[Arm-netbook] uh-oh....

[lkcl luke]

On Wed, Dec 28, 2011 at 8:55 PM, Gordan Bobic <gordan at bobich.net> wrote:

>>   ok, a better question is: what makes these better than x86 systems?
>> price, performance, power - how do they compare?
>
> Not to answer Michelle's question, but you cannot be serious in asking
> that, right?

 yes :)

> I believe he mentioned something like 12W with 2 Gbit
> ethernet ports.
>
> For comparison, I have a couple of Atom N450 machines - the best that
> Intel has at the moment when it comes to low-power. They are pulling 22W
> idle, and they trip the 30W PoE Class 4 limit when everything is going
> at full tilt. So we are talking at least 2.5x lower max power usage,
> probably better.

 ouch.  i didn't know that.  i didn't realise it was that bad.
that's... deeply unimpressive.