Thinking of this Netbook spec - dual core.

Mel_P · 3 Jan 2011 at 13:41

ASUS Eee PC 1015PEM Seashell - Atom N550 / 1.5 GHz - RAM 1 GB - HDD 250 GB - GMA 3150.

For £310 - + £2.99 postage - will this be better than the "standard" 1.6GHz 450 single core processor?

lay-z-boy · 3 Jan 2011 at 15:45

I'd personally avoid netbooks until AMD's (far better) offering is available. This will probably happen during/after CES.

The atom processor is awful. 2 of them will be hardly any better. Speaking from experience as I have an nc10 with an n270 and an atom 330 micro fileserver. They are both rubbish even for the most basic tasks.

Mel_P · 3 Jan 2011 at 18:41

Thanks - hmmmmmm........ What do I do?

PermaBanned · 3 Jan 2011 at 20:56

I don't know what they're talking about, the atom isn't exactly going to be taking on an i7 any time soon but it's still perfectly capable of everyday tasks like browsing, word editing and playing music etc. Hell, i managed to do that pretty well on an old PII rig. If you were using Windows it might be another story but the hardware's fine if you know what it's for.

DefiantAsh · 4 Jan 2011 at 20:57

i have a Acer AO-D255 with the N550 and it is very good

handles mutliple windows without fault, skype, msn, mail, and word and even chrome open it works really fast.

To be fair netbooks arent made for all high power cpu's and stuff, they are made for handy carry alongs for small tasks,

GeX · 4 Jan 2011 at 22:41

I would hang fire for a wee while and see what comes out at CES with the Zacate E-Series chips.

JonJ678 · 4 Jan 2011 at 23:07

lay-z-boy said:
The atom processor is awful. 2 of them will be hardly any better. Speaking from experience as I have an nc10 with an n270 and an atom 330 micro fileserver. They are both rubbish even for the most basic tasks.

I loved my NC10, and am thrilled with the replacement N110. Both are first generation atom as far as I remember. It really sucks for compiling, but for browsing / office / remote desktop it's been excellent.

Some of this may be down to the aftermarket ssd and not running windows.

Zowghi · 5 Jan 2011 at 12:55

Im using a single core Atom now. Ive got seral tabs open in Firefox, iTunes playing and am doing some work in Word. Once you have applications open I cant see much differance between my gaming pc.

ElectroBlaster · 5 Jan 2011 at 17:33

My daughters atom based acer one is ok! Running xp sp3 and its more than up to the task its being used for. Basic browsing, music etc

spicypixel · 5 Jan 2011 at 18:20

I have to admit im looking forward to the 11.6" 1336x768 screens on the Zacate netbooks.

GeX · 5 Jan 2011 at 20:27

I'm after some 1440x900 13.3" goodness

Seen the Samsung 9 Series? :eek:

(shame about the screen res)