OESF Portables Forum
General Forums => General Discussion => Topic started by: Fraggy on July 19, 2004, 10:07:55 pm
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I'd gladly find out for myself, but I don't have my Zaurus yet... and I'm soooo impatieeeennnntttt!!!!
My Zaurus will be mainly used for * s e r i o u s * work, but a bit of gaming fun is necessary once in a while, so how does the 206 Mhz StrongArm processor live up to those gaming needs?
I figure the difference between the 400 Xscale and the 206 StrongArm are pretty big (if not huge)... How well does the 206 perform??? Is "Mortal Kombat" (under Mame emulation) playable on the SL-5500??? How about Metal Slug (yeah, I know, these roms are heavy on resources). What mame roms are playable? (with sound / without sound).
Can anyone tell me his experiences with a Zaurus SL-5500? How well do certain emulators work, which ones are too heavy for the SL-5500?
How about Commodore 64 emulators? I suppose that they are not so heavy and that a good old graphical adventure like "Castle of Terror" or "The Hobbit" should do fine! No?
How about ScummVM (very important!!!!): does it work okay? It should, because it's Linux native, but does it? What a great experience it must be to play Monkey Island on a small LCD screen, sitting on the coutch or in bed (instead of reading a book before going to sleep).
Is it worth to overclock the processor using http://www.killefiz.de/zaurus/showdetail.php?app=810 (http://www.killefiz.de/zaurus/showdetail.php?app=810) ?
If watching video, I guess DivX is too heavy, but mpg-1 (using my local network) should be ok, no?
And then about programming: how about LAMP (Linux Apache MySQL PHP), I know Apache runs on the Zaurus, but how about PHP? And PostgreSQL?
And how about battery life? When gaming extensively, how long do the battery last, one hour?
And the size of the screen? 320x240 seems pretty small to me, but from the screenshots I see it appears to be quite sufficient (although I drool by the thought of the full VGA screen of the C series!!!)
Etc... etc... Please tell me your experiences...
In the meanwhile, as soon as I got my SL-5500, I'll save money for a newer model!!!! I definately WANT a bigger screen and a faster processor. Long live the Zaurus and Long live Sharp's new LCD technology!!!! Hurray to Linux and hurray to Java (I'll pick up my Java programming again )