C860 Or C1000

[ceb0610]

I'm torn between these two models. Which would you recomend?

[ma401]

I'd recommend the C1000, because it has a faster processor and usb host - and as such you can mod it to include built in wifi/bluetooth.

The C860 is smaller, but that's about all it has going for it.

[nilch]

If price is right and affordable - certaily go with the C1000.

You get a USB HOST as a big extra over the C860 - so that means more periphral support - like USB Keyboard, mouse, external HDD, USB Thumb drives, even a USB camera directly to the Zaurus.

Thats is worth the price difference alone.

[bluedevils]

aren't they both roughly 400Mhz?  Though I believe the 1000 has better overclocking potential and video performance.

because it has a faster processor
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[dbowden]

aren't they both roughly 400Mhz?  Though I believe the 1000 has better overclocking potential and video performance.

I don't know exactly why, but the SL-C1000 is definitely faster than the SL-C860 -- more so than you'd expect from a 16MHz clock speed improvement .

[Tom61]

aren't they both roughly 400Mhz?  Though I believe the 1000 has better overclocking potential and video performance.

because it has a faster processor
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The C860 has a PXA255 X-Scale processor, and the C1000 has a PXA270 X-Scale processor. The newer PXA270 is more efficient in code execution. At 312MHz, the PXA270 will out perform a PXA255 at 400MHz in benchmarks. At 416MHz the difference is dramatic.

[bluedevils]

makes more sense.  I thought power efficiency was the only real difference between the two cpu's.  That's good to know.