Saw this off Slashdot - 200 Linux machine

[Eric Shubert]

joe at actionline.com wrote:
>>> Eric wrote (in part):
>>>> That's odd.
>>>> http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2357348,00.asp
>>>> BL according to this article is that performance is nearly identical,
> 
> Joe replied (in part):
>>> The cited article's information is not a proper comparison.
>>> The article is comparing a 2-gig Acer with a 1-gig "white-box" (not the
>>> new Lenovo Q150) whereas the new Lenovo Q150 has 2-gig and significantly
>>> greater speed along with significantly better power economy.
> 
> Eric then wrote:
>> I still don't see where there's any "significantly greater speed".
>> The FSB is clocked higher, but that doesn't appear to result in any
>> noticeable performance gain. Am I missing something?
> 
> The cited article compared (1) a DUAL-core Acer Revo 330 Atom with 2-gig
> of ram with (2) a "whitebox" 510 Atom with ONLY 1-gig of ram and (3) an
> older SINGLE-core Atom 230 Lenovo Q110. But this is just not a fair
> comparison -- comparing
> 
> However, the new Lenovo Q150 dual-core Atom 510 with 2-gig of ram was not
> tested or even mentioned in this article's report.
> 
> The only way to get a fair comparison would be if all three units were
> dual-core with 2-gig of ram and compared the Acer 330 with the NEW Lenovo
> Q150, not the old SINGLE-core unit with an older Atom 230.
> 
> Even so, the article stated that the Atom D510 processor is "surging faster."
> 
> Haven't received my unit yet, but searching the 'net, I found quite a few
> reviews where people have purchased this new Lenovo Q150 and report that
> it is (insert all kinds of adjectives here) fast. That's all I know. I'll
> report more as soon as I receive my new toy. ;)

Granted all that, but I still don't expect that the Q150 would perform 
significantly better than the Revo 330. I've seen nothing that would 
indicate a reason why it would.

Bottom Line between the two appears to be fan or no fan.

-- 
-Eric 'shubes'