Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 15th Jun 2009 21:54 UTC
We've been talking a lot about ARM-based netbooks, and when they're going to come. We've also been talking about Android on netbooks. Well, at Computex, analyst firm Gartner took a look at ARM netbooks running Android, compared them with Atom notebooks running Windows 7, and concluded that the interface on the former felt snappier.
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Member since:2007-04-25
"If you want to make a comparison Android should be compaired (sic) to WinCE 6.5."
Don't be silly. Microsoft won't sell WinCE on ARM as a netbook operating system - they're pushing Win 7 on Atom. WinCE is a niche player in the cell phone market, nothing more.
The question is whether a $100 ARM smartbook running Android is snappier than a $500 Atom netbook running Win 7. The answer is, "Yes!".
RE[2]: not a fair comparison
by Thom_Holwerda on Tue 16th Jun 2009 11:17
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Member since:2005-06-29
Don't be silly. Microsoft won't sell WinCE on ARM as a netbook operating system - they're pushing Win 7 on Atom. WinCE is a niche player in the cell phone market, nothing more.
Well, NVIDIA did use WinCE on its Tegra netbooks during Computex, including an NVIDIA-built interface, so I wouldn't be so sure of that.
RE: not a fair comparison
by poundsmack on Wed 17th Jun 2009 15:03
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personally I hope android adopts a file system like this (or this file system, it rocks so hard) http://www.datalight.com/companyinfo/news.php?newsid=69&newscat=1
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copairing android to Win 7 isn't really fair. If you want to make a comparison Android should be compaired to WinCE 6.5. And if you compair a desktop like version of android to a desktop like version of WinCE (in a desktop shell optemized for that purpose, NOT the WinMobile incarnation) then its a fair comparison. When I was testing Android for that purpose a few months ago agianst WinCE 6.1 I found WinCE considerable snappier. Android has made a few more releases since then so I sould go back and redo my tests now against WinCE 6.5 and the newest version of Android.
I will agree though, android did seem faster than windows 7 on Atom processors. But Windows 7 has a lot more going on than android does, it's not a good comparison.
Of note, QNX 6.4.0 and 6.4.1 also seemed snappier than Android on the same hardware. Infact QNX was even snappier than WinCE, though it was pretty close over all.
:Edit: on a bit of a tangent, if you want to see a really great piece of equiptment that is in the same leages as where android is shooting then take a look at this, it's so awsome http://www.mintpass.com/product/p_mp100_conc.asp
:Edit 2: tests were're done on a new Beagle Board: http://beagleboard.org/
Edited 2009-06-15 23:25 UTC