Comments on: Samsung Q1EX, Via Nano Tablet, Performance Tests and Round-Up.

By: Steve 'Chippy' Paine

Steve 'Chippy' Paine — Tue, 12 May 2009 08:36:56 +0000

Found: Q1EX Performance round-up http://tinyurl.com/pvzsk6

By: chippy

chippy — Thu, 07 May 2009 00:04:36 +0000

Sorry John, It really was heading on to the next reviewer and is now packed up and waiting for Fedex.

By: John

John — Wed, 06 May 2009 19:42:26 +0000

Any chance you’ll get to try Mer (the open version of Maemo) on it while you’ve still got it? While I’m still dubious about the changes they’ve made since the Q1 Ultra, I wonder if it might actually be usable as a Mer platform.

I’m also curious if Ubuntu 9.04, with Netbook Remix, will work on it.

By: JC

JC — Wed, 06 May 2009 12:04:57 +0000

Wouldn’t it make more sense to compare the best Nano to the best Atom? Or to compare Nanos and Atoms of roughly equivalent TDP? Either one would be more fair than comparing a mid-model Nano to the best Atom. (i.e., “slower than the best Atom” may be a true statement, but, unqualified, it’s not a very meaningful one.)

In any case, what I got out of Chippy’s review is that fast persistent storage may be more important than CPU in the user impression of how fast a system feels. (Obviously, this may go out the window if you do something truly computationally intensive. How often does that happen on a handheld device though?)

By: Chippy

Chippy — Wed, 06 May 2009 10:52:06 +0000

They both do well as mini tablets. SC3 is bigger, heavier, but has a nice battery section to use as a grip and, of course, has the keyboard. It suffers from same problem as Q1EX, namely slow HDD.

It really depends on how you want to use the device. You have to go deep into your requirements and match up against the two devices.

Steve

By: Hanzo

Hanzo — Wed, 06 May 2009 04:39:58 +0000

Maybe for its x64 architecture and 1MB L2 cache?

By: Tozy

Tozy — Wed, 06 May 2009 01:04:24 +0000

so its slower than the best Atom .. has a 3x higher TDP than Atom .. costs more than Atom

am i missing something or why in the world would anybody recommend this CPU when compared to the Atom?

By: IronHide

IronHide — Tue, 05 May 2009 22:51:39 +0000

Nice little summary, Chippy. Question: which is more usable – the Q1Ex, or the SC3?

By: Steve 'Chippy' Paine

Steve 'Chippy' Paine — Tue, 05 May 2009 20:24:47 +0000

New article: Samsung Q1EX, Via Nano Tablet, Performance Tests and Round-Up. http://cli.gs/tyqQvR