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#52
Originally Posted by Liam1 View Post
Okay, lets end all the negative vibes.

Lets make the conversation more civil.

Is there a way to upgrade the capabilities of the n800? I'm not talking about the software, I'm talking about the hardware itself, so that in my case, I would not think of it as underpowered. I doubt there is a way, but maybe some smart guy has found a way to do something about it.

To open an application, the n800 still pauses for a few secs before it opens up, even the relatively simple mplayer application. To start an mp3, or a video, that will take up another few seconds. I have my browser home page as blank, and it still takes 3 secs to open up fully (with the mozilla engine).

The file manager takes a full 8 seconds to list my 40 songs on my external card, and maybe thats because my external card is a class 2 8 gig. But on a laptop with a card reader which reads the same card, the file list comes up instantly.

Most of you probably will not be bothered with a second here and there, but if you're used to something faster, its fairly painful to stare at the n800 in 'thinking' mode
You're obviously not used to embedded devices with far more limited resources than the average laptop. Remember, the N800 has only 128MB of RAM (more if you use virtual memory) and the CPU probably isn't even as fast as a Pentium 3. So yeah... your laptop will pull up the full file list in a snap and yes, apps take a few seconds to launch. This is expected. Again, it's the tradeoff you make when you decide that a laptop is far too big for you and it's a tradeoff I happily make. Perhaps you would have been better off just sticking to laptops as your expectations are WAY too high.