Re: HD2 has 1ghz processor and 448MB ram, why not the n900?
 

Hmmm, no slowdowns?

How about with 5 Youtube browser windows? Or just 10 to 20 regular browser windows? :)

Re: HD2 has 1ghz processor and 448MB ram, why not the n900?
 

HD2 not actually getting rave reviews (check gizmondo) due to...you guessed it winmob. HTC pretty much gutted 6.5 to make it bearable.

Re: HD2 has 1ghz processor and 448MB ram, why not the n900?
 

as there is only virtual multitasking atm (for me the switching and leave it open in background does not count), I guess it doesnt matter how many windows are open... it depends on how draining is the application in background, or are the applications going nice-ing when in background
what about real multitasking, having a tv-out gives a huge screen to have many windows at once...

Re: HD2 has 1ghz processor and 448MB ram, why not the n900?
 

How is that supposed to work? On Maemo5 you can only open one app on-screen at a time... there's no window manager or anything like that, is there?

Re: HD2 has 1ghz processor and 448MB ram, why not the n900?
 

There is, a Clutter based one :)

Re: HD2 has 1ghz processor and 448MB ram, why not the n900?
 

http://maemo.gitorious.org/fremantle-hildon-desktop

is probably a better link - but either way, this isn't what most people would call a window manager as such. It's very much based around mobile interactions, and only has one thing in "focus" at a time.

Re: HD2 has 1ghz processor and 448MB ram, why not the n900?
 

Surprise! All window managers have one "thing" (i.e. window) in focus at a time! The window in focus is what currently receives your keyboard and mouse input.

Re: HD2 has 1ghz processor and 448MB ram, why not the n900?
 

Hmmm, I'm still at a loss to imagine how this should work on 800x480... that's enough room for... well, one window :D

Re: HD2 has 1ghz processor and 448MB ram, why not the n900?
 

Not what I meant, but I suspect you know that.

Also, with MPX, I doubt that is correct.

Re: HD2 has 1ghz processor and 448MB ram, why not the n900?
 

I tried the N900 at the pre-launch party, here in Chicago, on November 2. To answer some questions of speed: this thing is fast. I had 9 windows/applications open (and minimized) and could swap between them without lag. Youtube was running as was another website that had some pretty heavy flash content. Facebook was running. The camera was in standby. The calendar was running. A twitter client was running. Google wave was running. A few other applications were running too.

You could minimize and see the thumbnails of all of the running apps and re-open any one of them. No pause, no gap. Pretty darn fast.

I cannot speak to Snapdragon. It is fast becoming my understanding that this is the beauty of a Linux OS. It is pretty compact and efficient and utilizes the RAM well. :)