giovanni said:
Yes but that system can cost billions... Aspire One costs 200€; it costs 200€ and also aganist the 255€ of Pandora...
200 euro's? Odd, but most off the prices that i see are higher then 200€.
I see, you are comparing the price off the A110 serie ( what uses a VIA cpu ), and has totally different specs then the A110L. In other words, you end up with a VIA for 200€. If you want a atom, you are looking in the 350€ or higher price range. No offense, but dont expect to do more then a basic word processor for the 200€ A110 serie.
Differences using the A110L ( aka, the more "powerful" 350+ euro Atom version ).
Acer Advantage:
- Screen Size: 8.9" vs 4.3"
- Screen resolution: 1024 * 600 vs 800 * 480
- Laptop Keyboard vs Calculator Keyboard
- 8GB internal storage vs 512MB
- 512MB Memory vs 256MB memory
- Several USB2 ports
- ...
Disadvantage:
- 8GB storage = slow speed class
- GMA950 Graphic card vs SGX530 ( The SGX53x serie is also used in Intels GMA 4500 Serie, so, you can tell its a old gpu ).
- Cpu Power usage: Atom 1.6Ghz 2.5watt vs Pandora 600Ghz ( default clocked ). This is not even a contest
- GPU power usage. Same deal
- 950g vs 350g
- Battery capacity / runtime:
-- Average usage: 2 a 3h, pandora 10h+.
-- Peek power usage ( cpu ) your looking at 1h40 for the Acer, and 8.5h for the Pandora.
-- 5h a 6h with a extended battery ( see added cost, weight, volume ), no announced extended battery for the Pandora yet.
- No gaming controls on the Acer Aspire.
- CPU fan used vs no CPU fan needed ( Pandora ). Aka, the Pandora is silent.
And the list goes on. Lets not even try to compare the VIA ( 200 euro range ), because those results are going to be even worse for the Acer Aspire.
Price well, the Pandora is +-260 euro's, where the Acer goes from 200 to 400€'s depending on the model, cpu, and other configurations.
Lets face it. Its not designed for gaming in mind. Its a basic small portable laptop with the typical few hours battery life at best. If you want something to carry to school, and use a full day for typing, then sure, get the Acer Aspire One..
If you want a gaming device, that also functions as a full blown linux os, that does not need a power socket every few hours
then its the Pandora. I dont think the Pandora is useful for a full days typing ( unless you get a external carry keyboard ), not taking in account the amount of stress from viewing a 4.3" screen whole day typing.
And then there is the community here. Where people will try to get the maximum power out of the Pandora. Forget it when your running the Acer, but then again, why will anybody try to get maximum power out of a system designed for "work", not gaming/multimedia