Sadly i do think Efika specs are too low for the actual
times, i don't intend to compare with current PC
monsters....
However a PPC603e 400mhz with only 128mb of RAM is way
too short.
Yep Efika is actually cheap and silent and low profiled
power comsumption. But despite Morphos can do very well
on that platform (i'm sure it will), specs are still
shooooooort. RISC PPC603e 400mhz 750mips.
That means equivalent to 2 Dreamcast cpus or 65% of a
GameCube cpu (360 and 1145 mips respectively)
Way behind from what we need actually, we need an Efika
with 3x processing power and at least 4x memory.
Morphos is a lightweighted system yep, but to be
competitive in these "heavy duty multitasking" days,
we need more power. Even opening an ordinary internet
page nowadays consumes huge amounts of memory and resources
bec they're heavy loaded of stuff. And i can't even
imagine browsing and playing some HD Divx and doing other
stuff at the same time with these specs. Sorry but i can't.
It's time to believe Morphos and Efika can be an
ALTERNATIVE to ordinary PC's, with less power yes
but with effective capabilities. And not just
a system to keep nostalgics alive.
Yes i'm maybe being too critic. But everytime
we get an alternative is totally outdated when it
sees the light.
I hope the manufacturer is working on a more powerful
Efika2 ASAP at least as powerful as the SAM440ep
and keeping the first Efika as Low-budget.
And Morphos 2.0 must have the ability to support this
new board.
Am i wrong?
By the way, why these two companies don't stop
of pulling on different directions and make some
common sense?
Greetings.
