Comments on: Does Your Netbook Scream? http://www.connectedinternet.co.uk/2009/09/17/does-your-netbook-scream/ The latest tech, mobile and gaming news Sun, 14 Mar 2010 21:40:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Rob O'Danielhttp://www.connectedinternet.co.uk/2009/09/17/does-your-netbook-scream/comment-page-1/#comment-172388 Rob O'Daniel Fri, 18 Sep 2009 16:06:24 +0000 http://www.connectedinternet.co.uk/?p=6729#comment-172388 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?<br><br>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.<br><br>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. 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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