Comments on: Chrome OS ARM Powered laptops could debut this month!

By: Charbax

Charbax — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 16:51:00 +0000

Is it because you are currently forced to run Ubuntu from the SD Card?

I’d like to see support for multi-OS boot, for example Chrome OS, Ubuntu and Android on a fast built-in 8GB ROM or Nand storage.

By: Marvin24

Marvin24 — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 14:01:00 +0000

The processor is not the problem. I’m running Ubuntu on a Toshiba AC100 (Tegra 250) and the real bottleneck is internal memory card (or flash-memory). Todays processors are fast enough to browse the web, even flash is working here with the gnash player and fbdev xserverr only. So _please_ connect some SSD to the pci-e port of the tegra/whatever!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 12:44:00 +0000

The problem with most ARM devices for laptop use is the low memory bandwidth and single-threaded performance used to save power in mobile devices. Chrome is also more memory hungry than Firefox. At least 1GB of LPDDR2/3 @ 800-1066 MHz (power managed) would be the minimum, 2GB LPDDR3 ideal. I have 60 tabs in Firefox open on Ubuntu 10.10 right now and am using only 557 MB of RAM (with Flash blocked). Anything more is a waste of power unless you create/edit media.
1.5 GHz Cortex-A9 MP Core with two cores (power managed) and Open GL ES 2.0 and major video encoders would be my minimum, with 2.0 GHz ideal. 802.11n dual (better reception with 2 antenna). The NuFront SoC looks the goods… then just add a 64 GB SSD and 1366 x 768 11.6″ or 1440 x 900 13.3″ or 1600×900 14.1″ LCD with camera (Pixel Qi would be nice but they are too small). 12-24 hour battery to make it a dirt cheap competitor to the new Macbook Air. A TrackPoint keyboard would also be ideal.

By: World Wide News Flash

World Wide News Flash — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 10:20:57 +0000

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