07-18-2002, 09:28 PM
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Executive Editor
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New Tablet PC is a bit...slow?
I was reading the July 2002 issue of Pen Computing magazine, and in the front section I noticed that they has a blurb about a major design win for Transmeta:
Now I don't know about you, but even with that funky Transmeta "code morphing" technology on their CPU, I have to think that a 1 Mhz CPU would run XP a little on the slow side. What do you think?
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07-18-2002, 09:29 PM
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Executive Editor
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:lol: Betcha' that post will confuse a lot of people who only get the front page on their Pocket PCs. :lol:
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07-18-2002, 09:40 PM
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Pupil
Join Date: Feb 2002
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Premature Expectation
In fairness, shouldn't we wait for benchmarking scores before setting expectations for poor performance?
I am quite eager for the Tablet PCs to hit the market, still some months away (Nov. 7 is the announced release date) and real---not imagined---date should be available by then or shortly thereafter.
A parallel example: HIGH expectations for x-scale processors led to initial disappointment. The converse could be true in the case of this processor.
Or, of course, you could be bang on. :P
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07-18-2002, 09:43 PM
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Thinker
Join Date: Feb 2002
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I think that even at 1Ghz that Transmeta chip is gonna be SLOW. I'm waiting til next year to see how Intels first ground up mobil CPU performs.  The Transmeta is a great idea but any real graphics totally defeat it :cry:
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07-18-2002, 09:49 PM
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Executive Editor
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Re: Premature Expectation
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Originally Posted by GadgetGuy
In fairness, shouldn't we wait for benchmarking scores before setting expectations for poor performance?
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Uh... 8O Did you not get the joke? The magazine said 1 MHZ not 1 GHZ. :wink: Or are you combating my dry humour with your own dry humour, thus nullifying the whole thing? :lol:
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07-18-2002, 09:49 PM
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Thinker
Join Date: Feb 2002
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Hey GadgetGuy the Ad says 1MHZ get it? It's a typo :lol: Even the 8088 CPU could beat 1MHz, I think they meant 1Ghz :wink:
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07-18-2002, 09:59 PM
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Shades of the PCjr! I'm old enough to actually remember a 1.47MHz PC 
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07-18-2002, 10:00 PM
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Thinker
Join Date: Mar 2002
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Re: New Tablet PC is a bit...slow?
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Originally Posted by Jason Dunn
Now I don't know about you, but even with that funky Transmeta "code morphing" technology on their CPU, I have to think that a 1 Mhz CPU would run XP a little on the slow side. What do you think?
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For some strange reason (probably nothing more than the Torvalds connection), there has been so much hype and (unjustified in my mind) ooo-ing and aah-ing over this Crusoe thing that they could probably sell a 1MHz version to people, and the computer press would rave on about it.
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07-18-2002, 10:05 PM
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Intellectual
Join Date: Jul 2003
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Re: New Tablet PC is a bit...slow?
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Originally Posted by Jason Dunn
[...] I have to think that a 1 Mhz CPU would run XP a little on the slow side. What do you think?
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XP Pro runs quite nicely on my PIII 550 with 256MB RAM.
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07-18-2002, 10:06 PM
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Ponderer
Join Date: Dec 2004
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Code Morphing?
Is the Code Morphing you reffer to the stuff on the CPU to make it run Intel Code?
Sorry for asking such a basic question...
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