[TriLUG] Eee performance, configurations
Tom Roche
Tom_Roche at pobox.com
Sun Mar 30 21:10:49 EDT 2008
Tom Roche Thursday, March 27, 2008 12:21:27 PM
>> * I'm wondering if it makes sense to get a 4G instead of a 2G: one
>> could get an additional 2G thumbdrive ~$20 instead of paying the
>> $50 delta (2G->4G),
Turns out there are several differences between the 4G Surf and 2G
Surf, not to mention between the 2G Surf and 4G (not-Surf). Per
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASUS_Eee_PC#Specifications
"Surf" ~= {no camera, less battery capacity/life} and there is no 2G
not-Surf. In addition, both the 4G and 4G Surf come with a faster CPU
(though it seems it's the same chip at a higher clock) and faster
RAM. Furthermore the RAM is soldered in the 2G Surf, while the
socketed RAM in the 4G is upgradable to 2 GB.
>> but perhaps the installed drive space is much more performant?
My impression is, it's not (e.g. booting from a USB stick is not
significantly slower than booting from the internal SSD), but I'd
appreciate hard data anyone might have.
Maxwell Spangler Sun Mar 30 01:52:27 EDT 2008
> So my suggestion to [jonesjc:] use add another 256M to stop swapping
> and give it more breathing room. If you could, go to 1G so it'll
> use the disc cache instead of a slow, dated hard drive. Given all
> that, we have to realize that there is a cycle with software and
> hardware.
True that. I'm wondering: given that the Eee's drive is flash (which
presumably is The Next Big Thing in portable/consumer storage), will
the swap penalty be lessened?
TIA, Tom Roche <Tom_Roche at pobox.com>
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