Comments on: HP Wants Atom in Bigger Notebooks. So What’s the Problem? http://jkontherun.com/2008/12/31/hp-wants-atom-in-bigger-notebooks-so-whats-the-problem/ Using mobile devices since they weighed 30 lbs. Tue, 17 Nov 2009 01:49:05 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: timothyt http://jkontherun.com/2008/12/31/hp-wants-atom-in-bigger-notebooks-so-whats-the-problem/#comment-44923 timothyt Thu, 01 Jan 2009 09:22:12 +0000 http://jkontherun.com/?p=27012#comment-44923 I wish they would develop a low powered processor (perhaps this article on the atom in a 13.3 notebook chassis would work) that just shuts up and stops turning the fan on and off, faster and slower, on and off. I go back to my desktop often and it's so nice to have the computer make the same humming noise for once. Put that atom in, stick on a huge fan and I'm good. I wish they would develop a low powered processor (perhaps this article on the atom in a 13.3 notebook chassis would work) that just shuts up and stops turning the fan on and off, faster and slower, on and off. I go back to my desktop often and it’s so nice to have the computer make the same humming noise for once. Put that atom in, stick on a huge fan and I’m good.

]]> By: gmazin http://jkontherun.com/2008/12/31/hp-wants-atom-in-bigger-notebooks-so-whats-the-problem/#comment-44907 gmazin Thu, 01 Jan 2009 00:46:27 +0000 http://jkontherun.com/?p=27012#comment-44907 N270 Atom has always had these limitations... I thought everyone could've guessed by now... 10.2" max screen size, 1024x600 max resolution, and the gma 950 chipset must be used (see intel rejecting the nvidia ion). Also the Z series of atoms, the MID Silverthorne ones, only have gma500 graphics. Not even enough to run Aero. N270 Atom has always had these limitations… I thought everyone could’ve guessed by now… 10.2″ max screen size, 1024×600 max resolution, and the gma 950 chipset must be used (see intel rejecting the nvidia ion). Also the Z series of atoms, the MID Silverthorne ones, only have gma500 graphics. Not even enough to run Aero.

]]> By: Brodi http://jkontherun.com/2008/12/31/hp-wants-atom-in-bigger-notebooks-so-whats-the-problem/#comment-44897 Brodi Wed, 31 Dec 2008 20:58:44 +0000 http://jkontherun.com/?p=27012#comment-44897 Z series is no longer limited to 1GB RAM, but it is still limited to 1366x768 & PATA. Z series is no longer limited to 1GB RAM, but it is still limited to 1366×768 & PATA.

]]> By: AR http://jkontherun.com/2008/12/31/hp-wants-atom-in-bigger-notebooks-so-whats-the-problem/#comment-44896 AR Wed, 31 Dec 2008 20:56:49 +0000 http://jkontherun.com/?p=27012#comment-44896 Update on the pricing: The N270 launched at $44 while the Z530 at $70. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Intel_Atom_microprocessors And yeah, that 1GB limit is ridiculous, turns me off from the Dell Mini 12. Update on the pricing: The N270 launched at $44 while the Z530 at $70.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Intel_Atom_microprocessors

And yeah, that 1GB limit is ridiculous, turns me off from the Dell Mini 12.

]]> By: Oliver http://jkontherun.com/2008/12/31/hp-wants-atom-in-bigger-notebooks-so-whats-the-problem/#comment-44895 Oliver Wed, 31 Dec 2008 20:53:27 +0000 http://jkontherun.com/?p=27012#comment-44895 In other news, GM announced that customers of their upcoming small vehicle will only be allowed to drive it within their own state. To cross state boundaries, they'll have to use an SUV. In other news, GM announced that customers of their upcoming small vehicle will only be allowed to drive it within their own state. To cross state boundaries, they’ll have to use an SUV.

]]> By: fraggo http://jkontherun.com/2008/12/31/hp-wants-atom-in-bigger-notebooks-so-whats-the-problem/#comment-44894 fraggo Wed, 31 Dec 2008 20:51:29 +0000 http://jkontherun.com/?p=27012#comment-44894 It's obvious Intel wants manufacturers to sell bigger laptops with the more profitable Core 2 Duo chips, instead of the cheaper Atom. Intel didn't put restriction on the Atom Z processor because they intentionally crippled them to a max RAM of 1GB. It’s obvious Intel wants manufacturers to sell bigger laptops with the more profitable Core 2 Duo chips, instead of the cheaper Atom.

Intel didn’t put restriction on the Atom Z processor because they intentionally crippled them to a max RAM of 1GB.

]]> By: AR http://jkontherun.com/2008/12/31/hp-wants-atom-in-bigger-notebooks-so-whats-the-problem/#comment-44891 AR Wed, 31 Dec 2008 20:45:54 +0000 http://jkontherun.com/?p=27012#comment-44891 Possibly because the Z series are priced significantly higher ($40)? Possibly because the Z series are priced significantly higher ($40)?

]]> By: Oliver http://jkontherun.com/2008/12/31/hp-wants-atom-in-bigger-notebooks-so-whats-the-problem/#comment-44890 Oliver Wed, 31 Dec 2008 20:43:26 +0000 http://jkontherun.com/?p=27012#comment-44890 I didn't know that Intel was behaving like Microsoft and telling its customers what they can do with their chipsets. I didn’t know that Intel was behaving like Microsoft and telling its customers what they can do with their chipsets.

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