Linux Notebook VIA Antaur CPU

[Steve]

On Thu, 25 Nov 2004 10:56:33 -0500 (EST), Henry Spencer
<henry-lqW1N6Cllo0sV2N9l4h3zg at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> On Thu, 25 Nov 2004, Steve wrote:
> > It uses the VIA Antaur CPU which is supposed to have incredibly low
> > power consumption (when compared to Intel and AMD), but what about the
> > speed? Is this thing fast enough?
> 
> Fast enough for what?  Depends enormously on what you want to do with it.
> 
>                                                           Henry Spencer
>                                                        henry-lqW1N6Cllo0sV2N9l4h3zg at public.gmane.org

Good point... no 3D gaming. Pretty light applications, just would
require them to multitask, load and switch quickly:

Internet Browsing
Office apps (spreadsheet, docs)
MP3/Ogg listening
Occasional DVD watching

Most multitasking would be with these apps.

Thanks.
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