Fwd: OLPC Laptop - some suggestions for the software

[Mitch Bradley]

MBurns wrote:
> On 12/19/06, "Thomas Müller" <thomasasta at gmx.net> wrote:
>
>> 366 MHZ ? then windows woun´t run anyway. Change the processor to 500 
>> MhZ at least!
>
> As I understand it, the Geode processor is a 500mhz that is hardware
> downclocked to 333, for heat and power reasons.
>
The "500" number is marketing-speak, not mhz.  Quoting from the AMD 
datasheet:

*...the AMD Geode GX 500 at 1.0W processor operates at 366 MHz.... Model 
numbers reflect performance as described here: 
http://www.amd.com/connectivitysolutions/geodegxbenchmark