YOPY blasts off with new model - might get act right yet :-)

Post #50,017 by dmarker2 8/21/02 9:50:59 AM Reply	YOPY blasts off with new model - might get act right yet :-) [link\|http://www.idg.net/ic_938572_5056_1-2792.html\|YOPR 3500 model with 128MB RAM] Same 206 mhz strongarm processor (good enough for me) but this time the bastards got it right !!!! - they added a backlight to the screen. YOPY Linux is very very nice - YOPY resolution & quality of the apps is outstanding - in the past they blew it by removing the backlight from the screen. The size is one of the smallest on the market but the screen is very readable. Will obtain one (when they let me) & will report back Cheers Doug
Post #50,051 by tonytib 8/21/02 3:57:57 PM Reply	The XScale is the P4 of PDA CPU's lots of MHz, little speed. 400MHz XScale PPC PDA's run the same speed, from what I've heard, as the 206MHz SA models. The XScale might run faster if the code were specially rewritten for it (which MS won't do). Tony
Post #50,397 by lordbeatnik 8/24/02 9:41:53 PM 8/24/02 9:42:58 PM Reply	castrated by errata From what I've heard, the xscale's performance is cripled if the OS is using the MMU. It appears that a good chunk of the problem is Intel's fault. You can see Alan Cox's comment about it on the linux kernel list: [link\|http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=102919271317697&w=2\| [link\|http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel\|http://marc.theaims...linux-kernel]&m=102919271317697&w=2] David "LordBeatnik" Edited by lordbeatnik Aug. 24, 2002, 09:42:58 PM EDT Expand All History

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