[wellylug] DSE & Linux

[Wood Brent]

--- Rob Giltrap <rob at ubietygroup.com> wrote:
> Speaking of DSE...
> 
> How does the laptop with TM5800 processor compare to Intel processors in 
> terms of speed. I.e; is it the equivlent of a PIII 800Mhz or something 
> like that?

Close. One review a while back included this comment:

"... the 1-GHz Transmeta Crusoe TM5800 could have been a worthy competitor to
the then-current 850-MHz PIII-M..."

The usual plus a bit here & minus there depending on the benchmark but that
seems about right.

Cheers

  Brent