2014-10-22, 04:10
I have a revo 1600 and two revo 3700's. The 1600 is pretty slow - single core. The ION chipset in it is also inferior in some aspects to the ION2 chipset in the 3700's.
The 1600 is in my stepson's room (can't recall what he did to deserve that). I haven't used it myself for ages, in fact the room of a 15 year old male is too repulsive to contemplate.
You'll find a CB much faster through the menus and stuff, that aspect is pretty well governed by the CPU and the 2955 in a CB is far superior to the single core Atom in a Revo 1600.
As for playback, the ION hardware is very good under linux (incl openelec of course) and is hard to beat. But I have a celeron 1037u which is inferior to the 2955, and it works very well. Maybe my eyes are too tired, but it looks as good as the ION2 stuff to me.
TL;DR - I think it will be an improvement for you!
I have no experience with windows with any of these platforms, but get at least 4G RAM if you want windows. There is another thread here somewhere about windows on CB.
The 1600 is in my stepson's room (can't recall what he did to deserve that). I haven't used it myself for ages, in fact the room of a 15 year old male is too repulsive to contemplate.
You'll find a CB much faster through the menus and stuff, that aspect is pretty well governed by the CPU and the 2955 in a CB is far superior to the single core Atom in a Revo 1600.
As for playback, the ION hardware is very good under linux (incl openelec of course) and is hard to beat. But I have a celeron 1037u which is inferior to the 2955, and it works very well. Maybe my eyes are too tired, but it looks as good as the ION2 stuff to me.
TL;DR - I think it will be an improvement for you!
I have no experience with windows with any of these platforms, but get at least 4G RAM if you want windows. There is another thread here somewhere about windows on CB.