As the battle for ultra-slim PCs heats up, a US company has released the Linux-basedCherryPal, a PC that the company claims uses just 2W of power at peak performance.Y3D)t*B/i3g(C0The CherryPal mini-desktop runs an embedded version of Debian on a Freescale processor running at 400MHz, with 256MB of RAM and 4GB of internal flash storage.Linux宝库 f-sk5tX J:`
aJ!E;fk"d0The CherryPal ships with the OpenOffice suite and the Firefox browser. While the CherryPal boasts 4GB of storage it lags a little behind the popular Asus Eee PC on the processing front. A typical Asus Eee PC houses an 800MHz celeron process in comparison with the CherryPal’s 400MHz one. The lightweight processor could well be underpowered for OpenOffice, which is no application lightweight.Linux宝库8od C @4j+?;d
gM L q0i z}0Weighing in at just 0.3kg the CherryPal is pretty portable, although it is a desktop PC. The base machine cost of US$249 (around R1 900) doesn’t include a keyboard and a monitor.Linux宝库cg1[f-L I
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\o4G'i \%Qn0While the low power consumption of the CherryPal my attract some users the timing of the CherryPal may well be a little too late. Companies such as Asus, Dell, Toshiba are already bombarding the market with ultra-portable machines that run Linux at a snip of the price of a traditional desktop.Linux宝库Z u#NpA,S(QD?
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