The Intel Classmate PC notebook is undergoing a makeover that will <A HREF="http://www.eweek.com/c/a/IT-Infrastructure/Intel-Classmate-Notebook-Gets-Touch-Tablet-Upgrades/?kc=EWKNLNAV08252008STR2">add touch-screen and tablet capabilities</A> to the low-cost laptop for students, and these versions of the Classmate will also include the Intel Atom processor.
At the Intel Developer Forum, Intel representatives were showing off the new Classmate design that is expected to hit retail shelves and the education IT market by the end of 2008. While some of the original Classmate designs used the older Intel Celeron processor, these updated laptops will come standard with single-core Atom processors.