so now instead of releasing a chip that could have dominated the subnote market, they are going to release it to the mainstream mid-size laptop market where it will get absolutely destroyed by Intel & AMD.

so do monkeys run that company? oh well, i had pretty much given up on them anyways.

I can’t see why heat dissipation would be an issue for a chip that’s supposed to have lower power consumption.

NO Isaiah for this ref design or ANY subnote. The Two Fiends are behind in their reading. I saw this early early this AM but declined to post about it:
http://blog.laptopmag.com/first-look-at-vias-mini-notebook

Makes clear that Isaiah is NOT for subnotes.

Probably requires the bigger batteries bigger notebooks have.

it seems as of the lousy C7-M has gotten a 2nd wind & they are going to milk it for all it’s worth.

VIA is pretty much a joke company, they cant do anything right or even get what they do have out on time. Intel is getting ready to steal away from VIA the only market they ever had. dont be surprised if this is VIA’s last entry into the x86 market.

**side note** pin-compatibility doesnt necessarily mean they can follow the same reference design, things like heat dissipation can alter design choices.

The C7-m and Isaiah use the same socket, don’t they?

This reference design could easily be shifted to Isaiah, just as they’ve said they could easily do with the Mini-Note.

hey VIA, i like Isaiah, i like it better than Atom. i will never ever buy a C7-M after the lousy OQO 02. i will tell anybody i meet to never buy a C7-M, i will do the same on message boards, chat, in my column, etc. get off your asses & get Isaiah out, you still couldnt even beat Intel to market on their subpar chip. this is why your failing & nobody respects your company. even the only market you’ve ever dominated (small, quiet, efficient, shuttle PC’s) is talking about switching over to Atom/Dual-Core Atom upon release. why? because they are all stick stuck with older than dirt C3’s.