Lenovo planning to use Ion for larger netbooks?
By Nilay Patel 
posted February 19th 2009 8:14AM
posted February 19th 2009 8:14AM
Who knows what dark, unreliable alleys the Commercial Times prowled to get this information, but the Chinese newspaper says that Lenovo is planning on shipping 11.6-inch and 12.1-inch NVIDIA Ion-based "netbooks" sometime in the future. Given the currently strained relationship between NVIDIA and Intel, it'll be interesting to see if Intel comes through on its promise to sell Atom chips separately or if that was just the empty PR speak. We'll see how this plays out -- right now all we've heard is that Ion will launch on the desktop, so we wouldn't hold your breath.[Via jkOnTheRun]
can't wait to get an Ion Platform based Netbook....but i'm in a really big need of one NOW so i guess i'll go with a mini 10" or the 10" aspire one and later this year get a lenovo with Ion or another brand with Ion
A larger netbook is a notebook.
Yup, a huge dwarf isn't a dwarf...
Ike,
I am afraid that you have got this wrong. A netbook is not5 defined by its size alone. (you just made that up in your head). A netbook is defined by its function. Its function is not defined by its form factor. Go back to Intel's definition of a netbook.
"Netbook" is the original term coined by Intel, maker of the netbook's Atom chip. Intel defines the netbook as "a simple, low-cost Internet device designed for basic Internet tasks such as browsing, social networking and education."
http://www.arnnet.com.au/article/275020/microsoft_hp_others_shy_away_from_intel_netbook_moniker?fp=4&fpid=399285820
Sorry to be harsh, but I am kind of tired of uninformed comments like this based upon hearsay.
@LondonConsultant,
Alas you too are wrong too....
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dwarf
Dwarf as a noun in its origin does not describe size. So a large dwarf is still a dwarf.
That makes you wrong too. Leave the smart comments to smart people.
Irony?
@kccboy2004
Being smart includes not closing your eyes to what happens in the world. Intel may not have intended netbooks to be small as a requirement, but that is the common usage of the word, and despite what you or the link you posted say, no one would ever think that a 17-inch notebook could be a netbook (except for you and maybe Intel, of course). And when 'dwarf' is mentioned, the first image that comes to mind is that of a small being.
I'm afraid the road to smartness in front of you is a long one, and the first step required is growing up.
@kccboy2004
Alas you are an a$$. I am still working on that whole laptop/notebook thing so who can really define what a netbook is they started out with 7" screens and go all the way to 10 or 12 now. I would like to coin a new term for MIDs, UMPCs, netbooks, notebooks, and laptops etc. netportavertibletablity you can get one the next time you go to buy an HHDDBVDVD player it can play mp48s.
If the price is right, netbooks with Ion will kill off both smaller netbooks and small notebooks. Way to go!
"Leave the smart comments to smart people"
You mean the smart ones that can't recognise a sarcastic comment when it jumps up and bites them on the nose...
I'd be surprised if Intel refused to sell the processors to Nvidia, they may be getting into a legal battle over integrated memory controllers but business are surprisingly willing to put grudges aside when being offered money.
The battle isn't about memory controllers but about motherboards for CPUs with build-in memory controllers,
like next-gen Atom CPU.
I think many people miss this little detail.
Intel will sell standalone Atom CPUs, check the link.
http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/25/intel-put-the-kibosh-on-anti-ion-hubbub-welcomes-standalone-ato/
hmm.....Why do I bother to read comments(let alone reply to them) before finishing the actual post? Jumping the gun like that really is idiotic. Anyway disregard my earlier comment.
I'm so sick of Intel monopoly over chips. When are they going to stop bullying. Seem they never learn, maybe it's time for another lawsuit.
The question is not whether Intel will sell its Atom chips separately, rather its why did Nvidia choose to go with Atom?
They shouldve chosen via nanos.
I think Nvidia should just make a Creative zii platform and kiss intel goodbye.
Banned.
Huh? Who is this even addressed to?
Cause I'm pretty sure you didn't just ban the article.
You say netbook, I say nitwit.
You boys are arguing as if the definition of netbook held some theological significance.
If it is not made for gaming, does not have great speakers, can be lifted with one hand and fits easily in my knapsack or ataché, and has a screen that always reminds me that I have become more nearsighted as I get older, then it is a netbook. I highly recommend the Lenovo S-10.
The X series, although, light, small, highly portable, is not a netbook. For one thing, netbooks SHOULD be cheap devices (relatively). I actually like the Intel definition.
Ion and Windows 7 are the only chips that have to fall into place for me to get a new laptop to replace my clunky old Dell Latitude D600