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Fastest 4.5 Watt Core M 5Y71 In Asus T300 Chi Competitive With Full Core i5 CPUs

Posted by timothy on from the smaller-better-faster-cheaper dept.

MojoKid writes: Asus unveiled its latest addition to the Transformer series at CES in January, the Transformer Book Chi, which just recently began shipping. Available in three sizes, the new Transformer Book Chi Series features a 2-in-1 detachable design. The flagship Transformer Book T300 Chi offers a 12.5-inch screen, an Intel Core M processor, and a fanless cooling solution. The 2-in-1 detachable design employs a magnetic hinge that supports four usage modes: Attached, Detached, Flipped, and Tented. The T300 Chi measures about 0.65 inches when docked, making it slightly thinner than an Apple Macbook Air. Asus claims the T300 Chi is the world's thinnest Windows tablet, measuring just 0.28 inches thick. More interestingly, perhaps, is that Asus built this machine with Intel's fastest Core M chip, the Core M 5Y71. In the benchmarks, it competes well even with full-sized ultrabooks, though battery life does take a hit due to the system's mechanical limitations and smaller 31Whr battery. At prices from $400 to $900, this might be an interesting choice for anyone considering the new Surface 3, too.

48 comments

  1. So? by pushing-robot · · Score: 5, Informative

    Intel is slapping i5 (and i7) on some pretty slow chips these days...

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    1. Re:So? by sexconker · · Score: 3, Informative

      Charging more for less, the Intel way!

    2. Re:So? by slashmydots · · Score: 1

      I'm still not over their "Pentium N" or as I like to call it, an atom CPU with a 1000-ish passmark rating. 50% slower than the 3rd edition Pentiums. Veeeeery impressive, Intel.

    3. Re:So? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1

      It's impressive if you take the TDP into account.

    4. Re:So? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

      The i5 and i7 designations don't indicate performance but feature sets. Current i5 processors don't have hyper-threading, for example, but all current i7 processors do. The low end Pentiums didn't have virtualization support (but current Pentium-N do). All in all though, Intel branding and marketing with regard to their core product is a clusterfuck. Not even people who care about these things can readily tell which is the better CPU anymore.

    5. Re:So? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1

      I've got the 5y10c version for now. The keyboard sucks, and IMNHO there is just no way in hell that these 5yXY chips are are even close to Us or as I compare to an i3 chromebook(i3-4005U) and a lenovo g50-70(i7-4510U). Furthermore in this day and age of 64b CPUs and 64b OSes 4GB is a sick joke(the reviewed model has 8GB). 8GB SHOULD be the MODERN lowend baseline by now.

      Anything relatively graphically demanding is going to choke on the super hires screen in the model reviewed(1920x1080 is a better max choice for these pokey SoCs).

      It's uselessly large to be used as a tablet(detached from keyboard/stand) and also manages to suck at being a notebook.

      Bottomline is that in reality they're a bit better than the Atoms while being a quite a bit "slower" than the Us. Pricing is insanely high on these as the reviewed model IMNHO is at best a $550 machine, but more like $450-500 to me and the lowend that I have is a $300-400(that chromebook i3 11" cost $320 for comparison AND has a BETTER keyboard).

      Final note it took this thing 3+h to install ~105 win8.1 update NOT including the download time whereas I was expecting maybe 1.5h. At the 1.5h mark I got interested and fired up hwinfo and sure enough it wasn't idling but running(my lowend version) mostly flat out @ 2GHz. Temperatures were pretty good on SoC as IIRC it didn't break 50C. While doing this is chewed through ~60% of a full battery charge, so I put it back on AC at c. 2h mark -> anything other than idling with the highend model you'll be LUCKY to get 4h of use and my lowend managed about 4h 40m light web browsing(ff/noscript/adblock).

      The Dell active stylus(get the v3) does work with this and can be had for $30.

      So IMO it's priced c. twice what it's really worth, and I imagine people who want to use it to draw(don't ask me about that, can't draw and just quickly checked the stylus and have nothing else to compare it to ATM) or take notes.

      Pricing comments aide, the Surface 3 is even more egregious overpriced for an Atom "x7" which is definitely a $300 tops tablet which BTW should ALL come w/4GB and the high end 8GB as the "x7" support up to 16GB from what I could see on some of the data sheets. (2x1-8GB only the low "x5"(wtf didn't they call that the x3?) supports 2x1-8GB as well, I think that the "lowend" "x5" is single channel 1-8GB.)

      I'm going back to waiting for a reasonably priced 10" 5yXY tablet 8GB min or a resonably price Atom "x7" 8" tablet w/8GB. By reasonably priced I mean performance/spec real world value, not the oo look diamond cut edges somehow makes our $400 POS worth twice that...

    6. Re:So? by Solandri · · Score: 1

      The i5 and i7 designations don't indicate performance but feature sets. Current i5 processors don't have hyper-threading, for example, but all current i7 processors do.

      On laptop CPUs:

      i3 = dual core, hyperthreading, 3MB cache, no turbo boost
      i5 = dual core, hyperthreading, 3MB cache, turbo boost
      i7 = dual or quad core, hyperthreading, 4MB cache (6 or 8MB for quads), turbo boost

      On desktop CPUs:

      i3 = dual core, hyperthreading, 3 or 4MB cache, turbo boost
      i5 = quad core, no hyperthreading, 6MB cache, turbo boost
      i7 = 4-8 cores, hyperthreading, mostly 8MB cache for quads, turbo boost

      In the early Core i days, the specialty features like hardware AES support were missing from the i3s, but most of these features have been added to the newer i3s. In fact the Pentium and Celeron lines had become pretty capable CPUs, up until Intel started using those names for Silvermont (Atom) CPUs thus forcing you to look up the exact CPU model to tell if you were going to get desktop-level performance or netbook-level performance.

    7. Re:So? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      The mobile Core i5 processors do support hyperthreading, but are only 2 cores instead of 4 on the desktop versions. As you say, clusterfuck.

    8. Re:So? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      The problem is this http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H...

      That is a massive product list. It is not entirely clear exactly what to buy even within the 3/5/7 lines. Some have more speed but a lower TDP. Some have more cache but a higher TDP. It is all over the place on what exactly you want to buy. Then if you figure out what you want good luck finding it as particular models are way more popular and the rest are speed binned or one offs for some limited run.

  2. No! Faster laptops, please. by BrendaEM · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I am getting tired of Volkswagon Beetle laptop computer. Intel is just now making a U-series processor as fast as an 4-year old M.
    Are we heading into the computer dark ages?

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    1. Re:No! Faster laptops, please. by qpqp · · Score: 1

      Wait for Skylake.

    2. Re:No! Faster laptops, please. by ChunderDownunder · · Score: 4, Insightful

      It's a tablet. They're cramming the computer into the screen. So it needs to run cool.

      Contrast that with a traditional laptop whose internal organs rest underneath the keyboard. It blows out excess heat out each side using a fan.

      If you want a noisy, fast, Core i7 laptop, don't get a convertible.

    3. Re:No! Faster laptops, please. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1

      I totally agree, Intel has pretty much dumbed down the Core processors in order to cut power. Anyone who buys a ultrabook can expect a ultra low powered core i3 or i5. Yes, clock speed fools you into thinking its still a good CPU. But let me tell you, my new Macbook Air 2014 is slower just from using it then my 2010 Macbook Air. Sure, I mange better battery life for sure, but not without compromising performance a bit. Right now, the push seems to be toward saving energy and not worried so much about clock speed. I guess Intel decided the OS was getting more efficient so why not stop raising clock speeds and just lower power ratings.
      Really, if you want a serious core i5 or i7 CPU and not the weak low powered one's you going to have to look at a business notebook or even a gaming notebook.
      I can honestly tell you also from using a fan less Celeron N2840 that the burst power is a joke and the heat quickly cancels that out so don't count on getting burst power much. This again, really a step back putting Bay Trails dogs in a notebook because they are cheap and low power.

    4. Re:No! Faster laptops, please. by tlhIngan · · Score: 1

      I am getting tired of Volkswagon Beetle laptop computer. Intel is just now making a U-series processor as fast as an 4-year old M.
      Are we heading into the computer dark ages?

      Well, it's Intel branching out.

      You want a fast laptop? They still exist - big, heavy, poor battery life, but plenty powerful and ready for the heaviest of gaming sessions or CAD or compiling or whatever.

      But Intel's realized most PCs are "fast enough" so why not make a lower power chip so you can make cute, svelte, thin and light PCs that would let most people do their Microsoft Office work? You don't need a 3.5GHz i7 just to write a document in Word.

      People who need the power, it will exist. But there's plenty of people who don't need all that power and would rather have a very lightweight PC they can carry around and last all day on batteries.

      Yes, I know. I had to borrow an 11" Macbook Air for a trip. Not a computer I would remotely even consider purchasing for myself, but work had a spare and I took it along on vacation to serve as a travel PC. Well, I wasn't compiling on it, but browsing the web, emails, it was VERY handy. And the light weight and thin nature meant carrying it around wasn't a bother at all. Would I buy one? Probably not, but I see its appeal.

    5. Re:No! Faster laptops, please. by kangsterizer · · Score: 1

      People buy way, way, way more phones and tablets than workstations. Intel will go where the market wants to go...

    6. Re:No! Faster laptops, please. by ricky-road-flats · · Score: 1

      No, not really. You are currently able to get more powerful laptops than ever before. Sure, the high-end of the range gets no coverage because the mall retailers don't sell them, and Intel are now focusing their 14nm capacity on where it's most needed, on low-end laptops, tablet, phones and so on. But if you, like me, need more power (actual quad core, high clock speeds, etc) they have plenty to choose from such as these Core i7s. Personally I use an i7-4712HQ, and it does everything I need with great speed - a few VMs, lots of office/browsing applications, SQL development. The 14nm versions of these will come at some point soon which will be as about as fast but have better battery life (or more likely allow smaller/thinner laptops). But they always have and always will provide a higher-power set of processors for those with the need for mobile power. If you need more than that, then there are laptop options with desktop processors, even Xeons such as these. Fiill your boots!

    7. Re:No! Faster laptops, please. by nctritech · · Score: 2

      I picked up an Asus Q551LN recently and despite it being a "convertible" laptop (which I will never "convert" but the only other i7-4xxx 15" options were a junky plastic HP and a "Republic of Gamers" cinder block) it has a proper cooling system in the hinge area similar to an older MacBook Pro (though not nearly as poor). It's a Core i7 ULV; it's not noisy but it's pretty darn fast. Admittedly, it's half the PassMark score of a 4710MQ, but the low TDP (it barely gets warm) and the fact that I don't have to lug around one of those absurdly fat gaming laptops totally offset the performance drop.

  3. After my Transformer Infinity, never again by SuperBanana · · Score: 1

    After the incredible piece of shit that my TF700T was, never will I buy an Asus tablet again.

    Nice screen (it was one of the first android tablets to have a really high-res screen), the graphics processor and CPU are fast...but they completely screwed the pooch on the flash architecture, making the thing crippled; any sort of disk IO causes it to slow to a crawl. There are all sorts of hacks to make just web browsing bearable, by using a ram disk to completely avoid the flash. People also put in the fastest SD cards they can find.

    Didn't the Nexus 7, which they OEM'd, have similar issues?

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    1. Re:After my Transformer Infinity, never again by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      ASUS is garbage now. It's a shame, because I used to always buy ASUS motherboards back in the 90s for their quality.

    2. Re:After my Transformer Infinity, never again by LordKronos · · Score: 1

      Yes. I agree completely. Fuck Asus. I bought the Transformer Prime from them, with the shitty ass wifi and GPS reception. The only thing they would do for it was give us some crappy ass GPS dongle to attach to the damn thing. Thankfully Amazon stepped up and honored people's requests for a refund due to it being essentially defective and the manufacturer refusing to help.

      So I bought the Transformer Inifinity (two actually...one for me, one for my wife). The thing was pretty nice at first, but with every single software update, performance got worse and worse. My wife's is at the point where I've tried uninstalling and stopping as much stuff as I can, but I routinely see 10+ second delays between me clicking on something and it actually responding. For mine, I wiped it completely. It's much better than my wife's, but still it can have a couple second lag on click or drag events. It's an unusable piece of crap.

      I'll never trust that damn company again. Fuck em!

    3. Re:After my Transformer Infinity, never again by tompaulco · · Score: 1

      I still buy ASUS motherboards. I have never and would never consider a full ASUS computer though.

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    4. Re:After my Transformer Infinity, never again by Trax3001BBS · · Score: 1

      ASUS is garbage now. It's a shame, because I used to always buy ASUS motherboards back in the 90s for their quality.

      Not sure if you talking about a motherboard (computer) or tablet. But I've always bought ASUS (one EVGA and the last). Have a P6X58D, first batch of i7's and it's rock solid still. Have a ASUS Z97 (Sabertooth) kicking around if I find the time or need I'll install it, but this one is working just fine.

    5. Re:After my Transformer Infinity, never again by Trax3001BBS · · Score: 1

      Yes. I agree completely. Fuck Asus. I bought the Transformer Prime from them, with the shitty ass wifi and GPS reception. The only thing they would do for it was give us some crappy ass GPS dongle to attach to the damn thing. Thankfully Amazon stepped up and honored people's requests for a refund due to it being essentially defective and the manufacturer refusing to help.

      My Mom purchased a laptop Aspire_V5-571-6499 (Windows OS) it won't work for her, after the refund date she tried to, she was stuck with it so gave it to me. Trying to make the battery to last longer some things weren't give the power they needed, one being the WiFi, even changing the power settings the WiFi is worthless, it worked on 1 of 3 routers I have and not reliably. My son now has it and not really all that computer literate so he'll never know (it has a land line).

    6. Re:After my Transformer Infinity, never again by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Aspire is an Acer model.

    7. Re:After my Transformer Infinity, never again by Blaskowicz · · Score: 1

      That's why you need an SSD, not just embedded "flash". Perhaps eMMC 5.1 flash will be good enough.
      Also why a machine with a hard drive is not that bad : it writes only slightly slower than it reads, and can write a single sector. A great SSD can be 100 times better than a HDD, but the worst HDD doesn't crumble down like slow, ill managed flash does.

    8. Re:After my Transformer Infinity, never again by nctritech · · Score: 1

      Actually, Asus makes some of the best PC laptops in existence if you ignore the cheap ass stuff that all manufacturers make. The last two new laptops I purchased were Asus laptops. The build quality is on par with Apple's laptops. They don't lock down the BIOS so you can't use Windows 7 - the ACPI 5.0-only age is upon us so that even if you kill Secure Boot and try to install Win7 as UEFI it'll BSOD and say your machine is not ACPI compiant, but I have seen zero brand new Asus laptops that do this crap and plenty of cheap new Acer boxes that do. They're engineered quite well compared to many other manufacturers who will take your $1000 and sell you a crummy plastic laptop with hot palmrests and screws that easily back out and fall out of the computer over time. Same deal with their motherboards: if you don't buy the absolute $40 bargain basement junker boards that no manufacturer really seems to get right, you always seem to get a solid board with a BIOS that lets you change and re-clock and tune everything under the sun to your liking if you so desire.

      The real problem is that lots of people buy cheap shit computer hardware and they get exactly what they pay for when they do. All manufacturers come out with duds too (that's just how it goes in the manufacturing game) so reading reviews before purchasing is far more important than the name stamped or painted on the item's casing. Branding isn't as important today as it used to be. In the end Foxconn, Quanta, and Compal actually manufacture almost all of this stuff, so the quality often comes down to the engineering of the specific model of board or laptop and who it was made for.

    9. Re:After my Transformer Infinity, never again by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      It's not Asus. All tablets are shit. You can't buy a computer where the ENTIRE COMPUTER fits in the screen section and expect it to not make massive tradeoffs for that convenience. Next time buy an actual laptop.

    10. Re:After my Transformer Infinity, never again by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Bullshit. I owned an ASUS G74 that originally had to be replaced because the first one I received had dead pixels on arrival. The second one I got worked OK for less than a year when it started exhibiting graphical artefacts, random system crashes and a permanently speckled upper part of the screen. I tested temps and everything was within normal range. I also ran extensive memory tests on both the system and VRAM, with no errors.

      Physically, it's made of very flimsy plastic. Pressing down on keys makes the entire top of the chassis flex. Picking it up and holding it with one hand, you can actually see the body warping due to the stress of its own weight. Combine that with the dead pixels, video corruption, random crashing and more dead pixels and I can safely say the thing is a piece of shit.

      I have also had two Nexus 7 (2012) tablets made by ASUS BOTH fail after a little more than a year. They seem to function but they won't charge. I replaced cables, charge adapters and batteries and it didn't help.

      I'm much happier without ASUS products now. They are a low-end brand trying to be a high-end brand and a shadow of their former self.

    11. Re:After my Transformer Infinity, never again by TomGreenhaw · · Score: 1

      I've had a Surface pro 3 with an i5 for 6 months and its been great both as a tablet and laptop replacement.

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    12. Re:After my Transformer Infinity, never again by AchilleTalon · · Score: 1

      I used to buy Thinkpads and top of line ones once I encountered a famous hardware problem and the manufacturer (Lenovo) refused to recognized the problem beyond the guarantee expiration. In fact, there was a recall for specific serial numbers which my laptop wasn't included in. My laptop failed not longer after the guarantee expiration and due to this exact manufacturing problem. Since the only option was to buy an expensive replacement motherboard I decided I will no longer and ever buy top of line laptops and I then bought a so called "cheap shit computer hardware", all plastic and that with a good processor and memory. This was three years ago and I am writing this post on this shitty computer which happen to last longer than the top of line Lenovo Thinkpad computer for a fraction of the price and for an equivalent performance. Yes, I compile a lot of stuff on my crappy piece of shit.

      I am very sorry to tell you so, but this piece of crap cost me about 300$, not 1000$ as you are trying to let people think to justify the 2000$ and more for top of line laptop. I am also very sorry to tell you the problem ain't with plastic. You cannot justify 1600$ and more just because you use aluminum, titanium or whatever shitty marketing metal name is trendy these days to build the case.

      Never ever will I build a top of line piece of crap in a metallic case.

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    13. Re:After my Transformer Infinity, never again by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      I own a computer repair shop among other tech businesses and have ripped open and worked on thousands of laptops. I'm not talking out of my ass and I didn't get my experienced from computer ricer idiots on Tom's Hardware that water cool their dogs. Metal frames have significant advantages over plastic frames, especially if the laptop is not just used as a tiny desktop that almost never leaves one spot.

      There are plenty of places in the world for cheap laptops. Some people can't afford a nice shiny fancy laptop and some people have other reasons for not wanting to buy a more costly unit. In your case, you got burned by a Thinkpad which have been overpriced shitty laptops with terrible keyboard layouts and BIOSes that actively work against you for a very long time. Lenovo and Thinkpads being shit in general doesn't make all laptops and manufacturers shit. I once bought an eMachines eME527 on an Amazon Lightning Deal for $280. It practically defined the phrase "piece of shit cheap laptop." I used it as my main laptop for a year before selling it. It wasn't the fastest thing ever but it got the job done. I understand why someone would buy such a beast, but they are still cheap shitty laptops in the end and that means lots of compromises were made to hit that price point.

      It's all about what compromises you are willing to accept. In my case, I like not having hot palmrests and being able to get work done faster, especially since I always get paid by the job and not by the hour. Having a "top of line piece of crap in a metallic case" laptop means I get my work done quicker which means I make a higher hourly rate. The laptop literally pays for itself. For someone doing casual (read: not getting paid for it) or low-power (MS Office) stuff that rarely moves the laptop around, the shitbox is probably fine and may even be a better value.

    14. Re:After my Transformer Infinity, never again by Bing+Tsher+E · · Score: 2

      I have a current Asus Transformer running Windows 8.1 and it's been a great tablet. If I tried to pretend it was a laptop I would probably be disappointed. But at the time I was trying to decide between buying a new 10" Android laptop and this thing, which runs real x86 Windows software. For the same price point I opted for the x86 tablet and I haven't looked back. I have an Asus 10" Android tablet that is about two years old and I haven't turned it on in weeks.

      The Windows tablet stuff only needs enough people to try it and figure it out before Tablet Windows kills either Android or iOS on the tablet. Probably not both, but one or the other will die soon.

    15. Re:After my Transformer Infinity, never again by Bing+Tsher+E · · Score: 1

      The only reason to buy an expensive metal cased laptop now is if the contents of and the immediate usability of the laptop is mission critical. So, if the laptop failing while on a critical business mission is a priority, pay for the metal case. Otherwise, the cheap plastic case on a laptop is more suitable because the electronics inside will be obsolete in almost all cases before the case fails enough for the machine to not be usable.

      If you're buying business equipment, go for the steel desk and the filing cabinet with ball bearing slides. If you're buying a laptop that the marketing critters need to be able to sling around like they're still in their frats, get them the metal cased ones, (at least do so if the info they need can't be immediately mirrored to the cloud to protect it from them.)

    16. Re:After my Transformer Infinity, never again by AchilleTalon · · Score: 1

      Yes, but even the metal case doesn't guarantee it is shock proof. I got another Thinkpad, did I say I used to buy Thinkpads only for business purpose for a long time, and it was the fancy one when titanium was first introduced. It fell from about 2-3 feet in its padded case and just cracked as any other plastic one.

      Plastic doesn't equate to fragile. There is planes build with composite material which is essentially plastic. This is a bit short to say a plastic case cannot endure.

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    17. Re:After my Transformer Infinity, never again by AchilleTalon · · Score: 1

      BTW, if your mission critically depend on your laptop, you are in much deeper troubles than you think and not metal case can save you.

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  4. Turbo by darkain · · Score: 2

    According to Passmark, this chip is clocked at 1.2GHz with a "Turbo" speed of 2.9GHz. In other words, it can do very short bursts at nearly 2.5x the clock speed, then have to scale back down to normal because of the heat it would generate. So while this thing looks awesome in synthetic benchmarks, how would it seriously handle in a sustained computing environment?

    1. Re: Turbo by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1

      It's not meant for that. Short bursts of computing power are useful for many tasks such as rendering a webpage, converting an image and so, reducing latency and making the system feel snappier.

    2. Re:Turbo by pushing-robot · · Score: 3, Interesting

      Benchmarks are a more 'sustained' CPU load than typical home/office use. If anything, I think these would feel faster than the tests imply. Not everyone spends their day compiling code or applying Photoshop filters. (What's wrong with them?)

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    3. Re:Turbo by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Turboboost gives a small performance improvement over not using it. It's closer to 5% than to 2.5x.

    4. Re:Turbo by ArchieBunker · · Score: 2

      What tablet is used in a sustained computing environment? This about portability and battery life, not rendering models or transcoding video.

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    5. Re:Turbo by drinkypoo · · Score: 2

      What tablet is used in a sustained computing environment? This about portability and battery life, not rendering models or transcoding video.

      The first time you have to play a HD video whose codec isn't supported by the GPU and its drivers, you'll know.

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  5. Re:Intel comes with botnet: Intel AMT/Vpro/VT. by Trax3001BBS · · Score: 1

    Intel comes with botnet: Intel AMT/Vpro/VT.

    VNC server built in to the the chipset, pulls from frame buffer of intel gfx card. Also can upload the contents of your ram over the network or 3g if you have it. Cannot be permanently disabled (can always be remotely re-enabled).

    Remotely is bad but can be blocked. I like the option of viewing my Ram (or an unchanging snapshot). As an old Amiga user it can be used for the previously undo-able things, be it grab music, videos, or grabbing a key used for a program, once you become familiar with it, it's very handy.

  6. always felt a 10.1 was just right for tablets by Trax3001BBS · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Any smaller you have a large phone, larger a laptop, but this ASUS could change my mind; looks nice. If only it weren't a windows OS.

  7. Misleading headline? by Narishma · · Score: 2

    It may be competitive with an i5 (whatever that means) but only short bursty workloads because if it's anything like the other Core M processors out in the wild, it will start heavily throttling after a couple of minutes.

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  8. Interesting by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    This 1,2GHz Dual Core M-5Y71 CPU with 4.5W TDP is quite faster than an old AMD Athlon 64 X2 6000+. That CPU was a 89W TDP Dual Core running at 3GHz.

    Price aside, it's neat to look at how power/performance is improving https://www.cpubenchmark.net/compare.php?cmp[]=2465&cmp[]=88

  9. After Market Battery by jbeaupre · · Score: 4, Funny

    I bought an after market lithium battery and now my laptop lasts for days, weeks, even months between charges. The extra weight is a tradeoff. When people see it, they ask "What the hell is that!" But that's normal when you are cutting edge.
    http://www.teslamotors.com/pow...

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  10. Re:Intel comes with botnet: Intel AMT/Vpro/VT. by fnj · · Score: 1

    Intel comes with botnet: Intel AMT/Vpro/VT.

    VNC server built in to the the chipset, pulls from frame buffer of intel gfx card. Also can upload the contents of your ram over the network or 3g if you have it. Cannot be permanently disabled (can always be remotely re-enabled).

    This is to find dissenters and pedophiles.

    In the middle east they get bombed. In the west it's prison.

    This is to keep men at the bottom and women managing them.

    It's just sad to think our uninformed (and probably uninformable) coward probably believes the drivel he spouts. From end to end. And he's got a lot of company.