So here’s a little secret. Processors with dual cores aren’t necessarily twice as fast as single core CPUs. Or rather, they don’t necessarily perform tasks twice as fast, because that’s just not the way most software works. But still, you’d generally expect a dual core chip to handle some tasks better than a similar, single […]
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HP Mini 1000 benchmarks
I’ve never been a big fan of benchmarks, because they aren’t always good at telling you how a computer will perform under normal conditions. But if you lik to sift through a bunch of numbers before deciding whether to purchase a netbook, the folks at MiniNote User have psoted a raft of benchmarks for the […]
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What’s the best Linux distro for the Eee PC 901?
People are always asking which Linux distribution is best for this device or that. And the truth is, it depends. It depends on what it is you want to do. And it often depends on whether you favor performance or ease of use or any number of other factors. With that in mind, Phoronix has […]
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Update: More Eee PC 1000H battery test results
After speaking with Kevin Tofel about his battery tests with the MSI Wind, I decided to run Battery Eater a few more times to make sure we can get an apples to apples comparison. While I got 265 minutes of run time the first time I tried the test, I later realized that I forgot […]
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Asus Eee PC 1000H benchmarks results
Update: After running the battery test a few more times, I’ve posted some different results. The moral of this story? Your results may vary depending on how you use the machine. Following Kevin Tofel’s lead, I decided to run two sets of benchmarks on my Asus Eee PC 1000H this week. First up, I used […]
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Everun Note could be the fastest netbook/UMPC to date
Chippy at UMPC Portal received some documents from the folks at Raon Digital that suggest the upcoming Everun Note mini-laptop will be fast. Like blazing fast. Like faster than most full sized notebooks fast. This shouldn’t be particularly surprising, since the this will also be one of the first netbooks or ultra mobile PCs to […]
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Putting the MSI Wind through the paces
MSI Wind.Net forum member Doody has managed to get his hands on a MSI Wind prototype, and he’s been testing it out and running benchmarks for a few days.One of the main advantages the Wind has over current Netbooks like the Asus Eee PC and HP Mini-Note is the power-saving Intel Atom processor. So I […]
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Eee PC 900 solid state disk: Not as fast as Eee PC 701?
For the most part, the Eee PC 900 is identical to the Eee PC 700 series, except it has a larger, higher resolution screen and more memory, right? Well, there are a few other significant differences under the hood. For example, Asus packed two solid state disks into every Eee PC 900. There’s a 4GB […]
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MSI Wind desktop v Asus Eee PC 900 v Eee PC 701
The folks at Japanese site PC Watch snagged themselves a pre-release MSI Wind desktop PC. While this computer isn’t exactly identical to the upcoming Wind laptop, it does feature the same low-power Intel Atom CPU, integrated graphics, and 1GB of RAM. So when PC Watch decided to match the Wind PC up against the Asus […]