Dual Core Atom: Do You Really Need One in Your Netbook?

Netbooks are small laptops made for more price-sensitive markets; they are basically laptops made with cheap and efficient components. Either the recession came at the perfect time or Asus planned it well, we don’t know, but the fact is that the demand for cheap laptops has been on the rise since these little laptops were introduced three years ago.

A common feature (or limitation) of netbooks was that they weren’t as fast as other full-fledged laptops. They had a small screen, a small and efficient processor, and as much RAM as the computer really had to have. They were used for nothing more than browsing websites, and that approach is starting to take a new direction today. There are dual-core variations of the slow Atom processor, and the largest computers are built with them.

A single core atom represents a browser, it helps you get through the day since your day is mostly about communicating with other people through instant messaging services or email. Once you hit HD movies or HD streaming media, the steam runs out and the little netbook is brought to its knees, that’s where a dual-core Atom would come in handy, but do you really need these processors?

Dual-core netbooks are equipped with these processors and usually a stronger graphics core to play HD videos, some older games, and even the most detailed flash content. It’s not something you run into during a day on the go, and it’s definitely something you don’t use your netbook for if you have something else. It is very likely that these new processors are now used to keep the demand for netbooks growing, more power, more connectors, bigger screens.

It caters to other markets, people who found 10″ too small to work comfortably and 10 hours of battery life unnecessarily too much for their needs. These are the people who pay 5 hours of mobile use for another additional core, a reasonably fast graphics core y It’s more about blurring the line between full-size notebooks and netbooks than anything else, and considering the price falls right between the two categories, some people might find them appealing.

For hardcore netbook fans, these computers are too bulky and they still think a netbook should be ultra-portable, run for many hours on a single charge, even if these features come at the expense of Dual Core Atom performance. Who knows, both groups are convinced that they are right, although one thing is clear, if you divide the price with the performance of these computers, you get two similar numbers for both categories, so the only thing you have to decide is if you want the biggest , or the smallest.