Comments on: MenQ EasyPC E102 netbook packs a RISC CPU

By: wedding dresses

wedding dresses — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 06:33:00 +0000

I think someone’s got their signals crossed. On the site for the netbook itself, I saw no mention of RISC anywhere.

By: turn_self_off

turn_self_off — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 07:02:11 +0000

one of the screenshots clearly states windows xp professional, and risc 1,2Ghz 256MB…

could it be that microsoft it hedging their bets, and bumping CE at the same time?

By: turn_self_off

turn_self_off — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 03:02:11 +0000

one of the screenshots clearly states windows xp professional, and risc 1,2Ghz 256MB…

could it be that microsoft it hedging their bets, and bumping CE at the same time?

By: MenQ EasyPC E102 Netbook | Laptops, Iphone, Mobiles and latest Technology Blog

Sat, 12 Sep 2009 17:02:04 +0000

[...] MenQ EasyPC E102 Netbook Laptops Add comments Chinese-based company, MenQ has recently showcased its upcoming 10.2-inch netbook at IFA 2009. Called the EasyPC E102, this mini laptop is packed with a RISC-based processor which is available in 1.2GHz or 1.6GHz versions, a 10.2-inch TFT LCD digital screen with 1024 x 600 resolution, an optional 256MB to 1GB RAM, a 4GB SSD or 160GB hard drive, a 1.3MP webcam, a 3-in-1 card reader, WiFi, 3 USB ports, Ethernet Gigabit, a 3-cell Li-ion battery and supports Windows XP OS. No details on pricing and availability just yet. [Product Page via Liliputing] [...]

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Mon, 07 Sep 2009 12:05:02 +0000

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By: MenQ EasyPC E102 Netbook

MenQ EasyPC E102 Netbook — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 04:58:16 +0000

[...] Chinese-based company, MenQ has recently showcased its upcoming 10.2-inch netbook at IFA 2009. Called the EasyPC E102, this mini laptop is packed with a RISC-based processor which is available in 1.2GHz or 1.6GHz versions, a 10.2-inch TFT LCD digital screen with 1024 x 600 resolution, an optional 256MB to 1GB RAM, a 4GB SSD or 160GB hard drive, a 1.3MP webcam, a 3-in-1 card reader, WiFi, 3 USB ports, Ethernet Gigabit, a 3-cell Li-ion battery and supports Windows XP OS. No details on pricing and availability just yet. [Product Page via Liliputing] [...]

By: foo

foo — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 03:19:21 +0000

At the end of the linked article:

"PS: Wie in den Kommentaren nachzulesen ist, gibt es einige Ungereimtheiten bezüglich dieses Geräts, da es keine RISC-kompatible Variante von Windows XP gibt… wir werden das so bald wie möglich noch einmal prüfen."

Or in English:
"As mentioned in the comments, there are a few inconsistencies regarding this gadget, since there's no RISC-compatible versions of Windows XP... we'll check this again as soon as possible."

PA-RISC, the only architecture which actually had RISC in its name was killed at the end of last year, and wasn't going to show up in laptops anyway. Generally with a mixup like this I'd imagine it might be MIPS- there are MIPS processors out there with hardware-accelerated x86 emulation- but you aren't going to find a MIPS processor running at 1.6 GHz. PowerPC and SPARC are AFAIK the only RISC architectures which have made it to that clock speed, and if the laptop had one of those in it you'd likely hear about it (and it wouldn't be running Windows).

By: Zobeid Zuma

Zobeid Zuma — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 18:42:43 +0000

RISC-based X86? That's either a contradiction or it's redundant, depending on how you choose to read it. The X86 instruction set isn't RISC, so there's the contradiction. It could translate the X86 code into RISC code before execution — but AMD and Intel chips already do that too, so there's your redundancy.

By: Claudio Miranda

Claudio Miranda — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 18:29:51 +0000

I think someone's got their signals crossed. On the site for the netbook itself, I saw no mention of RISC anywhere. However, Netbook News mentions that it does have one (or so I think since I can't read German).

Some of their other offerings show a Samsung processor which is more likely RISC, but those are running Windows CE.