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Just copying files from a server will max out the processor - seriously?

Hopefully OAK Trail will be all that and a bag o' chips. While I understand not everyone needs a netbook that runs crysis - there has to be some middle ground where running 2 apps at the same time or copying files or opening notepad won't max out your CPU.]]>Mar 9th 2010 12:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/intel-bringing-dual-core-atom-d510-processors-to-netbooks-as-the/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/intel-bringing-dual-core-atom-d510-processors-to-netbooks-as-the/
There is a middle ground, a CULV Core 2 Duo 1.6ghz, for example... in a thin and light enclosure.]]>Mar 10th 2010 1:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/intel-bringing-dual-core-atom-d510-processors-to-netbooks-as-the/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/intel-bringing-dual-core-atom-d510-processors-to-netbooks-as-the/Mar 9th 2010 12:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/intel-bringing-dual-core-atom-d510-processors-to-netbooks-as-the/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/intel-bringing-dual-core-atom-d510-processors-to-netbooks-as-the/Mar 9th 2010 12:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/intel-bringing-dual-core-atom-d510-processors-to-netbooks-as-the/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/intel-bringing-dual-core-atom-d510-processors-to-netbooks-as-the/
Yeah that m11x is pretty awesome (I assume that's the one you're referencing). For me, the look deters my purchase as much as the price, which isn't that bad. I know it's an Alienware model, but it's just sliiightly too 'Alienwarish' for me. Otherwise, I love it.]]>Mar 9th 2010 12:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/intel-bringing-dual-core-atom-d510-processors-to-netbooks-as-the/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/intel-bringing-dual-core-atom-d510-processors-to-netbooks-as-the/A few things made me hold off from buying the M11x, its weight, thickness (it's pretty fat), and the fact that I wouldn't be able to carry it around campus without embarrassing myself. Offer an XPS Style model for the same price Dell! I'd probably buy it!]]>Mar 9th 2010 3:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/intel-bringing-dual-core-atom-d510-processors-to-netbooks-as-the/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/intel-bringing-dual-core-atom-d510-processors-to-netbooks-as-the/Mar 9th 2010 12:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/intel-bringing-dual-core-atom-d510-processors-to-netbooks-as-the/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/intel-bringing-dual-core-atom-d510-processors-to-netbooks-as-the/
If they could package that in a relatively slim tablet form-factor (not standalone tablet, but with a normal keyboard), and get it around $500, that would be pretty sweet.]]>Mar 9th 2010 12:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/intel-bringing-dual-core-atom-d510-processors-to-netbooks-as-the/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/intel-bringing-dual-core-atom-d510-processors-to-netbooks-as-the/Mar 9th 2010 1:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/intel-bringing-dual-core-atom-d510-processors-to-netbooks-as-the/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/intel-bringing-dual-core-atom-d510-processors-to-netbooks-as-the/Mar 9th 2010 12:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/intel-bringing-dual-core-atom-d510-processors-to-netbooks-as-the/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/intel-bringing-dual-core-atom-d510-processors-to-netbooks-as-the/
the oxymoron is soon fading away....]]>Mar 9th 2010 12:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/intel-bringing-dual-core-atom-d510-processors-to-netbooks-as-the/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/intel-bringing-dual-core-atom-d510-processors-to-netbooks-as-the/Mar 9th 2010 1:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/intel-bringing-dual-core-atom-d510-processors-to-netbooks-as-the/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/intel-bringing-dual-core-atom-d510-processors-to-netbooks-as-the/Mar 9th 2010 1:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/intel-bringing-dual-core-atom-d510-processors-to-netbooks-as-the/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/intel-bringing-dual-core-atom-d510-processors-to-netbooks-as-the/Mar 9th 2010 1:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/intel-bringing-dual-core-atom-d510-processors-to-netbooks-as-the/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/intel-bringing-dual-core-atom-d510-processors-to-netbooks-as-the/Mar 9th 2010 1:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/intel-bringing-dual-core-atom-d510-processors-to-netbooks-as-the/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/intel-bringing-dual-core-atom-d510-processors-to-netbooks-as-the/Mar 9th 2010 1:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/intel-bringing-dual-core-atom-d510-processors-to-netbooks-as-the/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/intel-bringing-dual-core-atom-d510-processors-to-netbooks-as-the/Mar 9th 2010 2:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/intel-bringing-dual-core-atom-d510-processors-to-netbooks-as-the/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/intel-bringing-dual-core-atom-d510-processors-to-netbooks-as-the/Mar 9th 2010 3:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/intel-bringing-dual-core-atom-d510-processors-to-netbooks-as-the/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/intel-bringing-dual-core-atom-d510-processors-to-netbooks-as-the/
In fact the mystery is that it *doesn't* appear to help much by all accounts (cf sarcastic comments in this post). Of course, if you're comparing performance on web browsers, which are single-threaded, then you're not going to see an improvement - but certainly running software that is capable of using more than one thread - or running two busy one-thread processes at a time - should result in a large boost. (Unless these things are limited by... I dunno, memory bandwidth or something? Doesn't seem that likely.)]]>Mar 9th 2010 4:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/intel-bringing-dual-core-atom-d510-processors-to-netbooks-as-the/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/intel-bringing-dual-core-atom-d510-processors-to-netbooks-as-the/Mar 9th 2010 3:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/intel-bringing-dual-core-atom-d510-processors-to-netbooks-as-the/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/intel-bringing-dual-core-atom-d510-processors-to-netbooks-as-the/
Not sure if the Ion2 with an N500 would be as quick with video as the Ion 2 with N450. I've heard (read here?) that the nettop editions of the Ion2 have a lot more cores for better performance, but you can't use them in a netbook, at least in a 10.1" netbook, due to the thermal load. I've also heard that only the pokey netbook version of Ion2 can use Optimax to turn the Ion2 off to save power, and use the built-in graphics instead.

In other words, I suspect Intel can come up with a good netbook solution for its desktop Atom, but we need to see what Nvidia does with the Ion2 as well.]]>Mar 9th 2010 4:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/intel-bringing-dual-core-atom-d510-processors-to-netbooks-as-the/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/intel-bringing-dual-core-atom-d510-processors-to-netbooks-as-the/Mar 9th 2010 9:27PM