Archos Offers Android Notebook, the ArcBook for $170

[exfileme]

This "netbook" is powered by a RockChip processor.

Archos Offers Android Notebook, the ArcBook for $170 : Read more

 

[knowom]

They have the right idea with this to me at least, but idk about that chip itself.

 

[knowom]

Dual Core or Quad Core because you say RockChip RK3168 quad-core processor. However the link says Dual Core and Wikipedia is saying RK3168 is a Dual Core so someone ****ed up! 😉

 

[dalauder]

Definitely a dual-core CPU, based off of the link the article gave to Archos's site and the rest of the Internet.

I guess they had to save money somewhere and went with an old CPU and a low-res screen.

 

[icemunk]

Yeah its a dual core.. and with the SGX 540 it has only about an 8 gigaflop GPU.. so count HD video out. If they went with the RK3188, that is quad-core and a decent chip.. though a bit dated now with only 20 gigaflops of GPU power, has trouble with some HD. The Amlogic S802 is about twice the speed; and 70 gigaflops of GPU power, or maybe the RK3288 which is probably 2.5 times as fast and 100 gigaflops of GPU power.

 

[BranFlake5]

Why not get a $199 Chromebook on sale and hack it a bit? Linux, Android, Chromium: YOU CHOOSE!

 

[TheinsanegamerN]

Yeah its a dual core.. and with the SGX 540 it has only about an 8 gigaflop GPU.. so count HD video out. If they went with the RK3188, that is quad-core and a decent chip.. though a bit dated now with only 20 gigaflops of GPU power, has trouble with some HD. The Amlogic S802 is about twice the speed; and 70 gigaflops of GPU power, or maybe the RK3288 which is probably 2.5 times as fast and 100 gigaflops of GPU power.

or why not take it one step further, and just use a tegra 4 or snapdragon 801?