From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Aug 19 20:05:21 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B4EA71065679 for ; Thu, 19 Aug 2010 20:05:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kline@thought.org) Received: from ethic.thought.org (plato.thought.org [209.180.213.209]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 33E858FC08 for ; Thu, 19 Aug 2010 20:05:20 +0000 (UTC) Received: from thought.org (tao.thought.org [10.47.0.250]) (authenticated bits=0) by ethic.thought.org (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id o7JK5FfH062940; Thu, 19 Aug 2010 13:05:15 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kline@thought.org) Received: by thought.org (nbSMTP-1.00) for uid 1002 kline@thought.org; Thu, 19 Aug 2010 13:05:14 -0700 (PDT) Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2010 13:05:14 -0700 From: Gary Kline To: Depo Catcher Message-ID: <20100819200514.GC90635@thought.org> References: <20100819011024.GA10288@thought.org> <4C6CA223.2040801@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4C6CA223.2040801@gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-Organization: Thought Unlimited. Public service Unix since 1986. X-Of_Interest: With 24 years of service to the Unix community. X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.9 required=3.6 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,BAYES_00, T_RP_MATCHES_RCVD autolearn=ham version=3.3.1 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.1 (2010-03-16) on ethic.thought.org Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List Subject: Re: well, i guess it's time to ask..... X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2010 20:05:21 -0000 On Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 10:16:51PM -0500, Depo Catcher wrote: > > On 8/18/2010 8:10 PM, Gary Kline wrote: > >'ve hesitated. on my 3.0gh thinkpad, streams fly > >flawlessly. So if i buy one of the notebooks with a > > Stream what kind of movies? Some video players (like VLC) have hardware > acceleration that will help a lot if your video card/driver supports it. > Things like Flash based movies might be kind of iffy though since they > can't take advantage of the video hardware [?]. Once you start moving > up to high def video you might have some problems, but know a lot of > Home Theater guys that use Atoms for media centers: > http://hardforum.com/forumdisplay.php?f=103 hm and hmmmmm. do you have any idea if linux/ubuntu may have done this? i've got ubuntu 8.04 on my 'G41 Thinkpad' and it handles whatever i stream pretty well. even if i click fr 'full screen' size. > > My gfs Atom 330 plays videos in VLC fine and flash fine, but full screen > flash drops frames. This is under WinXP. > The new D510 CPU are faster in benchmarks; it has dual cores with > hyperthreading. If you wait a few months, the new D525 CPUs should be > out in consumer computers - these are 1.8Ghz (instead of 1.6Ghz) and > support DDR3 (instead of DDR2). That might help a bit. Both are > limited to 4 gigs. you are going way over my head in talking brand name terminology, :) .... now i'm back to my original quandry of: do i want to hide in my room and watch streaming video or built a tts device. it's like: Well, if i =wait= [just a bit longer] ... :-D > > So, I would bet that 90% of the time it'll be enough if you have a good > video card with good drivers. I'm not an expert on them though, I think > they are neat though. i had no clue that there were "flash movies" until your note; but it points u p the value of having a good driver. > > Another options would be to go with an i3/i5 or get a used 775 (core 2) > system. My Core2Duo 2.2Ghz runs more than fast enough and can probably > get them for cheap if you buy them used. need to have a small screen and low weight, pref. but yeah, it's an option. thanks much for the datapoints. -- Gary Kline kline@thought.org http://www.thought.org Public Service Unix The 7.83a release of Jottings: http://jottings.thought.org/index.php http://journey.thought.org