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Originally Posted by Bundyo View Post
And what about the mainboard? Recently read that an old 1GHz Athlon with an old K8 mainboard is faster and uses less power than an Atom with its board
yep, thats really a problem these days. the cpu have become so efficient that its everything else that draws to much.

display backlights (i hear nokia plans to go amoled, something for the N900?), storage, radios, they all draw more now then the cpu.