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They do perform 'well'. I was referring to the power consumption of the chipsets.
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Intel® Atom™ Processor [Knowledge base]
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They perform well in that they're better than a P4 and use a fraction of the power. It's still more than enough for everyday use - browsing, music playing, word editing etc. Just as long as you're running a sensible OS (Slitaz would be lighting fast) then there's nothing wrong with it.
Basically, Intel gimped the new Atom by using FSB and not some high speed interconnect like quickpath. Sounds intentional, therefore a business decision no?
I have heard some people say that Intel is regretting having ever launched the Atom since they make such little money off of the platform. It is cannibalising the sales of other higher margin chips.
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Doesn't pinetrail run cooler and doesn't need a fan?
When is pinetrail going on sale in england? I want one for linux...
When is pinetrail going on sale in england? I want one for linux...
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Yes thats right it does not need a fan, they should be on sale any day now with the 410 replacing the 230 and the 510 replacing the 330.
Been fidding with my car PC setup tonight, at the moment im running my atom 330 at 2.15ghz which has run the centrafuse software with a playlist of movies overnight without crashing and that is what i am considering stable for my uses so im happy.
Not bad for a 1.66ghz chip!
Not bad for a 1.66ghz chip!
Indeed, Atoms are ideal for applications which don't need high amounts of computational performance - which to be honest is all that most PC users need these days.
I really fancy building a media storage server type thing around an Atom D510: http://ark.intel.com/Product.aspx?id=43098
1m L2 cache, dual core with HT, 13w TDP. Overclocked to around 2ghz and it would fly for everyday use, yet I bet twinned with 2gb of ram and onboard graphics or some low usage graphics card, you could get a desktop machine that would run with a sub 100w PSU.
I don't think it'll be very long before they catch on and people start using that kind of setup more, you can have a tiny stylish case, decent performance, low cost to buy and low cost to run. Sounds to me like the next era of home/school/university desktop work machines will be D510 powered.
1m L2 cache, dual core with HT, 13w TDP. Overclocked to around 2ghz and it would fly for everyday use, yet I bet twinned with 2gb of ram and onboard graphics or some low usage graphics card, you could get a desktop machine that would run with a sub 100w PSU.
I don't think it'll be very long before they catch on and people start using that kind of setup more, you can have a tiny stylish case, decent performance, low cost to buy and low cost to run. Sounds to me like the next era of home/school/university desktop work machines will be D510 powered.
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Just got the emachines eM350 with Atom N450 1.6 Ghz, Intel GMA 3150 XP @£199.
Just come out. Fell for it as soon as I saw it.
I've had it about a week now and it's a nippy little netbook @ a great price.
My 5 year old desktop has a P4 630 3.0Ghz and this Netbook is as quick as that, not games of course.
Is the Atom as quick as a P4?
Not had a Laptop or Netbook before, so I'm enjoying the ride.
Headphones, Sennheiser PX100, do sound great!
To get it to run at full gfx speed etc, you do have to turn off power saving, then I found that it would run WMVHD 720P @ < 50% cpu.
It can do Quicktime movie trailers @ 480P/720P also in Quicktime Alternative, which I think is better optimised for hardware acceleration.
3D Mark 2001SE score 3127. I couldn't believe it ran this right through.
It doesn't even get hot, only warm, and that's with it sat on my lap. It does have a fan, with 3 speeds, it would seem.
Great screen, non shiny case, screen surround and bigger touchpad.
Mono speaker, SD/MC card slot and only 2 USB btw.
Just typed this Post on it, the first real bit of typing.
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