By Paul StewartPosted Monday 1st June 2009 14:06 GMT
Come on guys, speak to RISC OS Ltd (http://www.riscos.com) and get the original ARM based operating system up and running on this product. The specs sound like it is something RISC OS was be fantastic on!
The PATA will be for all those device manufacturers who have bulk bought PATA drives to stick in DVR boxes etc. For instance my fairly new BT Vision box has a PATA hard drive (although I guess it was designed a while ago, no doubt the replacement will have SATA).
Still looks interesting, especially coupled with as Paul mentions, Risc OS or some sort of Linux (maybe Ubuntu or Debian?).
By Anonymous CowardPosted Monday 1st June 2009 16:33 GMT
It's ain't getting into netbooks with old ARM9 or ARM11 level cores, unless they've worked out how to clock them over 1GHz (45/55/65nm?). SoCs using Cortex A8s and soon A9s will be the ones to look out for.
Intel Core i7 I7-920 Quad Core Processor (2.66GHz, 4x256kB, 4.8GT/s QPI, LGA 1336 Socket B)
AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition Quad Core Processor (3.4GHz, 6MB L3 Cache, 4x512KB L2 Cache, 2000 MHz Bus, Socket AM3)
Intel Core i5 750 Qaud Core Processor (2.66GHz, 8MB L3 Cache, 2.5 GT/s Bus, Socket H LGA1156)
Asus P7P55D Motherboard (Intel Socket H LGA1156, P55 Express, ATX, 16GB DDR3)
Asus M4A785TD-V EVO AMD 785G/SB710 Socket AM3 ATX Motherboard
Comments on: VIA offshoot aims ARM SoC at Intel's Atom
It wont catch fire if you block the air vents, so why not call it a laptop? #
By Flocke Kroes Posted Monday 1st June 2009 11:22 GMT
Could be a great product if running RISC OS #
By Paul Stewart Posted Monday 1st June 2009 14:06 GMT
@ Flocke #
By Rob Beard Posted Monday 1st June 2009 16:33 GMT
Hmm, the ARM core isn't modern #
By Anonymous Coward Posted Monday 1st June 2009 16:33 GMT