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What ever happened to low-powered ultralight laptops?

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cheesehead

Lifer
What ever happened to VIA, the Crusoe, and the rest?

I use a small fraction of the power of my 1.7ghz Pentium-M, as it's not much use for games, anyway. I'd rather have better battery life than the ability to calculate the first billion digits of Pi before I can sneeze.

With modern laptops, you pay a big premium for thin and small machines. Complex cooling systems and fancy routing must be used, making their design difficult, and prices high. On the other hand, VIA's latest processors have most of the system components built-in; a 1 ghz Via EPIA-style system is all I really need anyway. Design would be simple, heat output would be tiny, and reliability, due to the small number of parts, would be high.

Why can't I have my small-size small-power notebook?

/Rant.
 
The ULV Pentium-M in most ultraportables is probably just as efficient as Via, and the power is there if you happen to need it. Only downside is the cost, most are very expensive.
 
Originally posted by: frostedflakes
The ULV Pentium-M in most ultraportables is probably just as efficient as Via, and the power is there if you happen to need it. Only downside is the cost, most are very expensive.
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Pretty much sums up the ultraportable market right there. You can get them, but expect to shell out the big bucks. 😛

- M4H
 
Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire
Originally posted by: frostedflakes
The ULV Pentium-M in most ultraportables is probably just as efficient as Via, and the power is there if you happen to need it. Only downside is the cost, most are very expensive.
Click to expand...

Pretty much sums up the ultraportable market right there. You can get them, but expect to shell out the big bucks. 😛

- M4H
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I don't need the absurd thin-ness of most of the Viaos and Picturebooks; a 2.5-3lb weight (not too hard with a 12.1" LCD and dinky processor heatsink) would satisfy me.

Heck, if they were'nt such a pain to use, I could go with a PalmPilot.
 
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