11-09-2011, 07:26 PM
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Intellectual
Join Date: Jan 2008
Posts: 211
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The dual-core argument was pretty weak. Performance of WP devices is on par right now with the other makes w/ dual-cores. Battery life is comparable, if not slightly better. Would it be somewhat nice to have? Sure. But it's not a "need" right now.
Others have mentioned low GPU specs - that would probably be a good place to put some focus so the higher end games would run better. From what I've read, they don't need CPU as much as GPU to run well.
Of course, I have to wonder how much of the poor performance comes from lazy coding. We've seen the apps that are sluggish for what they seem to be doing. Those are more than likely good examples of people making a lot of unoptimized calls. Sure, you should be able to write code that way and have it run, but it's a sign of a lazy coder more often than a sign that we need more CPU.
My biggest concern with their HW specs is still with the core requirements for on-board memory. 8G minimum is just foolish these days and there really isn't a good way to force a more competitive on-board storage minimum unless MS raises the specs to at least 16, though preferably 32 will soon be the minimum. If you want this device to play music, lots of apps, games, and then HQ video - we need more onboard storage. I don't feel a need for dual-core right now, but more RAM/Storage would be welcome for an out-of-the-box experience.
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