Does Your Netbook Scream?

Joseph Plazo | Sep 17, 2009 | Comments


Jaded mobile warriors shouldn’t expect stellar computing speed from dinky netbooks powered by the diminutive Atom CPU. These chips simply fail to keep pace with their Core2Duo counterparts (unless the Core2Duo is hobbled by Vista and the Netbook is fueled by Ubuntu) . That notwithstanding, I’m sure some of you wondered… which of these cute little lappies could be the fastest to date… and which may potentially serve as a primary laptop replacement?

The standard netbook comes with either an Intel Atom N270 1.6 Ghz or an Intel Atom N280 Ghz. There’s not much of a speed difference between either. You can run MS Office off both with a grin on your face. Don’t bother with Photoshop though. Rendering some large pictures can take as long as microwaving a cup of java.

Since netbooks can’t be differentiated in terms of it’s CPU,  the next best thing to analyze would be the  clock frequency of its Front-Side Bus or FSB. Not all Intel Atom N280 or N270s CPUs are clocked similarly. Many are clocked lower than the others. With this stark difference, we can judge netbook speed and decide which blazest the fastest trail.

Let’s take a look at the FSB specs of today’s popular netbook offerings:

  • Samsung NC20 – 1.30GHz VIA Nano ULV U2250, 800MHz FSB
  • G X120 – Intel Atom Processor N270, 1.6GHz, 533MHz FSB
  • Eee PC 1000HE – Intel Atom N280 1.66GHz, 667MHz
  • Eee PC 900 – Intel Celeron 600MHz, 533MHz
  • MSI Wind U120 – 533 MHz Intel Atom N270 1.60 GHz, 533 FSB
  • Lenovo IdeaPad S10 – Intel Atom N270 1.60 GHz, 533 MHz FSB
  • Acer Aspire One D150 – Intel Atom N280 1.66GHz, 667 MHz FSB
  • HP Mini 2140 – Intel Atom N270 1.6GHz, 533 MHz FSB

These  specs easily reveal which among the Netbooks might be the fastest. With most chips clocked at 1.66Ghz, the only other factor that can up the speed ante is the FSB. The list reveals that the  Eee PC 1000HE and Acer Aspire One D150 blaze the fastest trail at 667Mhz. That means faster access to memory and other subcomponents!

I personally love the eeePC 1000HE. I purchased it months ago to replace my eeePC 900 and compliment the Core2Duo Compaq. It’s fast- really fast on XP. But with Windows7 installed on it, its stability and speed practically doubled!

Go Asus!


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  • The Dell Mini netbooks feature the Atom Z5xx processors running at 1.6GHz with 533 FSB. Any idea what the difference is between the Atom N series versus the Z series?

    Of course, the other thing to factor isto this is the amount of RAM. Some bargain netbooks only offer 512k which is sure to cause some pretty nasty performance issues. I'm a bit surprised that the mfrs haven't upped the ante yet to 2GB standard RAM. Seems like that'd be a (relatively) cheap way to boost overall performance.

    Also, I wonder if the netbooks that use solid state drives see any performance kick as a result. I haven't had the opportunity to do any real world comparison on computers running with SSD drives versus traditional notebook hard drives.
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