I’ve been reading this forum pretty extensively since the past few days and one thing which i find very strange is that why do we get surprised so much at its performance. Is it because of its size that we just assume a incapability about this laptop towards doing things? I think we have to start thinking of things we can do with the TR that we can do with any other laptop.

First of all , playing games is definately in. Shared or not shared, we all know it works pretty well and can handle graphics no matter what.

Speed is no problem, and multi tasking is a breeze too.

I guess im just trying to make myself feel too good about it before i get one.  :oops:

I’d say its a very good all-around performer given its size.  Calling it an over achiever would not be inaccurate.  Make no mistake though….B plus students do not get to go to Harvard.  The TR has its limits.

I agree and wonder the same. Unless your doing power apps or games, this thing is plenty fast. Even if you decide to do power apps or games, usually it will run fine, a bit slower then most of our desktops, but still, useable.

Erik

I agree with the topic title totally. Most computers sold in the past 3 years can adequately run the Windows XP/Office/Web/Email combo that 90% of computer users want from a computer. The only class of common apps that really stress a computer these days are games, and most of them still run on cheap hardware (albeit at low res/details). Anybody else willing to go out on a limb and say that personal computing hardware (games excluded) is already at the point where it’s basically plateaued? My parents just bought a 2.33 GHz Celeron-D machine for under $500, and I don’t think they’ll have to upgrade until the hardware starts physically giving out. This won’t necessarily be the case with geeks like Erik, myself or gr00vy that love technology for technology’s sake or do nutty things like run Mac OSX in emulation, but it will be for the vast majority of users. I’d put the TR in this category.

well, in the case of speed…for me, its not a limit.  and perhaps that is what this thread is about (hard to say really).  Let me explain performance in the mind of millions, mostly of the non-olympian asian 3rd world persuasian:
time is irrelevent. it does not matter how long a task takes, but is the task done to perfection? time and quality are two seperate issues. They are not one.  the latter is important.  the former, ehhh. whatever.

for those like us the TR is perfect.  It seems to do most everything well, albiet slowly. this cannot be said of many other laptops with the same processor.

i only own one computer.  and i do some amazing things, from graphic design to filmaking to whatever i feel like that day.  All on the TR.  (Coming soon, a review of the TR as DVD Burner).  But I know if I had something bigger and faster, I would get my work finished faster.  But why should I?  To have more time to do more work?  To have more “free” time?  But wait, all my time is free, and my TR is always there with me anyway. So, none of those things related to time are important to me.  In less than 40 years i’ll be dead, so what’s the hurry?

jigs:drool:

What annoys me is the constant bloating of software each year - I was happy with Word 97 for years - loaded the 2003 version onto my TR and lordy, it ran like a dog in comparison.

Many developers seem to bt taking the attitude of:

“Ooh look, most people have more memoery and bigger hard drives now, so lets stop optimising software efficiently and add loads of useless new features, whilst making the core functionality of the product suffer..”

I was recently stunned that the superb XBOX game, Galleon, took up only 300 odd megs of space on the DVD, whereas most these days are just 2-3gb of cut scenes and FMV….

look at the things our TR’s can do rather than what they cant ( i cant really think of a real incapacity, except may be gaming but then again i would like to think that they can play most games even if it is in a slightly sub average quality standard way ) and then look at the things other laptops cant do. they cant really double up as portable dvd player with an excellent battery life. enough to see 2 full length movies… or am i wrong? You could still play games on your TR , on the go. and an excellent ” killing time while your laundry gets done” companion as well.

so you see where im getting at. TR is incomparable.

Jigs, I love to see your mind portrayed as text. :D

Wadham, well said.

writetovarun, I totally agree except on the 2 full length movies.  Cartoons maybe, but you are lucky to watch LOTR once with full brightness (which is how it should be viewed).  :wink:

Cartoons….ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmm. I dont think im very eager at tom and jerry anymore. Southpark yes. I’d be more than happy to watch an entire season of southpark on the TR while on the go. I think thats just a divine experience.

Southpark: indicative of the moral decline in this world. 

(Don’t everybody gang tackle me at once.)

So off topic but its fun. I think its just amazing. Cartoon characters that actually make any sort of impression in your life. And lets not forget its just hilarious and addresses a lot of issues.  :twisted:

my life as a cartoon character.  see www.extreme-nepal.com