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   #10. Posted at 06:50 PM on Mar 26th 2008 Edit   Reply
provoko
How fast are these things again?
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#10, They seem to be about as quick as a Willamette P4 _per clock...  :  Chryx  (#14)  «
#14, No, they were better than that; about as good as a late-m...  :  DaveJB  (#15)  «
#15, No, it's not. Benchmarks show that the 1.6 GHz Silvert...  :  haugland  (#16)  «

   #7. Posted at 04:28 PM on Mar 26th 2008 Edit   Reply
swaaye
Heh. Bubye VIA....
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#7, Nope, HP is using VIA in their new eee pc mini laptop compet...  :  MBIlover  (#13)  «

   #1. Posted at 02:43 PM on Mar 26th 2008 Edit   Reply
DASQ
maybe when these come out I can finally get a laptop with 8 hour battery life that doesn't have the battery the size of an EEE PC.
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#1, Heh. I echo your thoughts. All that seems to happen is someo...  :  maxxcool  (#4)  «
#4, 3-6 hours is useless? Besides, unless you're planning to s...  :  ludi  (#5)  «
#4, I get an hour and a half on my laptop, and that's plenty....  :  grantmeaname  (#6)  «
#1, Here's a thought: why don't you look at the power consumptio...  :  StashTheVampede  (#9)  «
#9, According to CMO the 7" lcd in the Eee PC uses 2.1w of po...  :  crazybus  (#12)  «

   #11. Posted at 08:15 PM on Mar 26th 2008 Edit   Reply
MadManOriginal
That's really not much cheaper than current low-end single core CPUs is it? The C2D-based Celeron 420 is available for ~$40 in a retail package in quantities of 1 from etailers.
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   #2. Posted at 03:15 PM on Mar 26th 2008 Edit   Reply
HiggsBoson
Even at $29 with the tiny size of that die they probably make money hand-over fist.
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#2, Especially since it sounds like most of the R&D was done by ...  :  swaaye  (#8)  «

   #3. Posted at 03:29 PM on Mar 26th 2008 Edit   Reply
Hattig
Nice price, looking forward to seeing some nice devices built around this chip - slimmer EeePC laptops, etc.
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