joe@actionline.com wrote: >>> Eric wrote (in part): >>>> That's odd. >>>> http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2357348,00.asp >>>> BL according to this article is that performance is nearly identical, > > Joe replied (in part): >>> The cited article's information is not a proper comparison. >>> The article is comparing a 2-gig Acer with a 1-gig "white-box" (not the >>> new Lenovo Q150) whereas the new Lenovo Q150 has 2-gig and significantly >>> greater speed along with significantly better power economy. > > Eric then wrote: >> I still don't see where there's any "significantly greater speed". >> The FSB is clocked higher, but that doesn't appear to result in any >> noticeable performance gain. Am I missing something? > > The cited article compared (1) a DUAL-core Acer Revo 330 Atom with 2-gig > of ram with (2) a "whitebox" 510 Atom with ONLY 1-gig of ram and (3) an > older SINGLE-core Atom 230 Lenovo Q110. But this is just not a fair > comparison -- comparing > > However, the new Lenovo Q150 dual-core Atom 510 with 2-gig of ram was not > tested or even mentioned in this article's report. > > The only way to get a fair comparison would be if all three units were > dual-core with 2-gig of ram and compared the Acer 330 with the NEW Lenovo > Q150, not the old SINGLE-core unit with an older Atom 230. > > Even so, the article stated that the Atom D510 processor is "surging faster." > > Haven't received my unit yet, but searching the 'net, I found quite a few > reviews where people have purchased this new Lenovo Q150 and report that > it is (insert all kinds of adjectives here) fast. That's all I know. I'll > report more as soon as I receive my new toy. ;) Granted all that, but I still don't expect that the Q150 would perform significantly better than the Revo 330. I've seen nothing that would indicate a reason why it would. Bottom Line between the two appears to be fan or no fan. -- -Eric 'shubes' --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss