Comments on: Samsung picks Via Nano CPU for its NC20 Netbook

The electronics manufacturer adopts Via Technologies' Nano processor for the the successor to its 10.2-inch NC10 Netbook, which has an Intel Atom central processing unit.

[slickuser]

via sucks

[emoslayer6224]

I can't imagine a VIA cpu beating the atom in the NC10 I'm typing this on. The NC10 is a great netbook, and has far surpassed my expectations, handling apps like solidworks, CS4 and GIMP flawlessly. Wish I could say the same for the lame duck NC20. Could have been so much more.

[smalan83]

"Wish I could say the same for the lame duck NC20. Could have been so much more."

Where are you doing all of your testing on the NC20. It hasn't been released in the US. Are you in Britain? It might be wise to see how the actual netbook performs before referring to it as a "lame duck." Seems a little premature.

[Notoapplefanbois]

Umm, anyone looked at the part which says 4GB of ram, last time I checked atom based pc's could only take 2GB so this will be a more vista-able laptop with less power consumption.

Also the speed doesn't matter for netbook's, the amount of core's does. You could have a 3ghz uni-core cpu in a netbook but for what they're for, a 1ghz dual core will out-run it, let alone the 1ghz 5-core.

[random truth]

This is cnet, dont use logic with them. Anyways I came up with this equation for appoximate proccessor power for multi-core ones.
ghz*cores*0.8

[tech_crazy]

Did you even bother to read that the NC20 uses the Via Nano and NOT the Intel Atom? And also that the Nano is 64-bit. Make sure you read the article before posting ridiculous comments.