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Re:Intel N100 Radxa X4 First Thoughts by teleforce on Saturday July 27, 2024 @10:08PM (#41090757)
Given the "good enough" performance and low power credentials I am really surprised that N100 based laptop is not commonplace. Make a 1440p QHD laptop with 32GB RAM it will be selling like hot cakes. The advertised max RAM is 16GB RAM but some say it can takes more up to 64GB.
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Re:Intel N100 Radxa X4 First Thoughts by wwtrv on Sunday July 28, 2024 @05:57PM (#41096279)
> it will be selling like hot cakes

I strongly doubt that. Otherwise premium (by Apple standards at least) or midrange specs laptop but with a slow CPU wouldn't be that popular.

It makes sense in a very cheap (< $300) device but add 32 GB of RAM, a decent screen and chassis and it would be competing with significantly more expensive laptops with a proper CPUs. Seems like an extremely niche product.

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Re:Intel N100 Radxa X4 First Thoughts by teleforce on Sunday July 28, 2024 @11:44PM (#41097764)
Personally if they are selling around USD500 - USD600 I will be buying in a heartbeat and I think most people will be buying as well especially in developing countries.

The typical specs of the price range mentioned above are FHD and 8GB RAM, both features are a few times worst laptop compared to QHD dislay and 32GB RAM.

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Re:Intel N100 Radxa X4 First Thoughts by wwtrv on Monday July 29, 2024 @05:09AM (#41099025)
> Personally if they are selling around USD500 - USD600 > well especially in developing countries.

Why? They can already buy a Lenovo/HP/etc. laptop for <500$, FHD and 16 GB RAM (and most in that price range seem to have upgradeable storage/memory).

I'm not sure the $50-100 or so saved on the CPU would be enough to significantly improve build quality or a much better screen.

The N100 just just doesen't seem to have that many advantages over something like:

https://www.cpu-monkey.com/en/compare_cpu-intel_processor_n1...

Yes, you get to save 5-15W or so, but you get a much slower chip with a way worse GPU. Still seems very niche.

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Re:Intel N100 Radxa X4 First Thoughts by rincebrain on Tuesday July 30, 2024 @02:43PM (#41112730)
We tried that dance with the netbooks of yore, and people rapidly found that their "good enough" performance was not, in fact, good enough for a lot of interactive use, particularly given that you can't burst power forever on laptop batteries.

I'd love to see a rehash of that idea with the performance actually being "good enough", but I think that's probably why vendors have been burned and don't want to explore that form factor space again soon.

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