8-inch sub-notebook launched

Well, I'm hoping for a handy li'l LIGHT portable box that I can easily take up my ladder (I still spend a fair amount of time on roofs, etc); for me at least this could well shape up to be useful for that aspect of my work. A question though, would movie playback (whether off USB-attached DVD or on-drive .avi/etc) count as mathematically intensive?
 
tad bit expensive....well i guess you do pay for portability
 
HavocXphere said:
Not too keen on an AMD in a mobile device....or desktop for that matter.
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Usually stuff like that would have started a massive flame war. Intel VS AMD, but seems like Core 2 Duo did convert the AMD biatches. ;)
 
TheRoDent said:
The AMD Geode CPU has been the stalwart of embedded computing for a long time - Wireless Routers, and many platforms have been developed around it. The architecture is decent, and compliant.

Speedwise, it works as well as you could expect from a device this size. The EE isn't exactly blinding either - thats not why you buy a device like this. The RAM is a little low-spec, but the EE also launched low, with upgrade options. This baby can go up to 2Gig which is just fine.

The hard-drive is an interesting choice, and FAR outweighs the measly few gigabytes the EE can muster.

Non-wired LAN is a non-issue, since you get plenty of USB->Ethernet adapters, and I'd actually rather have the PCMCIA slot on a device such as this, than an ethernet port.

It is, after all, a "mobile" device. I'd rather be able to stick a 3G or iBurst card into it, than ethernet.

The biggest con's compared to the EEPC:

No builtin camera
Touchpads suck (so does the one on the EEPC)

Other than that, it's a nice, neat cheap device.

/me waits for the IBM subnotebook, built on a PowerPC platform, running Linux.
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+1:D

Even though this is slightly different from EEE they are both targeting the lower end of the market which is good to see:). The more manufacturers that enter the fray the better for the consumer both price and spec wise:D.
 
Pooky said:
Around R2614.00

http://priceguru.in/archives/mobility/1606
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The dealer price from Sahara is higher than this before vat.
Expect it to be sold for nearly/around R4000 incl. Probably not much better than 3700 ish.

Not sure if this is so great for low end PIII performance potentially. The Geode CPU started life as a 486 compatible embedded processor by the way - when I first noticed them.

Then the normal questions of integrity, quality etc etc...:eek:
 
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TheRoDent said:
The AMD Geode CPU has been the stalwart of embedded computing for a long time - Wireless Routers, and many platforms have been developed around it. The architecture is decent, and compliant.

Speedwise, it works as well as you could expect from a device this size. The EE isn't exactly blinding either - thats not why you buy a device like this. The RAM is a little low-spec, but the EE also launched low, with upgrade options. This baby can go up to 2Gig which is just fine.

The hard-drive is an interesting choice, and FAR outweighs the measly few gigabytes the EE can muster.

Non-wired LAN is a non-issue, since you get plenty of USB->Ethernet adapters, and I'd actually rather have the PCMCIA slot on a device such as this, than an ethernet port.

It is, after all, a "mobile" device. I'd rather be able to stick a 3G or iBurst card into it, than ethernet.

The biggest con's compared to the EEPC:

No builtin camera
Touchpads suck (so does the one on the EEPC)

Other than that, it's a nice, neat cheap device.

/me waits for the IBM subnotebook, built on a PowerPC platform, running Linux.
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I often use the Geode in micro-sized, all-in-one PC's configurations. It's about half the size of a A5 paperback but is a complete PC with hard drive, etc.

CPU speed is typically between 500 and 800MHz and it actually runs XP fine. Linux would fly on it.
 
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My EEE-pc preforms quite well, It all depends on the application I would say, I realy likethe geode, the little embedded processor has all sort of nice optimizations on instruction level like video decoding and so on, but I reckon my EEEpc will perform better, I have 2 gigs of ddr2 in my eee and it runs quake3 quite nicely, the on-board graphics chip set from Intel is also pretty decent, don't know how this will compare to the sahara. Think the eee is more of a micro pc design and the geode is an embedded solution.

So yet again back to my original point it all depends on the intended application, the screen size is also a plus, i find the eee just too small sometimes but that is a small matter for me, the drive is another in this department there are pros and cons associated, pro for 60g HDD is well it is 60 gigs compared to 8 gig, but then it is a physical drive with heads, the EEE is solid state memory storage, limited read/write cycles (arguably) but much more durable, no moving parts in the EEE, meaning overall better longevity...


It all depends on intended use....

One more side note purely on brand reputation Asus VS Sahara, Asus without any second thought....
 
HavocXphere said:
Apple just got (successfully) sued for a shyte load of money for claiming an unrealistic battery life. So if they have even a bit of sense in them then they will try to be at least semi-accurate.

Not too keen on an AMD in a mobile device....or desktop for that matter.
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I have used AMD exclusively for about 5 years. Intel has only just caught up. There is nothing wrong with AMD!
 
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