I've half been thinking about that Via laptop that Walmart sells. Anyone have a Via processor that they have experience with? By no means would it be a power machine, and the memory would be upgraded, I just want data portability, network diagnostics capibility, and a chance to play around with War Driving. All but the Wardriving could be acheived by a modded Briefcase computer I've been threatening to build, out of an old 900 (either amd or intel ) I have.
I've been looking to upgrade my machines possibly, but if this is a No on the Via, then I'll probably just wait as I am arguing with myself over an AMD 64 desktop of Laptop for my next system.
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I think I would rather have a briefcase computer. I can have my curvy keyboard and a really big battery. I found some small motherboards but where do I find a DC power supply that would give the correct voltages? -Jeff
---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: lerninlinux@comcast.net lerninlinux@comcast.net Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2005 05:36:42 +0000 Subject: SInce we're on Laptops To: kclug@kclug.org
I've half been thinking about that Via laptop that Walmart sells. Anyone have a Via processor that they have experience with? By no means would it be a power machine, and the memory would be upgraded, I just want data portability, network diagnostics capibility, and a chance to play around with War Driving. All but the Wardriving could be acheived by a modded Briefcase computer I've been threatening to build, out of an old 900 (either amd or intel ) I have.
I've been looking to upgrade my machines possibly, but if this is a No on the Via, then I'll probably just wait as I am arguing with myself over an AMD 64 desktop of Laptop for my next system.
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I don't know about the laptops, but my experience with VIA CPUs has been that you take the stated CPU speed, lets say 800Mhz, divide by two, getting 400Mhz, and this is the speed it will actually run at. It just runs way too slow when compared to similar machines (my 850Mhz Duron runs almost twice as fast as the 1Ghz Via)
But if you're prepared to take the speed hit, go for it, it sounds like a cheap option.
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I've half been thinking about that Via laptop that Walmart sells. Anyone have a Via processor that they have experience with? By no means would it be a power machine, and the memory would be upgraded, I just want data portability, network diagnostics capibility, and a chance to play around with War Driving. All but the Wardriving could be acheived by a modded Briefcase computer I've been threatening to build, out of an old 900 (either amd or intel ) I have.
I've been looking to upgrade my machines possibly, but if this is a No on the Via, then I'll probably just wait as I am arguing with myself over an AMD 64 desktop of Laptop for my next system.
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The advantage of the via processor line is small footprint, low voltage requirements, and low cooling requirements. I use a via c3 800mhz fanless in my freebsd box at home that is basically a shell server. It suits the purpose, and don't use too much power and gives off almost no noise. I also have an 80w dc-dc power supply for it, but I'm not using it right now, so I could actually make it silent other than the drive spinning.
I previously used a c3 500mhz, moving from 500mhz to 800mhz was quite a difference, especially when generating ssh/ssl keys. Supposedly newer via processor/board combos have a rng built in, but I haven't really looked into if freebsd can interface it and how, but that would speed up key generation quite a bit. Thats the only thing I have really found slow about the vias'.
http://mini-itx.com/ Sells boards and the dc-dc powersupplies, even as a bundle. There is also a company in Austin Tx that sells quite a few of the via boards, but the name escapes me at the moment.
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