Hi all,
Now with being a gadget whore I can appreciate the need for ultra fast processors, but imho they are not as sluggish as what some people make out.
I went into my local PC World the other week & gave the Acer W510 (runs on the Z2760 Clovertrail) a damn good testing, boots up from power off to Win 8 pro fully loaded was under 20 seconds, web browsing was smooth & faster than my dual core Android tablet, applications like Word took about 12 seconds to load up fully & HD movie playback was smooth without any drop in frames, this included testing a H264 file I had with me, playback was choppy on Media Player, but was superb on the already installed Potplayer. Also both the Windows 8 Pro runs nice & smooth, really fast in Metro mode, and also pretty well in Desktop mode.
While the device isn't meant for games due to the processor & graphics processor, it does play flash games as good as my Android tablet & it isn't that good for multitasking, but in all seriousness would you want to multitask on a device that only has a 10.1" screen ?
Now imho having a ultra fast tablet / netbook device would be a dream, but I would rather have a device with an outstanding battery life that can run most applications & playback media, than have a speed barrier breaking device with a battery that only lasts a few hours.
I must admit that I have been out of the limelight with latest processors, my current laptop runs on a Centrino Core 2 duo & my desktop runs on a Core 2 duo, neither of them are for games as I only use my PS3 for gaming. I know that the Haswell supposed to run really fast with an improved battery life, but the question of the pricing of these in tablets remains to be seen.
So fellow Tablet owners, am I alone in thinking that if you are on a budget & just want a device for the odd app, media playback, no gaming but decent battery life, is an Intel Atom based machine really that bad, if you are eager for a device that does what you want, or is the top possible speed & gaming the most important thing for you ?
Thanks
Now with being a gadget whore I can appreciate the need for ultra fast processors, but imho they are not as sluggish as what some people make out.
I went into my local PC World the other week & gave the Acer W510 (runs on the Z2760 Clovertrail) a damn good testing, boots up from power off to Win 8 pro fully loaded was under 20 seconds, web browsing was smooth & faster than my dual core Android tablet, applications like Word took about 12 seconds to load up fully & HD movie playback was smooth without any drop in frames, this included testing a H264 file I had with me, playback was choppy on Media Player, but was superb on the already installed Potplayer. Also both the Windows 8 Pro runs nice & smooth, really fast in Metro mode, and also pretty well in Desktop mode.
While the device isn't meant for games due to the processor & graphics processor, it does play flash games as good as my Android tablet & it isn't that good for multitasking, but in all seriousness would you want to multitask on a device that only has a 10.1" screen ?

Now imho having a ultra fast tablet / netbook device would be a dream, but I would rather have a device with an outstanding battery life that can run most applications & playback media, than have a speed barrier breaking device with a battery that only lasts a few hours.
I must admit that I have been out of the limelight with latest processors, my current laptop runs on a Centrino Core 2 duo & my desktop runs on a Core 2 duo, neither of them are for games as I only use my PS3 for gaming. I know that the Haswell supposed to run really fast with an improved battery life, but the question of the pricing of these in tablets remains to be seen.
So fellow Tablet owners, am I alone in thinking that if you are on a budget & just want a device for the odd app, media playback, no gaming but decent battery life, is an Intel Atom based machine really that bad, if you are eager for a device that does what you want, or is the top possible speed & gaming the most important thing for you ?
Thanks