What is the difference between MID and UMPC?
written by: Michelle Lee | category: Tech News | posted: 03/10/08
Even me as a gadget lover have the following question: what the hell’s the difference between a UMPC and a MID? According to CeBIT, here’s the explaination finally.
UMPC (Ultra Mobile PC)
- Business-class device for enterprise users
- Runs a “heavy” OS like Vista
- Optimized for office-use applications like Excel, Word, etc.
MID (Mobile Internet Device)
- Consumer-class lifestyle device
- Runs a ‘lightweight” OS with quick startup like Linux
- Optimized for things like media playback and web surfing
- In 2009 (or so) Moorestown-based devices will be classed as MIDs only
Source: Intel
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