News - AMD Geode-powered Eee PC shows up at retail

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Italian retailer lists ASUS netbook powered by legacy CPU.

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[cptwhite_uk]

Given the price of the Compaq 311c with 11.6" and ION it does seem a little steep. At £200 it would've been an interesting proposition with it's decent res.

[scaryjim]

Hmmm, with an AMD Geode and SIS chipset I find it highly unlikely that it'd be able to make full use of that screen resolution properly - you certainly won't get any hardware acceleration for decoding media, SIS graphics are appalling for any kind of even light gaming, and a 1.4GHz Athlon XP is not going to set the world on fire - at best it'll make it luke-warm.

It needed to be well under £200 to make any sense at all, and then only as the laptop for people who really couldn't afford a laptop...

[kingpotnoodle]

Strange choices, very strange... I can't imagine the old Geode (Athlon XP based) is really any faster clock for clock than an Atom...

So Atom performance, for a lot more energy, shorter battery life and ultra crap graphics with ultra crap SiS drivers... oh and it's no cheaper.

WIN!

Not.

[robtbear]

I agree with everyone else might be worth while if it was around the £100 mark even then a 2 hour battery is just pointless on a small laptop.

[kingpotnoodle]

at best it'll make it luke-warm.

Only cos of the hot running chip... it won't be the racing stripes!