[DLSLUG-Discuss] 12" portable

[mike upper valley]

Thanks for the input, Bill. sounds like you are relative happy with
the eee.  that is a 10", no?   Were it the onl;y factor the min would
be 14", but considering weight, i could comprise with a 12" ... i'm
leaning towards waiting to see how the nVidia ION performs, then maybe
look for a 12" C2D ION setup ... regards, mike



On Thu, Aug 6, 2009 at 1:43 PM, Bill McGonigle<bill at bfccomputing.com> wrote:
> On 08/06/2009 12:45 AM, mike upper valley wrote:
>>     * Intel ATOM Processor N270 Single Core (1.60GHz 533MHz 512KB)
>
> My netbook (eeePC 1000he) has the 280, which is only barely faster than
> the 270 (lower voltage is the main appeal) and it's usable but a bit
> pokey compared to something like a C2D at the same speed.  You do wait
> for things.  YouTube will take the whole CPU.  Linux sees it as a
> dual-core due to hyperthreading but it feels like a single core.
>
> That said, it's perfect to throw in the bag, can run for a solid 6 hours
> on battery, with LUKS and wireless on, so I can't complain at all.
> Extra vertical rez would be nice as many apps presume huge screens these
> days (I haven't yet figured out a way to force GTK to override absurdly
> large fonts specs either, which hurts) so I hook up an external display
> when at the office.
>
> I'm running Fedora 11/KDE on it.  IIRC correctly, Fedora 12 will be
> compiled -mtune=atom by default for the i686 branch, which might help.
> I just ordered another atom machine for an embedded use - they seem good
> enough to replace the celerons for low-power apps.
>
> -Bill
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