Both the Q1 P and B versions have been out for months and yet Kevin Tofel (jkOnTheRun) and myself have both chosen now to post something about the differences. I think we’ve got Q1 Ultra thoughts on our mind and need to vent them somehow! (Wired got about half of the claimed 4.5 hours. I estimate over 3 hours from my own hands-on) Actually Kevin went one better and dropped the original Q1 into the test too. Meanwhile UltraMobileGeek Thoughtfix was about to do a similar post. We’re all on the case!
Back to the test though. I’ve taken two Q1s here. The Pentium Q1P and the VIA C7 Q1B HSDPA from Europe. The HSDPA version has 1GB mem just like the Q1P so that takes it nicely out of the equation. Both are fresh (under 2 weeks) installs and both have been updated using Windows update. I’ve set the displays up to be the same, turned ClearType off and tried to make sure there’s even the same number of processes running. The SRS software on the Q1P make that difficult but its very close. Take a look to see what happened and remember, the Q1b (512MB version) is available for under $800. The Q1P will cost you over $1100. Try and guess which one is which before the video ends!
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