Netbook
2020-10-09 Filed in: (soft|hard)ware
Here’s what 15 years or so does to laptop technology:
On the left: 1.6 GHz Atom, 512 Mb RAM, 8 Gb SSD, 1024x600.
On the right: 25 MHz 486SX, 10 Mb RAM, 200 Mb HD, 640x480.
Here’s another size comparison, with a 17” MacBook Pro (Core 2 Duo) this time:
Mac: cost 10x, CPU speed 4x. Tosh & Mac both weigh 3x the A110L netbook.
On the left: 1.6 GHz Atom, 512 Mb RAM, 8 Gb SSD, 1024x600.
On the right: 25 MHz 486SX, 10 Mb RAM, 200 Mb HD, 640x480.
Here’s another size comparison, with a 17” MacBook Pro (Core 2 Duo) this time:
Mac: cost 10x, CPU speed 4x. Tosh & Mac both weigh 3x the A110L netbook.