Video: Eee PC 900 processor is NOT Atom, multi-touch trackpad demonstrated
By Thomas Ricker 
posted April 15th 2008 1:25AM
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With regards to the 701, are you really _over_ clocking the processor if you are making it run at its marketed clock speed? It's more like you stopped underclocking it.
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I'll pretend that what you just said made sense lol
Having read all the Engadget EEE PC stories, I'm pretty sure no one from Asus ever said, and you also never reported, that the 900 would have the Atom at launch. It was always going to be the same Celery. Asus said the Atom was a possibility further down the line. The fact that it defaults to 900 now is news though - wonder what that means for battery life?
Now Asus just needs to release the drivers for multi-touch to the early adopters of the 701, and I'll be happy.
How is this thing able to boot XP so much faster than its little brother? That comparison video is painful to watch (and exactly as slow as my nLited XP Pro 2G)!
Booted from standby.
I don't think the better battery life really matters to me, but I do worry about the reports of excessive heat with the EEE celeron version.
My 701 cold boots in 28 seconds. I was actually wondering why the 900 was taking so long to boot.
That's why you should not buy this crap machine...
I don't see you building an ultraportable laptop that gets four hours of battery life on a customized Xandros distro, all while selling one approximately every six seconds.
Do you happen to work for Everex? How's the CloudBook doing? I haven't heard of anyone even thinking about buying it lol
I have a question...
Do any of you think that I should wait for an Atom Eee or should I just get a Celeron Eee. I would like to run Ubuntu on it once I get it (My brother at CalTech runs it on his T61 and it is pretty sweet) but I don't know how much of a difference the processors will make. I do plan to upgrade to 2GB of RAM at some point, and I remember the Asus CEO saying that there will be some more versions available in May. I should probably tell you that I'm definitely going to wait until at least May (I'm going to try to get it as a 8th Grade graduation gift as I will probably need it for High School, so if I were to wait, which processor should I get? (P.S. I typed this on my touch, so there a probably some jibberish lol)
Have you used the keyboard on an EEE? If you plan on using it to type papers, you'll be frustrated. The keyboard on the HP 2133 is much larger and easier to use (at least from everything I've read).
i live in hong kong, the price confirmed to be HKD$3998 in both version, 1US=7.78HKD, go do calculation
$513.88
How can you know it's not mis-identifying the processor?
ATOM is an evolution from the Celeron M.
Do you actually have the CPUID string?
Not really, the Atom does not operate like the Celeron M, it processes commands in order instead of out of order, which is the technique that is generally used, and is an x86-64 processor, not x86-32. Also, the CEO of Asus clearly stated that the Eee 900 would not have the Atom processor until May, also when different versions of the 900 will come out.
Striker, the Atom is Core 2 Solo architecture which is derived from the version of Celeron M used in this EEE. Not sure why you say it is not out-of-order since it translates the CISC into RISC internally which is nearly always out-of-order. Since it does not ship in 900 MHz so that is another good confirmation that the EEE is not Atom.
Okay, but the Atom, even the 1.6GhZ doesn't even make a splash compared to this thing lol.
Apart from the lack of touchscreen for the first batch, it's still a nice catch for 20GB SSD.
Like Chris Tucker once said: "I love Hong Kong."
64 bit has no performance advantage on its own, and the in-order nature of Atom makes it suck ass pretty much. Atom is only worth it if you want battery life, performance wise it's a complete dud. The guy who posted above me is completely correct, there is no point to 4GB RAM in the EeePC, I don't even know if it can take that much RAM.
lol...look, 32bit and 64bit os doesn't have difference in ram limitation for your needs...
that stories about 32bit os ram limitation are not true, the truth is that 32bit Windows doesn't support more than 3gb of ram. So, M$ windows, not 32bit OSs
on 32bit linux os you can put far more than 4gb of ram...
Can't wait for Dell's.
I'm with you Valgas - I am waiting for Dell before I make my decision.
What exactly are the wireless web capabilityies of the 900? Will it only work in WIFI hot spots? Does it have G3 / HSDPA connectivity supported by USA carriers? If I can't use it to get on the web then I think I would be better off just getting a used Thinkpad to hold be over until a truly connected version comes on the market. Right now I am without a laptop and I like small, I like the concept of SSD, I only need about 1.8 gigs for all the software I need on the road, but I need good web connectivity. Any and all suggestions welcome...
I got a another cool video.
http://tw.youtube.com/watch?v=hDf4HMijnSM
Ahh yes, the CPU might be really similar, but what I'm really waiting for is a chipset refresh that ditches this GM910 video chip. The Diamondville Atom processors (which Asus has stated will be in the machines later this year) uses an Intel GMA500 chipset, which is a PowerVR Series 5 SGX video chipset. While it's not super-high-end, it's still a newer version of the chip used in the Sega Dreamcast, and we know that had decent 3D. The SGX535 PowerVR chipset that runs with Diamondville still clocks in at 28M Poly/sec. Real world use is much better on that chipset. The Inte 910 struggles to handle any video above 480p. Since most media now is 720p or better, It's right out. x264 starts losing sync within seconds, even Mpeg2 based 720p can't run more than a few minutes without going out. The newer SGX535 chipset runs 1080p smoothly with no issues.
Games. Yes, I know, no one buys an ultraportable for gaming... but why not? I don't expect performance like my desktop, but hey, I play WoW on my EEE already, it just tends to choke when too much happens on screen at once. The SGX would give the EEE a level of performance about like that of your average midlevel video card based laptop, but still at the wonderfully light and portable size that it has now (plus a few grams.) I personally can't wait for the new Atom based EEE to come out, as once it does, I'm selling the 4G and upgrading immediately. The current EEE meets all my personal requirements except for the video and gaming aspect, and I'm sure I'm not alone in wishing I could leave the boat anchor home and take only the EEE with me when popping down to the coffee shop for a few hours, and though I don't expect an XPS or similar, I'd like to at least play around a bit. And really, 720p. It'll be my new portable media player when I go to a friend's house. Plug it into the TV and presto, instant HD.