After more than a year the first generation Atom processor was introduced as a power source netbook, eventually replaced by a new generation, "Pineview".
Not much different from the Intel Atom processor is still a netbook-class filler. Intel made several changes to the platform named "Pine Trail" and the claim would make a netbook physical thinner and lighter. This may occur because the northbridge that serves as a graphics and memory controller abolished and merged into the processor. That way, only the left southbridge on the board game, which in this platform is called "Tiger Point".
This is not out of the technology has been adopted by the latest Intel processor i7 series and I5. The purpose of the removal of northbridge is a dimension of a smaller main board and power consumption required so that the diminishing power of a netbook survive longer.
CHIP seemed to feel lucky to get a "enginering sample" of the Pine Trail platform that has been installed in a yard from the MSI netbook U135 series. It could be said that the MSI U135 dimension is not much changed from the netbook MSI netbook-earlier. Still the same dimensions and weight are still not much different from before. In the graphs to be presented later CHIP you will be invited to see whether differences in terms of performance using a benchmark program Sysmark 2007 and battery life and performance qualification with MobileMark 2007.
CHIP tried to compare the U135 with a series MSI U123 netbook using Intel's Atom N280 processor. For the battery and screen, the second specification is exactly the same platform, which distinguishes only the U123 uses Intel's Atom platform long and U135 using the latest platforms. Does this latest platform Pinetrail interesting? You'll find the answer. Happy reading.
Sysmark 2007
On the MSI U123 netbook was installed operating system Windows XP Home Edition and installed on the MSI U135 Windows 7 Starter Edition which is designed for netbook platforms that do not actually need a variety of programs. In this test, the MSI U135 seems still left with the MSI U123. This may be due to the use of the operating system. When you return to the previous edition in the article "Migrating to Windows 7", you'll understand why MSI U135 MSI is still less than the U123. But this defeat is not nothing, by using this new OS you will get a variety of interesting features that you do not get to the Windows XP.
Battery life
It seems the promise that the platform is more efficient Pine Trail power can not be fulfilled for the moment. This can be seen from the comparison between the MSI MSI U135 and U123. In the graph above you can see that the difference in battery life is not too significant, although the battery with the same power. Both platforms are only for six minutes. Yet another story on the results of performance qualification, the results obtained showed that while more powerful platform than the platform Pine Trail. CHIP did not get to try on ECO mode due to time constraints. However, CHIP is very optimistic in ECO mode, battery life will be longer, but will sacrifice performance. It will not be too distracting because you will use a netbook to run applications only lower middle income that do not require high performance.
Conclusion
Still like his predecessor
Looks like Intel's promise to create a mobile device for the netbook class with Pine Trail platform can not be fulfilled in Engineering samples embedded in the MSI U135. Supposedly, the reduction northbridge makes power consumption is used less and less and make
a playing board increasingly become more simple. So that would make the dimension of a netbook will become more streamlined. Performance seems to still be pursuing Intel Atom predecessor but this may be because it was still unprepared Bios and chipset drivers Tiger Point. CHIP expect, when enters mass production, netbook earlier promised would happen. we'll wait.
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