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> I had an Atom tablet [...] and it really wasn't a great device - ran hot and very short battery life. In all honesty the implementation and OS also matter. M
by buran77 6y ago
> I had an Atom tablet [...] and it really wasn't a great device - ran hot and very short battery life.
In all honesty the implementation and OS also matter. Most Atom tablets weren't particularly great (or even good) devices overall. And running Windows on a contemporary ARM SoC wouldn't have resulted in a better experience.
- klelatti 6y agoIt was Android and much, much worse than contemporary Arm tablets.
- buran77 6y agoMost Atom tablets I've ever seen were very bad implementations from noname brands, I haven't seen a halo product. And the OS choice was worse, either a full Windows, or an x86 Android, neither of which is the best choice for such a device. And that's on top of any weakness the CPU itself may have.
- watersb 6y agoI've got one of those Bay Trail tablets. Its crippled memory bandwidth destroys performance, torpedoes battery (race to sleep). Apple tends to emphasize memory bandwidth in its own designs.