Comments on: M704 and Q1Ultra compared on video.

By: Ahmad Jarrad

Ahmad Jarrad — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 14:48:19 +0000

I am having a hard time being able to compare te M704 to the Q Ultra. I travel alot for work and have the ability to purchase my next traveller’s laptop from the U.S., U.K., Dubai, or Saudi Arabia. Between the Middle East – the States – UK I am finding vast differences in prices for the M704, while the Samsung is pretty much the same. The only spec differences in the M704 are the size of the L2 Cache which ranges from 64kB to 1MB, but price from $500 to almost $1000, and some place the docking station is included, while others its a seperate accesory to be purchased.

When testing the two devices side by side, did you notice the M704 being much slower then the Q1U, due to a Cache deficiency, or only in video playback as noted?

By: chippy

chippy — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 21:42:47 +0000

Try the Nero media solution.
It seems that that might have been the reason. Perhaps it has the drivers for the VIA acceleration in it?

Steve.

By: chippy

chippy — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 21:41:23 +0000

I wouldn’t recommend either for gaming but in theory, the Q1 Ultra has a much better 3D capability.
Steve

By: chippy

chippy — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 21:40:33 +0000

M704 is as quiet, yes.

By: chippy

chippy — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 21:40:13 +0000

Sorry Mike. No! (And sorry for the late response)
Steve.

By: Mike Cane

Mike Cane — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 21:15:40 +0000

You didn’t happen to take any photos of this next to an EeePC for size comparison, did you?

I doubt this will ever get to the U.S. except via importers for a high price. Shame. I’d like to have fondled it a bit.

By: zorg

zorg — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 19:53:25 +0000

How about noise? I had a loaner OQO 02 for a while, but the fan sounded like an angry beehive, a deal-breaker in meetings or anywhere I wanted to have a low-profile experience. The Q1UP is supposedly a noise-free experience under “typical” usage. Is the M704 similarly quiet?

By: Jim

Jim — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 19:31:40 +0000

I wish this had the Via-Nano the purchase would be a no brainer but since it’s sporting a clearly out dated chipset it’s very hard to take the plunge.

By: Anonymous Reader

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By: TareX

TareX — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 13:35:19 +0000

I was waiting for that video. Thanks.

Questions:
1) You forgot to compare the Displays. Resolution? Touchscreen? Which is better for handwriting recognition…etc
2) Gaming: How better is the graphics card on the Q1? The form factor is very psp-like so I’d like to knowhow it good it plays games, and how fast that card is.

Thanks!

By: Hanzo

Hanzo — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 10:19:56 +0000

Hi Chippy

Have you found out why M704 could handle 6Mbps WMVHD video? That’s the most surprising thing and I want to improve my 2133 as the M704 did.

Thanks a lot!