Date: Sun, 12 Nov 2000 18:37:22 +0100
From: "Alexandre Kaoukhov" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: RE: New Sony mininotebook
Although benchmark issues are important I want to remind some practical
issues.
While CPU speed may be important for some of us. In my opinion for an
average subnotebook user the most important question is whether the thing is
capable of software DVD decoding. This would prevent from buying costly MPEG
decompression card. Yet it remains to be seen if C1VN is capable to do that.
In my original post I wanted to call your attention mostly to the following:
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Pros and Cons - 05 Oct 2000
Umit - Umit
Here it is, the pro's and con's of the VN vs XS:
PRO's:
- Less Battery Power
- More on board memory (128, 192max)
- Better Video, more memory (8 megs)
- Windows ME
CON's:
- Cursoe 600 peforms like Intel 400
- Downgraded Camera
- No IR port
- Possible no Windows 2000/Linux support
- No floppy drive/CDROM
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In my opinion even letting aside CPU issues some "CON's" may be sufficient
fir many of us to favor older model. Moreover, the price gap will probably
allow you to by more RAM and bigger HD.
-----Original Message-----
From: David Chien [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Sunday, November 12, 2000 1:14 AM
To: Libretto
Subject: Re: New Sony mininotebook
Date: Sat, 11 Nov 2000 16:11:26 -0800 (PST)
From: David Chien <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: New Sony mininotebook
> > After a number of passes the Crusoe architecture will run these faster
> > as it profiles the code and optimises it.
> These are UI codes and UI codes spend more time waiting for user input
than
> running. Benchmarking the UI codes are waste of time.
However, it does nothing for the useful things I normally expect my
computer
to do, like MP3 compression, video capture and format
conversion/compression,
image editing, DVD/MPG video encoding, sound editing, etc. All of these
operations require both integer and floating point operations that are not
repeated ever, and push the CPU to its natural performance limits.
Benchmarks thus far have shown that even just a basic MP3 file conversion
takes about twice as long on the 600Mhz Crusoe CPU vs. a 500Mhz Celeron CPU.
The point being that unless you only use your PC for Internet, Email, and
word processing, you'd better take a closer look at the important benchmarks
for the Crusoe before making your next purchase as the Crusoe is very poor
when
compared to similar speed Intel/AMD products.
d =)
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