is this thing any good?

 

thats a pretty open ended question...

for a netbook or very small computer, yea. the atom is a very effecient x86 processor and was designed from the ground up as such. its not the most powerful, and is pretty mediocre compared to dekstop procs, but its extremely effecient and is great for email, and basic internet surfing since the battery will typically last 7-12 hours.

 

my roommate has the atom in her aspire one netbook....not bad at all for what it is.

 

Agree with whats said above, it does not use much power and is good for a netbook or a laptop if you are not tring to run any large programs. I always consider computer CPU's to be kindov like our truck motors, bigger is better.

 

yea...this is kind of like comparing a moped to a fullsize. the moped is small and effecient and does its job well, but doesnt have the power and versatility of a fullsize

 

but for $300....if you just need to snurf the web, email, word processing....cant beat it.

 

Depends on single or dual core Atom and the chipset behind it. A D525 with an ION chipset makes for a decent home theater build and all the other stuff mentioned above.
Low power usage, can handle blu ray.
I wouldn't try and play new games with it. Crysis, Metro 2033 would lack greatly.

Due to good battery life, I use a netbook for logging with HPT. Once you get used to the tiny screen, it handles everything great.


Is my geeky side showing?

 

I have an eee pc with an atom that serves as my little homework bitch and eventually tuning computer. 14hr battery life, can't beat it