Testing
Since I noticed that the display was very dull I did some monitor tests. First was the brightness and contrast test. With the brightness turned all the way up I still noticed that the display was very dull in the test. I also did a color reproduction tests, while the colors were very vibrant they still did not look as good as a normal LCD monitor would. You do have to keep in mind that this is a touch screen display though.
HD video is becoming more and more popular, with that it is becoming very easy to access. That is why with all new systems we do a HD video test to see if it can handle HD video. For this test we used the Tron Legacy HD movie trailer from Apple’s website. Playback was done through QuickTime.
480p: Flawless playback
720p: Great playback some jitters, 30-40% CPU usage
1080p: Good playback many jitters, 40-60% CPU usage
So you are probably going to want to stick to 720p on the system, but it can handle it. While watching movies on the X50 I also noticed that the speakers were very crisp and the sound was not distorted at all.
This is an Intel Atom system so we are not going to do our full suite of tests on it, but we will be running some simple benchmarks to see how it will perform. We do not have another nettop to test it against, but from what we have seen the X50 is the most powerful All-In-One nettop out there right now. Here are the results from our tests.
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I like the design although it reminds me of an iMac; not thats a bad thing.
I like the design although it reminds me of an iMac; not thats a bad thing.
although the screen is no too vibrant, a different monito could always be attached, also single touch is a disadvantage because windows 7 wasto be released soon
although the screen is no too vibrant, a different monito could always be attached, also single touch is a disadvantage because windows 7 wasto be released soon
I don't think XP supports touch screen but I could be wrong.
Xp does not support multitouch, but can support touchscreen if you have the right drivers. For example, my netbook running xp has a touchscreen mod attached to it.
Right, well I don't think single touch is really bad thing. I don't think I would use it anyways.
It's convenient, but like the author mentioned, the osk is not enabled natively, and it does not come with a keyboard. However it is easy to enable the keyboard. I actually use the touch function a lot, and many people like it as well.
I don't think XP supports touch screen but I could be wrong.
Xp does not support multitouch, but can support touchscreen if you have the right drivers. For example, my netbook running xp has a touchscreen mod attached to it.
Right, well I don't think single touch is really bad thing. I don't think I would use it anyways.
It's convenient, but like the author mentioned, the osk is not enabled natively, and it does not come with a keyboard. However it is easy to enable the keyboard. I actually use the touch function a lot, and many people like it as well.
I don't think XP supports touch screen but I could be wrong.
Xp does not support multitouch, but can support touchscreen if you have the right drivers. For example, my netbook running xp has a touchscreen mod attached to it.
Right, well I don't think single touch is really bad thing. I don't think I would use it anyways.
It's convenient, but like the author mentioned, the osk is not enabled natively, and it does not come with a keyboard. However it is easy to enable the keyboard. I actually use the touch function a lot, and many people like it as well.
I can't imagine what one of these would look like if sticky fingered kids were allowed to use them.
I can't imagine what one of these would look like if sticky fingered kids were allowed to use them.
I can't imagine what one of these would look like if sticky fingered kids were allowed to use them.