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Originally Posted by zmot
Thanks for the useful info.
So what i've come across was the Asus 1215N 12inch netbook (im ok with 12" too) which is featuring ION2 graphics up to 4gb ram and a dual core Intel Atom D525 processor (1.8GHz).
So what do you think about this netbook (mostly cpu unit) ? I've read your post and now im sceptic about the atom processor. How would u compare this CPU to lets say an Intel Core 2 Duo Processor SU7300 (1.30 GHz) or Intel Pentium Dual Core SU4100 1.3 GHz which runs the Acer Aspire Timeline 1810TZ ? Or maybe to AMD Athlon Neo MV-40 1.6 GHz which is single core ?
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I have to chime in here...and there have been other threads like this...folks, if you're asking about super technical details on CPU vs. CPU, you're not in the market for a netbook...and you are implying that you are not going to use a netbook for its designed purposes.
Netbooks are designed to be physically light, physically small, offer great battery life, while offering LOW PERFORMANCE. Period. If you plan to run thick client applications on a netbook other than Adobe Reader, IE/Firefox, and iTunes, you're apps are going to drag. Use the netbook for web surfing, email, light video playback, chat, photo viewing, some itunes and you will be fine.
Want to run MS Office 2010? Get a notebook. Wanna run Photoshop or Dreamweaver? Get a notebook. Wanna edit video footage and/or master a dvd? Get a notebook. Wanna play WoW? Get a notebook. Wanna play any game that is more complex than Solitaire? Get a notebook.
Yes, you may be able to get some high end netbooks that will barely meet your expectations of application performance...but the goal of a netbook is not performance.
My brother-in-law just got a killer Dell Inspiron 17 to his door last week for $600. 500GB 7200RPM hard drive, Core i CPU, 4GB ram, dvd/cd burner, Windows 7 Home or Premium, and a great video card.
If you're in the CPU vs. CPU conversation this deep, forget your $399 netbook and spend a little more money and get an inexpensive notebook that will blow it away for performance.
-Eric