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The Godfather · Jul 6, 2006, 10:03 PM

I have been noticing it in the tech blogs for years. VIA makes a green chip and everyone oooohs and aaaahs about the better battery life. Transmeta makes a green chip it is immediately ridiculed and compared to a Pentium II.

Is Slashdot and Engadget full of loser PC technicians?

Big Mac · Jul 7, 2006, 12:20 AM

I found the Slashdot crowd to be pretty fair, actually. What story are you referring to?

Salty · Jul 7, 2006, 01:07 AM

I always thought it was the other way around, Trasmeta was praised but VIA was hated.

Jawbone54 · Jul 7, 2006, 03:26 AM

'Cause they're blaine the forthrem.

Eriamjh · Jul 7, 2006, 07:00 AM

I hate 'em both.

ghporter · Jul 7, 2006, 07:32 AM

Transmeta's chip is not at all the same as VIA's. VIA makes a true x86 chip that pulls very little power and doesn't need a fan. Transmeta makes a chip that can behave like an x86, but isn't one. That's where people get fanatical.

Salty, the Transmeta chip was praised when it was announced. But developers (habit-bound as they are) never bought it because it wasn't what they were used to.