Daniel, "so they're pushing the low power/ good enough performance angle, because that's all they got." I agree, it's actually 'Marketing 101'. Apparently, their focus is on lowest power with 'good enough' performance. Intel and AMD have focussed on 'maximum performance, power be damned'. AMD's method is to find the maximum thermal envelope of the notebook, and ramp up power and performance until it just fits, and then call taht 'mobile K6'.
"the one benchmark that shows any processor dependence in completion time is Office 2K, and the completion times listed are .133 hrs for Mobile PIII 500 mhz, .167 for the 6-months-out TM5400. Head scratching time there"
Check the benchmark again, that's with the low-end (533MHz) part, they announced a 700MHz part.
I just read new Dell and Gateway ads for their notebook lines, and none advertised anything above a PIII-500. Performance- wise, Transmeta may be 6 mo behind top of the line stuff, not too bad, imho. Esp for less $$ and lower power. I'll be anxious to try one out.
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