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, <
joe@actionline.com> 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.
>
>
>
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