Originally Posted by
MG23
When our netbook broke (fortunately it turned out to be just a broken keyboard) I looked at buying one as a replacement, and many of the reviews of the cheaper models said 'performance looks good on paper, but when you try to use it the CPU overheats.' I'm guessing that's why this one is only at 1.7GHz.
The chip is a relatively low clock speed to save battery power more than anything else.