Re: Saw this off Slashdot - 200 Linux machine

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Author: joe@actionline.com
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Subject: Re: Saw this off Slashdot - 200 Linux machine

>> 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. ;)




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