Yes, yes! Finally :) it's because the cpu is directed to the wrong market, it was always meant to be a truly mobile thing. And about the low prices, we are seeing laptops costing less than 450$, which can play most games, even if at low settings because of the newer intel igps.
Btw Angelic, I found a little piece of software that can custom the way our games look, and it is something I think can be implemented on the CP hussam is developing, I'll need to test it a bit, but you might be interested. On Oct 28, 7:28 pm, AngelicTears <[email protected]> wrote: > Atom cant be compare to its big brother CPUs..Atom is the very low end and > is capable only for simple processing, not workstation and heavy gaming... > that said, intel made Atom to the wrong market group, imo Atom should be > optimize for mobile usage such as tablets and phones..oh wait, what am i > saying, intel never had their products management at the right track... > > not to mention most hardware companies like Intel will push companies to > make their product price high by making their CPU price high...when the > truth is most Low Voltage i3 cost the same as Atom D4xx > series...lol...that's just to make Atom mainstream and cover their mistakes > on making the product at the first place... > > @tribaljet > lol, yeah, most ppl do hate netbooks, no surprise their bro, i respect ur > opinion, but i do often look both good and bad of a certain products...so in > my opinion , if companies like acer (known for their Acer One, Timeline > series and etc) and Dell (Dell mini and etc) wont reduce their lightweight > laptops to a lower price, then netbooks still will be top selling to low end > customer.... > > > > On Fri, Oct 29, 2010 at 2:08 AM, tribaljet <[email protected]> wrote: > > It's always a performance indicator when certain hardware devices > > aren't used for more serious IT market segments, and if I recall > > correctly, atoms and neos are not to be used on even the lowest > > workstation computers. And what core 2 duos are slower than atoms? I'm > > guessing you're talking about those new dual core atoms that haven't > > been shipped to most of the world yet, cpus that I don't believe to be > > faster than any c2d, but I'm curious to know. > > > On Oct 28, 5:50 pm, Koolguy007 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > It still beat my old Pentium 4 2.5 GHz gaming rig into the ground (and > > > yes I know its way obsolete). The new Atom processors are starting to > > > bypass some of the low end Core 2 Duos. They still aren't power houses > > > though I will agree. My friend has a 14 inch laptop that he got for > > > $300, and it ran WoW at about the same speed as it did on my netbook. > > > His is a Centrino based system with Ati graphics. I don't believe his > > > was optimized though. It just depends on what you want to do and where > > > you want to do it. Plus if this thing had enough power to play fun > > > games then my homework would never get done lol. > > > > On Oct 28, 12:17 pm, tribaljet <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > I agree that everyone has their own opinion on the matter. I'm just > > > > saying that you have laptops that cost as little as a netbook, and > > > > outperform it in basically every way. If netbooks had proper cpus, any > > > > pentium dual core or low voltage core duo would suffice, I wouldn't be > > > > so against it. And do keep in mind that such cpus are quite cheap to > > > > manufacture. Oh, and optical drives are quite important for me, that's > > > > why I wouldn't get a "gaming" netbook, even if I had the money. > > > > > On Oct 28, 5:11 pm, Koolguy007 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > Everyone is entitled to there own opinion. I believe the prices of > > > > > laptops would still be high even if netbooks never came into > > > > > existence. I'm glad they did as it allowed me to have a cheap > > reliable > > > > > laptop for college. About the only game I ever play is Dwarf Fortress > > > > > which is a cpu stressing application, but the only thing that brought > > > > > it to its knees was the "hidden fun stuff". To each his own opinion > > > > > though. I like mine and I believe it was money well spent. > > > > > > On Oct 28, 11:16 am, tribaljet <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > About the physical harm resistance, there's a big difference > > between > > > > > > solid state components and moving parts. netbooks are a grudge on > > > > > > computing in general, not to mention they're another excuse for not > > > > > > having lower prices laptops, since there is a new segment called > > > > > > netbooks. They should have never have become tiny laptops, they > > should > > > > > > have arm, nvidia or some soc powering the thing, and limit it to > > the > > > > > > purpose they were made for in the first place, light browsing and > > > > > > productivity apps. I'm against anything that makes overall > > computers > > > > > > cost more. > > > > > > > On Oct 28, 4:11 pm, breaker213 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > netbooks arent to bad they play pretty much any game made before > > 2005 > > > > > > > and some after for example fear works perfect for me with no drop > > in > > > > > > > fps at all on the lowest settings spore works great > > oblivion(using > > > > > > > oldblivion)works good inside buildings and dungeons outside is > > > > > > > playable unless you get into a fight killing floor works good on > > small > > > > > > > inside levels like doom and pacman maps (there custom ones) those > > are > > > > > > > just a few games i can think of those are with > > > > > > > > acer aspire one > > > > > > > windows 7 > > > > > > > 1.6 n270 atom > > > > > > > 1 gb ram > > > > > > > > but if you want to do real gaming without having to use lowest > > > > > > > settings all the time get a laptop or even a desktop not a > > netbook > > > > > > > netbooks are build pretty good my friend droped his down the > > stairs > > > > > > > and it still works fine i have also droped mine a few times > > > > > > > (sorry for the mass amount of text) > > > -- > > 9xx SOLDIERS SANS FRONTIERS > > -- > Laptop: > Acer Aspire > Core Duo T2300E @ 1.67GHz > Intel GMA 950 IGP > Intel 945 Chipset > 1GB RAM (512MB*2) Dual Channel DDR2 > 80GB standard PATA HDD > Win7 Ultimate 32bit / Ubuntu 10.04 -- 9xx SOLDIERS SANS FRONTIERS
