MSI Ships 2 AMD Netbooks With Radeon HD3200

[Guest]

This isn't bad at all. For ~$180 less you can build a more powerful HTPC with an optical drive and the ability to add expansion cards, but these netbooks include a screen, wireless, portability, and the specs aren't that much lower. I'd seriously consider buying one of these instead.

 

[Misdissident]

How does it compare to this Toshiba that has an Athlon Neo X2 L325? It's a bit smaller, costs a hint more, and also has an HD3200: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834114801

 

[Brent_NC]

The wife has an ASUS 1201N and so far it freaking rocks. I haven't done any type of gaming on it, but it does everything she needs it to with little to no effort. I have to agree, there will definitely have to be some side by side comparisons.

 

[Guest]

The only thing I like less is that AMD hasn't invested in some form of hyperthreading technology in these chips.
Without hyperthreading or HT like capabilities you're not using the fullest of these chips.
That's why even when having faster cpu speeds for single threaded apps, I still prefer the Atom processor, as it in my mind has lower latencies (although with the N450 this might not be the case anymore).

 

[Guest]

,....... its called hypertransport for AMD, it does the same thing and I find it to be more responsive. If you checked benchmarking sites or did a little research on the CPU's you would know this. You need to read a little bit more Mr. ProDigit80.

 

[Avro Arrow]

I don't see this really taking off. It's priced in the same category as some 15.6" notebooks with Athlon II X2 processors and Mobility Radeon HD 4250 graphics. Unless that 3200 isn't a Mobility Radeon (which I seriously doubt because the power of the desktop version would kill the battery life) then there are better deals on bigger and better machines out there. Netbooks are supposed to be cheap and this one isn't.