Comments on: Yes the Vaio P70 has a Dual Core CPU (Hyper Threading), and Yes It Sucks with Windows 7 Score!

By: Yuri

Yuri — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 09:18:18 +0000

Daimaou, could you share screenshots showing Windows 7 ratings on P70? Those four you’ve posted above are all from Vista Home Basic and don’t include detailed scores.

By: Chainb

Chainb — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 12:07:57 +0000

It is not just a slight mistake, the whole article is filled with misinformation, it does not lend well to the credibility of this site.
It is also insulting to many of the regular readers as it leads us to believe the author is too ignorant to consider his readers. This mistake should be fixed and an apology would be nice…

By: CurryToa

CurryToa — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 17:47:52 +0000

just a slight mistake, nothing serious
why so serious?
anyways…the main point is that the P does not match the price tag base on its performance. Its not intel, sony, or any manufacturers’ fault except the people who buy the P just for its looks, unless they are rich and have money to blow on luxurious items.

By: Keepthetrollinacage

Keepthetrollinacage — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 16:15:11 +0000

Checking that the Atom Z520 is indeed single core should take only a couple of minutes.

Why would you persists in your error? This put a bad light on all your other reviews.

Also :
“The ATOM CPU sucks big time unless properly integrated like on the Ion platform (NVidia), and how dumb are Intel folks for not providing a similar experience, if NVidia did it how hard can it be”

How can you say that when the ion platform have not been released so far to any devices?

IMO this all look like some fanboy trolling in some bad forum.

By: Whereistheapology

Whereistheapology — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 15:38:54 +0000

It cant take that long to confirm that it is a single core CPU
Please apologise and correct your article ASAP as it is very misleading.

By: disgrunteldreader

disgrunteldreader — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 07:52:49 +0000

I think your readers deserve an apology..

By: Badeu

Badeu — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 15:54:47 +0000

I’m sorry to insist but you can’t say “Dual Core CPU (Hyper Threading)”, cause it’s not an hyper-Threaded Dual Core CPU.

I will try to explain this with my poor english :

Let’s imagine a simple CPU with one ALU and one FPU, in an hyper threading CPU, when an instruction uses the ALU, the FPU is free so the CPU will execute another instruction that only need the FPU if one is available, not dependant from the first instruction computed at the same time and will not impair with his computing.

Because it’s not common, it explains why Hyper-Threading improves performance by 2%.

In an OS view, you are able to execute two instructions in the same time when it’s possible, so it detects the CPU as two distinct CPU which it is not.

In a simple dual core CPU, you have two units of each (two ALU, two FPU, etc.), twice the amount of registers, so you can really load and execute two contexts at the same time, and it explains why a real dual core can reach a theorical improvement by 100%.

By: Virtua

Virtua — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 12:31:23 +0000

I think Windows 7 should be completely discounted on the basis that it is BETA and nowhere near finished. Not far to MS or Sony.

There is a 1.6ghz atom available which will run Vista ok. The 1.8ghz chip is priced at a premium compared to the other chips too

And for the SSD – there is a 64gb version.

SSD is expensive – but this SSD is fast and with a first in the sense of 128gb being available.

Sony isusually more expensive than other brands – but opting for 1.6ghz and 64gb ssd will give the speed at a more affordabe price.

By: dual_core

dual_core — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 11:10:24 +0000

Who would put Window 7 on a Vaio anyway? Sony is a crap company that cares nothing for it’s customers. Of course they give us crap.

By: kanjikai

kanjikai — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 09:38:04 +0000

Again, this “review” does not give the reader and idea about real daily performance.

Fortunately, some good thech sites know how to test a computer.

http://www.notebookreview.com/default.asp?newsID=4795