Thread: 350 not the same as 650
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Old 03-10-2011, 09:58 AM   #20
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Originally Posted by CraftyDan View Post
Just spit-balling here, but aren't the differences in hardware interfaces that are missing? (audio, SD, memstick) Knowing that Sony built their firmwares from the same framework, it could be possible that the x50 framework was optimized for the 650's configuration. It may run slower when it doesn't have parts it's optimized for -- perhaps the briefest of pauses when notices that one of the interfaces hasn't replied recently and ponders the error.
No, I seriously doubt it. On the 350 the drivers for missing hardware are simply not loaded, so if anything, that should make it run (negligibly) faster. The Linux kernel used on the two models is exactly the same.
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