Comments on: Asus EeePC made to support Pentium M processor

By: t0p

t0p — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 12:23:34 +0000

This piece does not take into account the fact, although the eeepc’s processor is nominally rated at 900 mhz, it is actually under-clocked at approximately 640 mhz. That is why the 800 mhz “M” chip seems faster – it *is* faster. But eeepc owners with an aversion to soldering needn’t fret, there are over-clocking hacks detailed at http://wiki.eeeuser.com.

By: Johnsie

Johnsie — Sat, 31 May 2008 23:34:37 +0000

Dont be fooled by the 900mhz label. These days there’s alot more to measuring a processors capability than frequency alone. The chip used in the eeepc is not the same as an old 900mhz chip that would be found in an old desktop. Things have chnaged alot since then and there are other ways to measure a chips true speed. To be honest the performance of an eeepc is very fast. The boot time is faster than most desktops I’ve used and when you click something the reaction time is very fast. I’m posting this comment using firefox 3 on an eeepc that is running gnome as the window manager. I haven’t had any problems with multitasking. The wi-fi works great and so far I’ve had no problems with spyware of viruses.

By: lefty.crupps

lefty.crupps — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 04:14:57 +0000

nah, keep the low power specs — it runs Linux wonderfully (Debian Testing with KDE 3.5.8 right now, on a 4GiB SD card) and helps keep Windows “gotta-have-this-SINGLE-app” people away. I like that. Those who can stand to learn enough about a computer to try a replacement application or two will do just fine on the current system.