I think these computers are good when idling matter.
Upgrading to a higher processor isn't as beneficial as mentioned;
there's the MUCH higher powerdraw (in the likes of 10X higher than the Atom processor) for only what 2x-5xbetter performance?
The Atom processor runs XP and Linux perfectly, and can on top of that do internet browsing perfectly!
The perfect granma pc! Besides, the Atom processor pc totally outperforms any P3 pc out there!
Not only in performance, but also in power consumption.
The Atom uses 4W TDP. Most Core2Duo CPU's use more than 25W TDP,some nearing 60-80WTDP.
Changing the CPU for library computers, or pc's for people that just check their mails once a month is not beneficial.
Neither for the business where employees need to input data in programs like SAP or other text based programs.
Can you imagine a company running 100x Atom pc's running @ 30W (monitor included) compared to running 100x Core2Duo pc's running @ 80W per pc?
The former you can plug all of them into one electric socket without the fuse blowing (3.000W)!
The latter is 8.000W.
that's 5kwh difference. calculate 5kwh x 5cent = $.25 per hour this company needs to pay less electricity.
x8 hours x 200 days = $400 per year on electricity savings at least!
Not to mention the savings on the purchase of one pc.
I had wished someone could create a poulsbo driver; or MSI using the Nano platform. The power lost on the GMA chipset is about as much as the power lost on the Nano's better graphics card.
I'll wait for a while to see perhaps AMD comes out with a wonderful sub 50nm process platform, or go for the Nano platform.
That one would not only allow better graphics, but I believe is better than current GMA chipset (which is limited to 400Mhz DDR Ram?)