Performance Improvements Between Old and New Netbooks (as Compared to a Standard PC)

Intel recently released the new NM10 chipset which enables the newest Atom CPU’s, the dual core + dual hyperthread N550, which support 64 bit Windows.  

I already own an LG x110 with a very nice Atom 270 (roughly the same performance as the Atom 450) and I wanted to know the performance improvements between the old and the new netbooks.  Sooo, I downloaded www.passmark.com ‘s free and easy benchmark software and this is what I found: 

• An overall improvement of about 35% from the old Netbook to the new Netbook
  • From my brief usage of the new Atom N550 bases Samsung NF210, this feels like the right number.
• The Intel Atom N550 can do alot more than the older Atom N270 / 450
• The NM10 integrated video is notably faster than the older Atom 945 Integrated Video
• Because I already own licences of Win 7 64 Bit, the change from 32 bit was worth the effort
  • The new netbook (Samsung NF210) shipped with Windows 7 Starter and that worked shockingly well but it is only 32 bit and given my extra licences, it just did not make sense to stay with it.
  • For most people Windows 7 Starter is just fine on a Netbook

All of these benchmarks were run on fairly recent Windows 7 Ultimate installs (with all current patches and BIOS’s installed) with Microsoft Security Essentials still running because I wanted real world results.  This is not supposed to be a super clean benchmark test, just a test to provide real world results.   I also ran the PassMark benchmark on my current desktop PC which uses nothing fancy (not even a discrete video card) so this will provide a nice comparison to average real world (non-gamer) current desktops: 

Old LG x110 vs New Samsung NF210 vs Standard Desktop PC with i5 CPU Comparison Benchmarks