[Arm-netbook] Good netbook based on Cortex-A9

[Pierre-Hugues Husson]

2012/7/31 Gordan Bobic <gordan at bobich.net>

> On 07/31/2012 12:34 PM, Roman Mamedov wrote:
> > I went back to the article I read (in Russian, [1] ). Basically the
> author
> > very colorfully described his disgust as he had to deal with the
> outdated,
> > half-broken, proprietary, Android-targetted nVidia "software stack"
> (nvrm_gpu,
> > nvrm_daemon etc), to even have the most basic hardware working, like
> > backlight brightness, audio and suspend.
> >
> > Okay, the article is from October 2010, maybe some things have improved
> since
> > then.
> >
> > [1] http://habrahabr.ru/post/107304/
>
> Things have changed _massively_ since then. All the nvrm stuff is long,
> long gone and forgotten by everyone who actualy has an AC100. Those were
> dark times. ;)
>
> >> I think it's important to strike a reasonable balance between idealism
> >> and pragmatism. Otherwise your only option is to get a Yeeloong.
> >
> > I have an impression that openness-wise the AC100 is especially bad,
> worse than
> > e.g. Efika MX, certainly worse than an A10-based netbook, and MUCH worse
> than
> > even a random x86 netbook.
>
> Not really. GPU is the only thing that hasn't got full open source
> support. But if you are happy with the open source simple frame buffer
> support for graphics, it's fine. As I said, the only thing that requires
> any proprietary drivers is the accelerated GPU. And there are reasons to
> use the simple frame buffer even if the nvidia drivers worked properly
> (extra 62MB of RAM).
>
> Seriously, AC100s are pretty damned _awesome_. Nothing else comes close,
> especially if you are prepared to take a screwdriver into your hands and
> do the upgrades I wrote up (screen, cooling for 40% overclock, internal
> SSD).
>
Only problem is the 512MB of RAM :(
But I agree, if you can live with it, the ac100 is really good, and still
good enough without your mods.
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