Technical specs of the testing system and the set of
testing apps
Starting with the cheapest side of the
price ladder, we have an Android-based device. while recently it disappeared
from the market, right on the last month you could buy Optimus Slider of LG with
only $50. Though this basic model has slightly lower system technical specs
than Kaser, along with the older version of Android (v2.3, or “Gingerbread”), it
comes with the screen. You can buy 2 with the price of a Net’sPC2.
Technical specs of LG Optimus Sluder
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OS: Google Android 2.3 “Gingerbread”
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SoC: Qualcomm Snapdragon S1
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CPU core: Qualcomm MSM7627 (single core) running
at 800MHz
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GPU core: Qualcomm Adreno 200
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Memory: 512MB
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Storage: 512MB (<256MB is usable)
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Screen: capacitive 3.2 inch LCD screen at 320x480
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Price: $50 (stop producing recently)
while
recently it disappeared from the market, right on the last month you could buy
Optimus Slider of LG with only $50.
Continue to move up the price ladder, we
have an Athlon X2-based office PC from 2007. This system is an indicator of the
cheapest PC still currently working which can run the modern tests. About the
price, you can buy an entire setting from this age with the price of $100, so
it’s equivalent to Net’sPC2 YF810-8G considering the price…which means, if you
don’t possess the same system.
Technical specs of the home/office PC
system of Vista era
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OS: Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium (64bit)
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CPU: AMD Athlon 64 x2 3800+ at 2GHz (dual core)
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Mainboard: Biostar NF61S-M2 TE
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Memory: 2GB DDR2 at 800MHz (1 x 2GB)
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Graphics: Nvidia GeForce 6100 (integrated)
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Storage: Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA
3Gb/s, 7200rpm, 16MB cache
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Price: about $100 (second-hand)
Also with $100, we have Kaser Net’sPC2
YF810-8G. Remember that Kaser doesn’t include the screen, so calculate the
price of the screen or TV to link it to.
Technical specs of Kaser Net’sPC2
YF810-8G
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OS: Google Android 4.0.4 “Ice Cream Sandwich”
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SoC: Allwinner A10
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CPU core: ARM Cortex-A8 at 1.0GHz (mono core)
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GPU core: ARM Mali-400 MP
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Memory: 512MB DDR3 at 800MHz
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Storage: 8GB 25nm Asynchronous NAND Flash
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Price: $100
We have 2 complete systems at the price of
$200: one based on another Android and one first generation netbook. Doubling
the price of Kaser will give you Google Nexus 7 or already used Dell Mini 10v. While
the first netbooks can be bought at cheaper price, as the fact that this model
is capable of running OS X, the first generation Dell Mini 10v is having good
value on the second-hand market.
Technical specs of Google Nexus 7
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OS: Google Android 4.2.2 “Jelly Bean”
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SoC: Nvidia Tegra 3 T30L
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CPU core: ARM Cortex-A9 at 1.2GHz (quad-core)
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GPU core: Nvidia ULP GeForce at 416MHz
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Memory: 1GB DDR3 at 1333MHz
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Storage: 8GB
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Screen: capacitive 7 inch IPS LCD screen at 1,280x800
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Price: $200
Google
Nexus 7
One more time, remember that, unlike Kaser,
both Nexus 7 and Dell Mini 10v include the screen in their price tag.
Technical specs of Dell Inspiron Mini
10v (1011)
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OS: Microsoft Windows 7 Starter (32bit)
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CPU: Intel Atom N270 at 1.6GHz (mono core)
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Memory: 1GB DDR2 at 533MHz
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Graphics: Intel GMA 950 (integrated)
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Storage: 160GB 5,400rpm hardware
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Screen: 10.1 inch LCD at 1,024x600
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Price: about $200 (already used)
iPad of Apple also appears to offer a
common reference frame. We choose iPad 2 as its performance parameter is almost
the same to iPad 3 and iPad Mini, leaving lots of places for comparison.
Dell
Inspiron Mini 10v (1011)
Technical specs of iPad 2
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OS: Apple iOS 6.1.3
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SoC: Apple A5
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CPU core: ARM Cortex-A9 at 1.0GHz (dual core)
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GPU core: PowerVR SGX545MP2 (dual core)
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Memory: 512MB LP-DDR2 at 1,066MHz
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Storage: 16GB
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Screen: 9.7 inch XGA LCD screen at 1,024x768
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Price: $400
iPad
2
Finally, at the premium price segment, we
have a mid-range PC of about $1,000. With 10 times the price of Kaser, the Web
Browser Grand Prix testing system will be suitable to show the separateness of
the actual performance between traditional PC and the future dethroners in the
common field: web browsing.
Technical specs of Web Browser Grand
Prix testing system
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OS: Microsoft Windows 8 (64bit)
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CPU: Intel Core i5-2500K at 3.3GHz (dual-core)
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Mainboard: Gigabyte GA-Z68XP-UD3 (F10 BIOS)
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Memory: 8GB Crucial DDR3 at 1333MT/s (2 x 4GB)
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Graphics: Asus GeForce GTX 560 Ti 1GB GDDR5
(PCIe 2.0 x16)
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Storage: Seagate Barracuda 7,200.12 500GB SATA
3Gb/s, 7,200rpm, 16MB cache
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Price: about $1,000
So we have an Android model having half a
price of Kaser, 1 PC which you can own with the price of $100, Nexus 7 and
first generation netbook with the doubled price, iPad 2/3/Mini with 3 to 5
times the price and 1 $1,000modern desktop computer.
Testing
apps
Being somewhat a hybrid device, we have to
perform the full cross-platform tests to compare Kaser to the x86 -box which is
mounted to your desktop screen.
