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Originally Posted by mgmueller
I'm not so sure about that.
In direct comparison, of course my Microsoft Surface Pro with its i5 processor beats my Dell Latitude 10 with its Atom processor.
But Latitude 10 still performs surprisingly well. Certainly not for hardcore games. But for the "usual" tasks, such as surfing, playing casual games, switching apps, ... to me its more than adequate.
I'd guess, all recent Atom units will be about the same.
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Business productivity apps, especially the mobile ones, run fine even on old ATOM processors. That was the whole initial appeal of the netbook class, which is why Intel created Ultrabooks; they were losing too many corporate sales to netbooks. And why now that Ultrabooks are just a couple hundred dollars more than Netbooks, Netbooks are fading.
To say a $379 8in WinTab is a netbook in tablet form isn't a put-down; it is a recommendation.
