Brad Fuller wrote: > On Mon, Dec 1, 2008 at 8:41 PM, Ken Restivo <ken@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> Apparently there's this new thing called an IndiaMixx which is pretty much my Asus EEE pre-configured with a Linux Audio distro, Ardour, and EnergyXT (whatever that is). >> >> http://createdigitalmusic.com/2008/11/26/indamixx-laptop-is-first-pre-configured-music-netbook-running-linux-499/ > > Very under powered ->> 1.6Ghz Intel Atom CPU > If it's like the other netbooks, the keyboard is a bit smaller too > with a 9" or 10" screen. > > Definitely cute and useful in certain situations. IMHO, this computer > is good for taking (text) notes in class. You could also get the same > machine for $375 (someplaces $345) and install your own distro and > audio apps. I helped a friend install Ubuntu on an AspireOne - which > is how I learned about it's performance (and lots of scrolling around > to read.) > Recently I measured the CPU load and battery run time of some low-delay audio DSP on an Asus Eee PC 701 (Intel Celeron M, 630 MHz), and on an Acer Aspire one (Intel Atom 1.6 GHz). The time spent in the CPU was pretty much the same for both systems, and the battery runtime was between 3 and 3 1/2 hours on the Asus (Celeron) and 2 1/2 hours on the Acer (Atom). Here is the data: algo1 Asus: 56.4% CPU, 3h14' battery Acer: 51.0% CPU, 2h28' battery P4: 20.5% CPU algo2 Asus: 49.8% CPU, 3h16' battery Acer: 47.5% CPU, 2h09' battery P4: 16.5% CPU algo3 Asus: 36.5% CPU, 3h22' battery Acer: 35.0% CPU, 2h27' battery P4: 13.0% CPU jackd Asus: 6.0% CPU Acer: 4.8% CPU P4: 2.2% CPU Sound card IRQ handler Asus: 4.5% CPU Acer: 4.2% CPU P4: 1.0% CPU (network interface with netjack) P4 is Intel Pentium 4 @ 3 GHz. I know this is no perfect benchmarking, but gives an idea of the processor performance. Giso _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user
