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Intel's Atom — First Benchmarks and a Full PC Review

Posted by timothy on from the nuclear-power dept.

Barence writes "PC Pro has received, benchmarked and discussed the first Intel Atom processor to be seen in the wild. A full analysis of the Atom processor itself is accompanied by a full review of the first PC — yes it's a PC, not a laptop — to use one. The benchmark results are pretty much as expected, but it's the power savings that really excite. And as a rep from the PC maker, Tranquil, joked — they could have left the Atom CPU uncooled if they'd really wanted to prove a point, as it's the old graphics chip that produces 70% of the heat coming from the motherboard. Exciting times ahead for the upcoming Atom-based Eee and friends." MojoKid was one of several readers, too, to mention the upcoming Eee Box mini-desktop from Asus (also Atom-based), which is supposed to start from $299, writing "although the actual dimensions are listed, the image from ASUS' booth really gives a sense of scale. In the picture, the Eee Box is standing next to a paperback book."

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  1. AMD competition by morgan_greywolf · · Score: 5, Funny

    I think AMD's competitive processor should be called the 'Eve'.

    That is all.

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    1. Re:AMD competition by oodaloop · · Score: 4, Funny

      And Intel's ad campaign should have Radiation Man saying, "Up and Atom!"

      Fallout Boy could sing the ad jingle.

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    2. Re:AMD competition by DrSkwid · · Score: 4, Funny

      Steve would be better ;)

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  2. Re:Echoes of the "Sidewinder" by bhima · · Score: 3, Funny

    It was pegasus

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  3. Doh, I just order the EEE PC 20g last night. by y86 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Looks like I paid top dollar for old tech.

    All well, it still looks cool.

  4. Re:Me too! by somersault · · Score: 4, Funny

    This should make these computers have batteries that last forever For certain subsets of forever, that is indeed true!
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    which is totally what she said
  5. Re:Microsoft as Hardware Cop? by harry666t · · Score: 4, Funny

    > Anybody have any idea why Microsoft would want
    > to limit the amount of HDD space on a machine?

    Don't you know? MS would like to encourage users to switch to alternative operating systems. Bill Gates himself said:

    > "Guys like us avoid monopolies. We like to compete."

    They're crafting a challenge for themselves (:

  6. Re:Small Server by lysdexia · · Score: 5, Funny

    That's the problem with young geeks these days. No respect for their elders. What with their "pwned" and their "kthxbye" and their fancy-dan slidey-outie phones, why some of them barely have guts! And their beards! Little whispy things ... Makes me want to bust the keyboard off my Kaypro and come out swingin'! Just be glad papaw had his adderall this morning.

  7. Re:Small Server by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Wow, I didn't know there were any 3-digiters left alive. Since there's only a few WWI vets left, I figured you were all long since dead.