Launch Times: 2133 vs Eee vs MacBook
System Details as Follows:
HP 2133:
- 1.2GHz Via C7 CPU
- 2GB DDR2/667 RAM
- 120GB 5400RPM HD
- Ubuntu 8.04 running Gnome
Asus EeePC 701:
- 900MHz Celeron M clocked at 630MHz
- 2GB DDR2/667 (Yes, patched kernel to see all 2GB)
- 4GB SSD/8GB SD Card
- Stock Asus Xandros Linux running IceWM
MacBook:
- First-gen 2GHz Core Duo
- 2GB DDR2/667 RAM
- 250GB WD SATA 5400RPM HD
- Mac OSX 10.5.1
| Times |
HP 2133 |
EeePC |
MacBook |
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Other Notes |
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Mac Version |
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| Boot |
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95 |
20 |
50 |
10.5.1 |
2133: Ubuntu 8.04 |
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| Boot&wifi |
95 |
25 |
54 |
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2133: WiFi comes up with boot |
| Firefox |
|
12 |
7 |
10 |
2.0.11 |
2133: Firefox 3b5 |
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| Thunderbird |
7 |
15 |
15 |
2.0.0.9 |
2133:20..0.14 |
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| Gnumeric |
3 |
3 |
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2133: 1.8.2 |
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| OpenOffice |
10 |
12 |
20 |
2.2.2 Patch 8 |
2133: 2.4.1 Eee: 2.0 |
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| Ooo No Java |
7 |
8 |
NA |
NA |
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| Ooo Open 40 page doc |
5 |
5 |
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8 |
(Manipulation slower on Mac) |
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| Jedit |
|
11 |
10 |
8 |
4.3pre12 |
2133: 4.3pre14 |
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| Abiword |
|
4 |
2 |
3 |
Bean |
2133: 2.4.6 |
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| Notes |
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9 |
5 |
1 |
Stickies |
Tomboy is stupidly slow. |
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| Rox |
|
4 |
<1 |
<1 |
Finder |
2133: Timed Nautilus. Rox <1s |
| Scite |
|
2 |
<2 |
2 |
Smultron |
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| Konqueror |
2(+5) |
2(+5) |
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NA |
+5 if first KDE app |
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| Transcribe |
2 |
2 |
2 |
version 7.50 |
Commercial wxGTK app |
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| Audacity |
|
4 |
2 |
2 |
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GTK2 for 2133 |
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| Gimp |
|
7 |
6 |
10 |
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2133: 2.4.5 |
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