While the mainstream version of Windows 8 will run on the usual "x86" processors from Intel and AMD, the tablet version has been written from the ground up for a family of chips based on a processor architecture licensed from ARM in Britain.ARM processors are noted for using very little juice (see "Intel left outside", May 13th 2011).
Analyzing the application code, it can be noted that the calculations basically consist of floating point operations (floating point square roots, multiplications, etc).. Considering the usual structure of current processors, it is clear that the floating point functional units are not sufficiently replicated.
Powered by the newest mobile AMD chipset and Neo processors and the usual better-than-netbook-but-not-quite-notebook specs, it seems like a perfectly decent little fellow.
But its next Galaxys look more like they're playing catch up — and doing the usual bit of beefing up (expect processor and battery upgrades too, of course) — than shooting for smartphone fame.
With a 14″ (touch optionsal) screen, Core 2 Duo processor, and all the usual fixins for a laptop this size (lots of ports, up to 8GB RAM, etc), the Eagle isn't trying to impress spec hounds, but it starts at $1700, pretty well below the rough equivalent at Panasonic.
Once there, the Raspberry Pi behaves like any other user-friendly computer, complete with a browser, a word-processor, plus all the usual productivity tools and games capable of being launched with a click of a mouse.
When Tony Blair's ministers retire to their word processors, they will have the usual tales of personal animosity to tell.
GUTS -- There's no room for the usual cooling system (fan, ventilation holes, chimney effect), which rules out processors like the lava-hot Pentium.
The Oster's container is a little wider than the usual blender jar, and its blade looks like a blender blade grafted onto a smallish food processor blade.
