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pphilipp · 12-13-2009, 09:07 AM

ninetynine said:
For anyone who has a Classmate Convertible,
How is the heat? I've read that it gets surprisingly hot for having an Atom.
How limiting is the resolution? Can you still work on Excel sheets?
How does it do at playing flash videos? Can it do Youtube Fullscreen HQ? Or Hulu HD?

1) It does get mildly warm. I can't compare it to other Atoms... never held one for long. It doesn't get near as hot as any of the laptops I have owned.
2) Is the rez bad? It's much worse than my Mac 20"... but so are every other Windows laptops I've owned. Excel looks the same as other comparitively sized netbooks... very readable, but not high rez.
3) Youtube does well if you allow it to load first, but don't try to view as it loads... It stutters. Hulu does even better. HQ looks good, but not much different than normal rez. But, all videos seem to look better when viewed on a reversible screen with the keyboard turned away from you. (that's the position I'm using now to write)

12-13-2009, 09:07 AM	#35
pphilipp Addict Posts: 219 Karma: 156088 Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Smokies Device: Apple iPad 3 (I have owned many other tablets)	ninetynine said: For anyone who has a Classmate Convertible, How is the heat? I've read that it gets surprisingly hot for having an Atom. How limiting is the resolution? Can you still work on Excel sheets? How does it do at playing flash videos? Can it do Youtube Fullscreen HQ? Or Hulu HD? 1) It does get mildly warm. I can't compare it to other Atoms... never held one for long. It doesn't get near as hot as any of the laptops I have owned. 2) Is the rez bad? It's much worse than my Mac 20"... but so are every other Windows laptops I've owned. Excel looks the same as other comparitively sized netbooks... very readable, but not high rez. 3) Youtube does well if you allow it to load first, but don't try to view as it loads... It stutters. Hulu does even better. HQ looks good, but not much different than normal rez. But, all videos seem to look better when viewed on a reversible screen with the keyboard turned away from you. (that's the position I'm using now to write)