Looking through Anand's initial testing and conclusions here: http://www.anandtech.com/show/4023/the-brazos-performance-preview-amd-e350-benchmarked/6
The most power Brazos chip has worse CPU performance than Core i3 (which is the low end of most ultraportable laptops) but better graphics performance. Looks like if you do mobile gaming, Brazos might be worth it, but for CPU-intensive things it's not all that great. Interesting, but I'm not sure that changes my calculus. --------- Brian On Sun, Dec 19, 2010 at 8:36 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > January. Look up people who've seen and tested bazos/zacate. Complete > gamechanger dependant on what your doing > Sent via BlackBerry > > -----Original Message----- > From: Brian Weeden <[email protected]> > Sender: [email protected] > Date: Sun, 19 Dec 2010 20:32:48 > To: [email protected]<[email protected]> > Reply-To: [email protected] > Cc: [email protected]<[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [H] Laptop suggestions > > Define soon? Jan? 1qtr? > > If I consider the MacBook Air underpowered, I doubt I would look at > anything in the netbook category. > > ----------- > Brian > > Sent from my iPhone > > On 2010-12-19, at 8:16 PM, "Mini Me" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Bad time to be buying a laptop friend. A whole slew of AMD Brazos based > netbooks are soon coming out and powerful enough to compete with laptops. > Nobody knows what finished hardware will bench at but preliminary > information hints at great performance at netbook prices. Just saying.. > > > > > > > > On Sun, 19 Dec 2010 16:13:15 -0600, Brian Weeden <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > >> It's time to get a new work laptop and I was wondering if anyone had > used > >> the Toshiba Protege R705-P35. I'm considering getting the one with a > core > >> i5 and intel SSD > >> > >> I'm currently using a Lenovo x200t and so my other leading candidate is > a > >> Lenovo x201. I love the Thinkpad keyboard and the little features like > the > >> thumbprint scanner and TPM. > >> > >> I use the laptop both a home when I can't be at my desk and when > traveling, > >> which is fairly often. So it needs to be pretty light. I don't game > with > >> it so graphics are not a priority. > >> > >> Thoughts? > >> > >> ----------- > >> Brian > >> Follow Me [image: LinkedIn] <http://www.linkedin.com/in/brianweeden> > [image: > >> Twitter] <http://www.twitter.com/brianweeden> > > > > > > -- > > Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/mail/ >
