[hpsdr] Intel ATOM WHOOAAAAA Nellie (fwd)

[John Koster]

Thanks for all the comments.  I think I'm going to try a BOXD510MO.  

On Tue, 9 Mar 2010, Sid Boyce wrote:

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> On 09/03/10 18:38, Andrea Montefusco wrote:
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> > John Koster wrote:
> >> Has anyone evaluated one of the Atom330/Nvidia ION mITX boards yet? 
> >> Any recommendations?
> > 
> > I have both kind: the old Atom330 Intel chipset (Little Falls from Intel)
> > and the Atom330 (ION chipset) from Zotac.
> > From a Linux user point of view, before Ubuntu 9.10/Fedora12 I would have
> > suggested the second one, mainly for video performance reasons,
> > but with the newest Xorg the Intel 945/965 shines too.
> > Of course, the ION chipset is very interesting if some DSP code GPU-aware
> > is developed.
> > For all user (Lin and Win): the Zotac board has 802.11 hardware (as
> > option) on board
> > and an external SATA connector.
> > Both are available with single voltage DC power supply.
> > 
> >    73  *am*
> > 
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> > Andrea Montefusco iw0hdv        http://www.montefusco.com
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> I am just about to burn a CD for Kubuntu 9.10 to install on the Zotac I
> received today. From the specs I anticipated it would be no problem.
> Glad to see some positive reports.
> 73 ... Sid.
> 

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73,
John, W9DDD


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