FL on new atom

[Kazinsal]

Welcome to the pitfalls of the highly-specific-task-optimized Intel Atom platform. I'm typing this on an Atom-based netbook right now, and I have six tabs in Firefox open, one of which is an hour long YouTube video (30 Seconds to Mars' "This Is War" album, for those wondering). I'm writing a short story snippet in OpenOffice as well. No problems at all. Everything is as smooth as butter that's been sitting on the counter in early summer for a couple hours.

As soon as I open Skype, though, the thing makes a Pentium III look like a Cray supercomputer.

The Atom platform just isn't able to do a lot of stuff. That's why I don't recommend netbooks to customers at work looking for a small, inexpensive laptop. A refurbished one from four years back that's the same price as a new netbook will leave the netbook behind in the dust.

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Retired, permanently.