NVIDIA ION Platform Review: Death (and Life) of the Netbook

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We have been hearing about the ION Platform for a while now as an attempt

for NVIDIA to break into the world of netbooks and small form factor PCs

with its GeForce 9400M chipset and the Intel Atom processor. Now that we

finally have the hardware in our hands we compare it to current generation

Atom-based netbooks to see how it improves our computing experiences.

 

URL: http://www.pcper.com/article.php?aid=663

 

Quote: "This is not a product that will win over everyone's heart - gaming

is okay, but not great, power consumption is still questionable and costs

will go up - but I think more people will give the netbook market a look

once they start to see ION-based products hitting the shelves. And of

course NVIDIA is not only aiming for the netbook market; I would love to see

ION-based platforms show up in larger, lower-cost laptops in the 12-15"

screen size range as well as in basic HTPC designs. Even if Apple does not

use the ION platform for its upcoming Apple TV and/or Mac Mini updates,

another PC vendor like ASUS or Dell could easily offer a product with these

features and capture the momentum in the market."

 

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Ryan Shrout

PC Perspective

rshrout ( -at -) pcper.com