its apples and oranges, they are both round and good for you, but very different. same comparison between those machines. On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 11:08 AM, wrote: >> joe@actionline.com wrote: >>>> The Q150 looks pretty sweet. >>>> Did you consider the Acer AspireRevo R3610-U9022? >>>> http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2358654,00.asp >>> >>> Yes, the Acer has a dual-core Intel Atom 330 processor >>> and the Lenovo Q150 has a dual-core Intel Atom 510 processor >>> and reviews I've found say the Lenovo is much faster. > > Erick wrote: >> That's odd. >> http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2357348,00.asp >> BL according to this article is that performance is nearly identical, >> although with 7w less power consumption under load, no fan is required >> with the 510. > > 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. > > === A few selected excerpts from the cited article: > > The new Intel Atom D510 with NM510 Express chipset is the newest platform > known as "Pine Trail" for low power and less complexity. > > The D510 runs at 1.66GHz compared with the 330's 1.6GHz. > The D510 supports 667-MHz and 800-MHz memory, while the 300 has a 533MHz FSB. > > > Even compared with its nettop brethren, the new D510 platform excels: > ... the Acer Aspire Revo R3610-U9012 with its dual core Atom 330 and > [2-gig ram] uses 26W under load. And while [it] performs slightly better > than the whitebox [which has only 1-gig ram] on the benchmark tests, that > extra 7W of power usage means the Acer needs a fan to cool its processor > and GPU. > > The D510 whitebox is fanless and therefore completely silent ... > > The Lenovo IdeaCentre Q110, with its single core Atom 230 and ION > graphics, just about matches the whitebox at 19W usage [ NOTICE this > comparison is to an older Lenovo Q110 and not the new Lenovo Q150 dual > core 510 with 2-gig of ram ... definitely not a fair comparison! ] > > ... upgrading to a nettop with Atom D510 will open up light multimedia > tasks and make your Web suring run faster. Plus, you might even save some > money on your power bill if you replace an older desktop with a > D510-powered nettop. > > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > -- A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button. Stephen --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss