For myself such a laptop would be pretty darn slow even with just linux and web browsing but I guess it depends on the full picture (how much you paid; how you will utlize it and such). For basic screen display I don't think the graphics will make a difference - for game playing I suspect the cpu is just too slow 'cept for the simplest games like ftl and in such a game the graphics won't make a difference.
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I know that phones/tablets with arm do quite well with games but the os has lower overhead and the gpu/cpu are not to be under-rated. I set my parents up with low end pentinum - i think something like the g3220 (not sure of the other one since it was purchased at microcenter - no electronic receipt); the g3220 is around the same speed as the n5000 (but 4 years older) and slower gpu. One big advantage is the n5000 will last a longer time on battery power (laptop); just don't expect to play cpu bound games.
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This year intel is suppose to make significant improvements to their processors gpu. Not sure if they will catch up to the snapdragon chip set but if they do and move the improvements into their low power cpu it will be more interesting.
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I know that phones/tablets with arm do quite well with games but the os has lower overhead and the gpu/cpu are not to be under-rated. I set my parents up with low end pentinum - i think something like the g3220 (not sure of the other one since it was purchased at microcenter - no electronic receipt); the g3220 is around the same speed as the n5000 (but 4 years older) and slower gpu. One big advantage is the n5000 will last a longer time on battery power (laptop); just don't expect to play cpu bound games.
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This year intel is suppose to make significant improvements to their processors gpu. Not sure if they will catch up to the snapdragon chip set but if they do and move the improvements into their low power cpu it will be more interesting.
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