It seems that the mass release of netbooks on the new processors Intel Atom N450, which was expected in December, will be postponed. It was assumed that the company's Asustek,Acer, Lenovo, and even MSI in December to present their own models of netbooks based on the new mobile platform is Intel, so that will have time to make a profit at the expense of massive pre-holiday sales. But now all manufacturers have stated that present netbook Atom N450 processors, only 11 of January next year.

Perhaps the reason was a letter from the Director General of Intel, who wrote that does not want to see on the market Atom N450 processor and devices on them until January 10. However, according to the source, a letter from Intel is only part of the problem. Manufacturers of some concern in connection with the issuance of new technology on the market and the possibility of a huge inventory over the holidays. In addition, the delay in issuance of netbooks on the N450 until mid-January, there is a great opportunity to producers to sell the remaining netbooks on the platform of the previous generation, and at attractive prices for producers.

Since the beginning of the emergence of netbooks on the Atom processor second-generation company Asustek, Lenovo and MSI plan to begin selling the current 10 "models at a price just over $ 300, so far do not specify which countries would be affected by similar discounts. Most manufacturers plan to introduce three basic versions of processors Atom N450, using different operating systems. It will be a model running Windows 7 Starter Edition, Moblin Linux and Windows XP Home Edition. Probably the most popular and most expensive will be the version with Windows 7 Starter Edition.