Benchmark Tests
PCMark05 Results
CPU
Longer bars are better
Memory
Longer bars are better
HDD
Longer bars are better
Battery Life
Battery life in minutes
Longer bars are better
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COMMENTS
Please use graphs that start from zero
The "Memory" comparison graph, for example, doesn't start from zero in the horizontal axis, giving the false first-glance impression that the Toshiba is ten times faster than the Samsung in terms of memory speed. But many readers may miss the fact that the values are actually very close together, even between max and min (2488 versus 2139). You might say that discerning readers can tell the difference, but aren't graphs designed to provide immediate visual cues about relative numerical values? If the "Memory" chart had started from zero instead of 2100 in the horizontal axis, it would take only one second to tell that the five notebooks are closely grouped together. For those wanting finer distinctions, these same zero-start graphs will do just fine, or just read the numbers.
Just my small contribution to make a great web publication better.
Worst of both worlds
Too heavy for a tablet.
Not expandable enough for a netbook.
Too poor a battery life for both. Well done Dell, another corker to go alongside the Streak of P***
Wrong platform
The very same thing with a Tegra 2 CPU and Android 3.x could be great. With an Atom CPU and Windows 7 on the other hand... bad idea.
looks less fun
but is a whole lot more - 256 levels of touch sensitivity with the built in wacom digitiser and pen?
HDMI out too with out docking station and up to 7 hours battery life (and it does come close to this).
Do I need to mention th 4gb ram and free external dvd writer?
They cost about 550 now so it's a much better deal then this franky one trick pony Dell. I bought one last year and love it.
