HP shocks China with $399 AMD Jaguar TouchSmart 11 Notebook

[Gikaseixas]

I find controlling laptop or desktop with touchscreen to be slow annoying and inaccurate

That's you, not the rest of the world population. Others might find it appealing and intuitive to say the least

 

[SPBHM]

it's nice but,
same price as a faster CPU, same size with touch screen?

one thing that can help is if they used a high quality battery, Kabini + good battery should have a clear advantage over ulv i3.

 

[Ancalagon44]

it's nice but,
same price as a faster CPU, same size with touch screen?

one thing that can help is if they used a high quality battery, Kabini + good battery should have a clear advantage over ulv i3.

Unless its a Haswell i3. Although, Haswell i3 will probably be much more expensive.

 

[AtenRa]

it's nice but,
same price as a faster CPU, same size with touch screen?

one thing that can help is if they used a high quality battery, Kabini + good battery should have a clear advantage over ulv i3.

That ASUS X202E has a single memory dimm and performance especially in games is sub-par. CPU performance is not that higher and Gaming performance is way low. Power consumption also higher than A4-5000.

AMD A4-5000 vs ASUS X202E (Core i3 3217U)

 

[SPBHM]

That ASUS X202E has a single memory dimm and performance especially in games is sub-par. CPU performance is not that higher and Gaming performance is way low. Power consumption also higher than A4-5000.

AMD A4-5000 vs ASUS X202E (Core i3 3217U)

I had no idea about the forced single channel, but even so, CPU performance is much higher, when in your are limited by ST performance, look at the Java benchmark (more important than accelerated AES for netbooks I think)

power usage is very important if they both use the same battery, I don't know if it's the case.

anyway, I picked that netbook as an example in 60s, just to show that $400 touch enabled 11" is not so "shocking".

 

[frozentundra123456]

That ASUS X202E has a single memory dimm and performance especially in games is sub-par. CPU performance is not that higher and Gaming performance is way low. Power consumption also higher than A4-5000.

AMD A4-5000 vs ASUS X202E (Core i3 3217U)

Gaming on either is going to be abysmal anyway,

 

[frozentundra123456]

I had no idea about the forced single channel, but even so, CPU performance is much higher, when in your are limited by ST performance, look at the Java benchmark (more important than accelerated AES for netbooks I think)

power usage is very important if they both use the same battery, I don't know if it's the case.

anyway, I picked that netbook as an example in 60s, just to show that $400 touch enabled 11" is not so "shocking".

Yea, it may be a decent little net book/laptop, whatever class it fits into. It is just being over hyped, especially without even any test data.

 

[Dresdenboy]

I think you completely missed it all and went to the Intel vs AMD route.

I thought for a second, your

 

[AtenRa]

Gaming on either is going to be abysmal anyway,

30fps on 720p is fine for casual gaming, but yes you cant game on the core i3 3217U with a single dimm.

Also, for people on the go I strongly believe that encryption (AES) must be the number one priority. You may not care losing your laptop but you don’t want your personal or corporate information/data be handed to anyone else.

 

[AdamK47]

This thread shockingly reads like marketing.

 

[frozentundra123456]

30fps on 720p is fine for casual gaming, but yes you cant game on the core i3 3217U with a single dimm.

Also, for people on the go I strongly believe that encryption (AES) must be the number one priority. You may not care losing your laptop but you don’t want your personal or corporate information/data be handed to anyone else.

Skyrim barely playable at 720p, low settings and BF3 not even close to playable at the same settings. Seems pretty abysmal to me.

 

[Enigmoid]

30fps on 720p is fine for casual gaming, but yes you cant game on the core i3 3217U with a single dimm.

Also, for people on the go I strongly believe that encryption (AES) must be the number one priority. You may not care losing your laptop but you don’t want your personal or corporate information/data be handed to anyone else.

I believe that notebook also has horrible throtting issues.

 

[SPBHM]

30fps on 720p is fine for casual gaming, but yes you cant game on the core i3 3217U with a single dimm.

Also, for people on the go I strongly believe that encryption (AES) must be the number one priority. You may not care losing your laptop but you don’t want your personal or corporate information/data be handed to anyone else.

question, is it really important to go over 180MB/s on AES encryption for basic protection on netbook with a slow 5400RPM drive? also let's post more:

 

[BallaTheFeared]

This thread shockingly reads like marketing.

 

[frozentundra123456]

This thread shockingly reads like marketing.

Agreed, actually there seem to be a lot of threads like that recently.

 

[crashtech]

Isn't this blurb in the wrong subforum?

 

[Phynaz]

If you honestly think these are bottom of the barrel, you haven't looked at some other models HP has peddled, or anything from Acer in the last couple of years...

These are the current bottom of the barrel for HP. I wasn't talking about past history. And neither myself nor the OP mentioned Acer.

But for the record I have purchased an Acer craptop in the past - for my son when he was 10.

 

[Pulsar]

Agreed, actually there seem to be a lot of threads like that recently.

I'm glad it wasn't just me. The first post sounded like someone cut and pasted it from a company promotional ad or email.

 

[ninaholic37]

If I wanted a tablet, I'd buy a tablet. If I wanted a laptop, I'd buy a laptop.

I understand these companies are trying to create a 'niche' and be unique, but I have yet to find any type of compelling reason to buy a touch-screen enabled undersized laptop with an underpowered processor. It's like the worst of all worlds.

I will never use touchscreen on a laptop either. Fingerprints and smudge marks galore. Gross. I'd rather see what is on my monitor and not have to worry about carrying around cleaning supplies, having sweaty hands on hot days, eating by the computer, etc. Touchscreen seems like of just a gimmick for laptop makers to force onto people to make more money. Boot-to-desktop option will be the best thing about Windows 8.1 I think. :awe: