I was excited about these suckers when I first read Wanderer's post. But now that I've done some research, I'm concerend that they're going to be pig-slow. It looks like the TM3200 just doesn't crank out the MIPS and the code-morhping front-end really chokes the thing. I like the low power consumption aspect... but not at the sake of usable performance.
Wish somebody (besides me) would pick one up (especially the 98SE version) and give their opinion.
Giz
04-02-2002 09:33:31
RE:400Mhz 128MB Touchpad - Linux and 802.11b from the factory (modified 0 times)
Maybe not pig-slow (but have you ever tried to catch a pig?), but I hear the 700Mhz Crusoe benched at about a 533Mhz PIII, so it might be worth waiting for the ST3400/3500 to get cheap? Anybody read Japanese? http://www.f-space.co.jp/~skuma/p/d/bench_bbench.html
04-02-2002 11:24:10
RE:400Mhz 128MB Touchpad - Linux and 802.11b from the factory (modified 0 times)
Yeah, but I don't think the 3120/3200 does near as well in comparison. The 5400 has a L2 cache, which appears to be critical for the "code-morphing". I don't believe that the 3200 has one.... and I've heard a few depressing reports.
I like just about everything else on these units though.
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