to launch new Deskpros worldwide
News In September, Houston-based Compaq will follow up with the Deskpro 4000s, which will be similar in form and function to the Deskpro 4000n NetPC, according to sources familiar with Compaq's plans. The forthcoming Deskpro 4000s will feature a small...
[July 9, 1997, 14:08]
Oracle claims wide industry support for NC
News Microsoft's NetPC is very good news for the user as is anything that simplifies computing. The NetPC still uses Windows and a hard drive and that's far too complicated. "The pilots will merge into fully fledged usage as corporates buy Intel or ARM...
[December 6, 1996, 14:36]
Barrett takes Intel president role
News In addition, several major OEMs are expected to show prototypes of their NetPC systems, sources said. While Intel co-authored the NetPC specification, it is also a major proponent of the managed PC - which it has defined as a full-featured...
[May 22, 1997, 11:31]
Response of the Week, March 10-14
News "What's a NetPC? A PC you can't open without a firearm. What's an NC? A PC you wouldn't want to open without a firearm. Mail me with your opinions on the ever-changing computing landscape or join our chat forums.
[March 14, 1997, 17:19]
