What's with the ultra-cheap laptops (if your lap is that small - let's call them thigh-tops) all using these bizarre, unknown 400MHz processors? Where the hell have they come from and what were they originally designed for before someone had the bright idea to use them in computers?
It's a safe bet that they're going to obey x86 instruction sets, but how sucky is the performance going to be compared to, say, the 450MHz P3 I had eight years ago?
Anonymous Coward
Good Lord! (no major religion should be implied by this subject heading) #
Posted Friday 23rd May 2008 14:32 GMT
Wow!
Sod the "no wifi, no bird, no 3G, no performance" - this is a good way forward!
Talk about getting the moon on a stick! The price alone is great for us "wearable" geeks that like to strip down sub-laptops to secrete around a piece of clothing. At this price, we can do loads!
As for performance concerns - fella! It's a sub-laptop; what are you truly expecting?? To be able to play Crisis??! Come on, i still have my 400mhz that runs lilke a dream. Runs films, music, word processing, internet and a couple of games easily. Just because msot laptops have dual core processors does not mean that the user will actually need to use it!
When you study the supplier's web-pages, it becomes apparent that it is a MIPS-32 clone, much like the Longsoon processor used in the Dutch mini-laptop ("Jizus" or some such name) mentioned here some weeks ago.
So, Steve, no it won't be able to run x86 (except in emulation).
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Chinese supplier offers 'cheapest' Linux laptop
Anonymous Coward
But it's major failing.... #
Posted Friday 23rd May 2008 12:22 GMT
This product NEEDS a Bird On The Beach In A Bikini.
Anonymous Coward
XP Linux leaks out #
Posted Friday 23rd May 2008 13:10 GMT
Whoa! I never authorised you guys to release the XP Linux OS!!!
Whoa #2 - Acer and Elonex also have gotten hold of it as well ??!
Whoa #3 - What the fli!p are you guys doing without me at the helm!!??
Anonymous Coward
Small enough... #
Posted Friday 23rd May 2008 13:57 GMT
...to fit between Paris' whatsits
Ian Ferguson
Drawbacks #
Posted Friday 23rd May 2008 13:57 GMT
1: No built in wifi
2: No chinese babe
Steve Anderson
Processor weirdness #
Posted Friday 23rd May 2008 13:57 GMT
What's with the ultra-cheap laptops (if your lap is that small - let's call them thigh-tops) all using these bizarre, unknown 400MHz processors? Where the hell have they come from and what were they originally designed for before someone had the bright idea to use them in computers?
It's a safe bet that they're going to obey x86 instruction sets, but how sucky is the performance going to be compared to, say, the 450MHz P3 I had eight years ago?
Anonymous Coward
Good Lord! (no major religion should be implied by this subject heading) #
Posted Friday 23rd May 2008 14:32 GMT
Wow!
Sod the "no wifi, no bird, no 3G, no performance" - this is a good way forward!
Talk about getting the moon on a stick! The price alone is great for us "wearable" geeks that like to strip down sub-laptops to secrete around a piece of clothing. At this price, we can do loads!
As for performance concerns - fella! It's a sub-laptop; what are you truly expecting?? To be able to play Crisis??! Come on, i still have my 400mhz that runs lilke a dream. Runs films, music, word processing, internet and a couple of games easily. Just because msot laptops have dual core processors does not mean that the user will actually need to use it!
Chinese bird would be good for marketing!
Torben Mogensen
XBurst processor #
Posted Friday 23rd May 2008 15:23 GMT
When you study the supplier's web-pages, it becomes apparent that it is a MIPS-32 clone, much like the Longsoon processor used in the Dutch mini-laptop ("Jizus" or some such name) mentioned here some weeks ago.
So, Steve, no it won't be able to run x86 (except in emulation).