Does Pine Trail boost performance? PCMark05 wasn't impressed, clocking in a lower score for the 1005PE than other 1.66GHz netbooks, all of which used the old N280 chip. Likewise, its memory score, while good, wasn't class leading. Ditto its hard drive rating.
PCMark 05 Results
CPU
Longer bars are better
Memory
Longer bars are better
HDD
Longer bars are better
3DMark06 yielded a score of 140 - exactly what we'd expect from the old GMA 950 graphics core. Our sample 1080p .MP4 video wouldn't play, and our 720p .MKV test file was jerky.
Video Playback Battery Life Test
Battery life in minutes
Longer bars are better
COMMENTS
Why so expensive?
What happed to the 'cheap' part of SCC? Is this some sort of con orchestrated by MS in order to make Win7 'seem' affordable. I note the lack Linux for the latest crop of netbooks - that would show the true cost of win7.
A netbook needs to be <£300 (preferably <£250) otherwise it's just a small, underpowered laptop...
Still looks promising
I've got a Eee 1000, one of the last models to still have Linux pre-installed before Asus drank the Windows koolaid. I have long-since replaced the Xandros-based install with Ubuntu Netbook Remix, and just recently upgraded the flash hdd to 64GB. I love the speed of the SSD, and the system performance is tolerable. It's not speed demon, but it does well what it's advertised to be: a light and portable, ultra-low-powered, Internet browsing machine. My only real complaint after a year of use is I find the small keyboard too cramped to do extensive typing.
I can't imagine what the SATA HDD and Windows 7 do to battery life, but it's got to hurt it bad. I'd love to see another review with a user-installed copy of linux (any flavor) on it, and see how the performance numbers compare. Netbooks were born for SSD and light-weight OS. Seems to my that trying to squeeze Windows on one defeats (at least half) the purpose.
Yes, you could say I was somewhat of a Linux-fanboi. Not militant, mind you. I just like to have choices.
Too Expensive
Thanks to Ballmer ramping up netbook prices using Windoze, these things are just too damn expensive. A full laptop is around the same price - not as small, but way more powerful. This should be £200.
And where's the Linux version? Presumably a casualty of the deal between netbook makers and the aforementioned overweight bane of the IT industry.
Evil Bill, 'cause there's no Evil Ballmer.
Just read that
w7 kills batteries and the latest updates make the in more unstable
Can I get this anywhere with Linux on to save even more money and win all round?
