First AMD Temash laptop announced

[happysmiles]

http://www.geeky-gadgets.com/acer-a...book-with-amd-temash-cpu-unveiled-30-04-2013/

Acer has unveiled a new touchscreen notebook this week in the form of the Acer Aspire V5-122, which is equipped with a 11.6 inch display sporting a resolution of 1366 x 768 pixels.
The Acer Aspire V5-122 is powered by a AMD A6-1450 “Temash” quad-core processor, supported by 2GB of RAM and Radeon HD 8280 graphics.

C&P fail. Fixing the bad tags
-ViRGE

 

[SlowSpyder]

Win 8 with only 2GB of memory to share between the CPU and GPU. :thumbsdown:

I'm completely unfamiliar with Temash... are those Jaguar or Piledriver cores??

 

[Jimzz]

Looks like it is Jaguar based.

I am guessing this plus the 7790 are the pipecleaners for PS4/Xbox720.

 

[Olikan]

Looks like it is Jaguar based.

I am guessing this plus the 7790 are the pipecleaners for PS4/Xbox720.

nop, 7790 was for tamesh/kabini

http://beyond3d.com/showpost.php?p=1724886&postcount=785

 

[happysmiles]

it's going to be $450

http://www.engadget.com/2013/04/30/acer-aspire-v5-amd-temash/

 

[Ventanni]

Where are the tablets!

 

[Smartazz]

Looks good, but 2GB of RAM is horrendous.

 

[Roland00Address]

So it is competing with the Asus x202e / s200 which go for about $500, but are often on sale for $400 to $450.

The Asus has a better build quality than the other v5s I have seen, as well as having a 3rd generation 1.8 ghz core i3 and 4gbs of memory.

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So unless it has substantially better battery life, or Acer moves to an ips screen (unlikely), the Asus is going to be much better than a 1.0 to 1.4 ghz amd quad core ultra portable netbook.

 

[VirtualLarry]

I thought Brazos dual-core rigs were bad enough with 2GB RAM. I would have expected 4 or 8GB of RAM for a quad-core.

 

[Enigmoid]

Seriously, is there really a point to this laptop?

A a8 trinity laptop can be had for that price and will perform much better.

How long will this thing last with 2GB RAM (and its actually less because the gpu will be using some).

 

[wlee15]

A a8 trinity laptop can be had for that price and will perform much better.

How long will this thing last with 2GB RAM (and its actually less because the gpu will be using some).

Not in the 11.6" form factor.

 

[blackened23]

Seriously, is there really a point to this laptop?

It's like the new netbook. I don't mean that in a positive way either, netbooks were horrible. I wonder what is keeping the cost so high in these things? Windows 8 license? Sigh. Either AMD, Acer, or microsoft needs to get costs down to make serious low cost tablet contenders.....I strongly suspect the Windows 8 license is a lion's portion of that....

 

[podspi]

2gb with no SSD is just a dealbreaker. Accounting probably told marketing it was either the two extra gigs of ram or the touchscreen, and the rest is history...

 

[Smartazz]

Wasn't there a discounted version of windows for netbooks with low ram? Could the same apply here?

 

[Vesku]

Perhaps the 2GB is to not show up Clover Trail?

"That said, Clover Trail–based devices are limited in a few of the same ways as ARM-based Windows devices. The key limitation is that they come with and support only 2GB of RAM, limiting their multitasking prowess. (By comparison, 4GB is the bare minimum on traditional PCs.)"

http://windowsitpro.com/article/windows8/windows-8-tablets-145121

 

[VirtualLarry]

Perhaps the 2GB is to not show up Clover Trail?

"That said, Clover Trail–based devices are limited in a few of the same ways as ARM-based Windows devices. The key limitation is that they come with and support only 2GB of RAM, limiting their multitasking prowess. (By comparison, 4GB is the bare minimum on traditional PCs.)"

http://windowsitpro.com/article/windows8/windows-8-tablets-145121

When is x86 not x86? I mean, if the "standard desktop platform" for apps, moves on to 64-bit x64/AMD64/EMT64 computing, and most desktops and regular laptops have 4GB or 8GB of RAM, where does that leave Intel's low-end chips like the Atoms, that can't run x64, and top out at 2GB of RAM? I mean, at that low a level, why even bother to pay the x86 tax? You might as well buy an ARM device and save a few bucks, as you still wouldn't be able to run modern desktop apps on that low of an x86 platform anyways...

 

[Exophase]

Cedar Trail and most other Atoms that aren't meant for phones or tablets can run x86-64. I have a feeling Atom needs the 64-bit mode enhancements more than the bigger CPUs. x32 API might be a good fit for it..

 

[OBLAMA2009]

lol that a company could sell something clocked at 1 ghz and with 2 gb for $500

 

[Haserath]

Hardware sort of compares with the tablets at that price point except for the screen.

I don't think notebooks have the "in style"-ness to compete though. And Windows costs too much compared to Android.

 

[beginner99]

lol that a company could sell something clocked at 1 ghz and with 2 gb for $500

lol yeah. This is a joke. My parent recently bought a 15" laptop with a celeron for less and 2 Gb RAM, thats just a joke...

 

[frozentundra123456]

lol yeah. This is a joke. My parent recently bought a 15" laptop with a celeron for less and 2 Gb RAM, thats just a joke...

You can also often find a Pentium laptop with 4gb ram for 400.00.

 

[OBLAMA2009]

You can also often find a Pentium laptop with 4gb ram for 400.00.

uh you can find 'em pretty regularly for $300 on special. crap like those all plastic asus ones. i got an hp pentium even a few years ago for $350

 

[Quantos]

Gah. The resolution itself is enough to turn me away.

 

[sm625]

Where is my crack pipe icon?

 

[NTMBK]

Seriously, is there really a point to this laptop?

A a8 trinity laptop can be had for that price and will perform much better.

Thinner, lighter and longer battery life.