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Every now and then a chip comes along and changes the game. For netbooks, it's Ion. For smartphone, it will be Tegra.... IMO.]]>May 26th 2009 9:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/26/asus-eee-pc-1008ha-seashell-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/26/asus-eee-pc-1008ha-seashell-review/May 26th 2009 9:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/26/asus-eee-pc-1008ha-seashell-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/26/asus-eee-pc-1008ha-seashell-review/May 26th 2009 9:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/26/asus-eee-pc-1008ha-seashell-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/26/asus-eee-pc-1008ha-seashell-review/May 26th 2009 6:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/26/asus-eee-pc-1008ha-seashell-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/26/asus-eee-pc-1008ha-seashell-review/
Besides, do we really need 9400M on a 1024x600 screen? Are you willing to spend another $50-to-75 to get it?]]>May 30th 2009 12:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/26/asus-eee-pc-1008ha-seashell-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/26/asus-eee-pc-1008ha-seashell-review/May 26th 2009 9:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/26/asus-eee-pc-1008ha-seashell-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/26/asus-eee-pc-1008ha-seashell-review/May 26th 2009 9:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/26/asus-eee-pc-1008ha-seashell-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/26/asus-eee-pc-1008ha-seashell-review/May 26th 2009 9:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/26/asus-eee-pc-1008ha-seashell-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/26/asus-eee-pc-1008ha-seashell-review/May 26th 2009 9:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/26/asus-eee-pc-1008ha-seashell-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/26/asus-eee-pc-1008ha-seashell-review/
An extra $49 is not "a much higher" price. Not even without the flawless HD playback (and modern 3D gaming) that Ion provides.]]>May 26th 2009 10:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/26/asus-eee-pc-1008ha-seashell-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/26/asus-eee-pc-1008ha-seashell-review/
That said, Ion is NOT power hungry.]]>May 26th 2009 10:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/26/asus-eee-pc-1008ha-seashell-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/26/asus-eee-pc-1008ha-seashell-review/
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But then it's not meant for that. It's meant to act as a portable 1080p player to stream to your HDTV. And also, wouldn't you want to watch youtube on HD without it looking like a slideshow?]]>May 26th 2009 12:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/26/asus-eee-pc-1008ha-seashell-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/26/asus-eee-pc-1008ha-seashell-review/http://translate.google.com/translate?prev=hp&hl=pl&js=n&u=http://www.frazpc.pl/artykuly/681/NVIDIA/ION/idealne/polaczenie&sl=pl&tl=en&history_state0=&swap=1]]>May 26th 2009 3:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/26/asus-eee-pc-1008ha-seashell-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/26/asus-eee-pc-1008ha-seashell-review/May 26th 2009 3:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/26/asus-eee-pc-1008ha-seashell-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/26/asus-eee-pc-1008ha-seashell-review/
As of right now, Flash video does NOT use the GPU, which means that all of the tests that have been run to date on Atom-based systems, even nettops using the dual CPU 330, don't look very good. Doesn't matter if those systems have Ion, or stock Intel, or ATI graphics. They all suck at HD Flash.

Hopefully this will change soon. Adobe are you listening?

The only test I have seen on a netbook/nettop running HD flash well was one on jkkmobile.com where he put in a very fast SSD drive into a Dell Mini 10. Apparently this did the trick, e.g. freed up enough CPU/sped up things enough that HD flash worked well.]]>May 26th 2009 6:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/26/asus-eee-pc-1008ha-seashell-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/26/asus-eee-pc-1008ha-seashell-review/
Thanks for stealing my name.]]>May 27th 2009 1:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/26/asus-eee-pc-1008ha-seashell-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/26/asus-eee-pc-1008ha-seashell-review/May 27th 2009 8:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/26/asus-eee-pc-1008ha-seashell-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/26/asus-eee-pc-1008ha-seashell-review/We are talking about Intel here. The same company that is reportedly selling the Atom+chipset at a 40% discount to a lone Atom CPU. But they never get caught with their hand in the cookie jar... Oh, wait.]]>May 30th 2009 12:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/26/asus-eee-pc-1008ha-seashell-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/26/asus-eee-pc-1008ha-seashell-review/May 26th 2009 9:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/26/asus-eee-pc-1008ha-seashell-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/26/asus-eee-pc-1008ha-seashell-review/May 26th 2009 11:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/26/asus-eee-pc-1008ha-seashell-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/26/asus-eee-pc-1008ha-seashell-review/May 26th 2009 9:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/26/asus-eee-pc-1008ha-seashell-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/26/asus-eee-pc-1008ha-seashell-review/May 26th 2009 12:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/26/asus-eee-pc-1008ha-seashell-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/26/asus-eee-pc-1008ha-seashell-review/May 26th 2009 9:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/26/asus-eee-pc-1008ha-seashell-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/26/asus-eee-pc-1008ha-seashell-review/May 26th 2009 9:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/26/asus-eee-pc-1008ha-seashell-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/26/asus-eee-pc-1008ha-seashell-review/May 26th 2009 10:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/26/asus-eee-pc-1008ha-seashell-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/26/asus-eee-pc-1008ha-seashell-review/May 26th 2009 9:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/26/asus-eee-pc-1008ha-seashell-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/26/asus-eee-pc-1008ha-seashell-review/May 26th 2009 10:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/26/asus-eee-pc-1008ha-seashell-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/26/asus-eee-pc-1008ha-seashell-review/May 26th 2009 10:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/26/asus-eee-pc-1008ha-seashell-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/26/asus-eee-pc-1008ha-seashell-review/May 26th 2009 10:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/26/asus-eee-pc-1008ha-seashell-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/26/asus-eee-pc-1008ha-seashell-review/May 26th 2009 10:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/26/asus-eee-pc-1008ha-seashell-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/26/asus-eee-pc-1008ha-seashell-review/May 26th 2009 2:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/26/asus-eee-pc-1008ha-seashell-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/26/asus-eee-pc-1008ha-seashell-review/
" The high-gloss screen does produce a significant glare in sunny situations, and though that's pretty much par for the course these days, we found the Seashell's to be even glossier than other glare-inducing netbooks, which could surely be a drawback if you plan on using yours at, say, the beach"]]>May 26th 2009 10:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/26/asus-eee-pc-1008ha-seashell-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/26/asus-eee-pc-1008ha-seashell-review/May 26th 2009 10:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/26/asus-eee-pc-1008ha-seashell-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/26/asus-eee-pc-1008ha-seashell-review/May 26th 2009 6:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/26/asus-eee-pc-1008ha-seashell-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/26/asus-eee-pc-1008ha-seashell-review/
1.75Ghz.....]]>Jun 20th 2009 4:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/26/asus-eee-pc-1008ha-seashell-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/26/asus-eee-pc-1008ha-seashell-review/May 26th 2009 10:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/26/asus-eee-pc-1008ha-seashell-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/26/asus-eee-pc-1008ha-seashell-review/May 26th 2009 10:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/26/asus-eee-pc-1008ha-seashell-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/26/asus-eee-pc-1008ha-seashell-review/May 26th 2009 10:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/26/asus-eee-pc-1008ha-seashell-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/26/asus-eee-pc-1008ha-seashell-review/"It probably wont be abysmal, but I don't think we'll be seeing the "all day computing" 7-8+ hours of use that we've been seeing, which, unfortunately, is a big part of the draw to netbooks."

By the way, seeing how the only way to approach the advertised 6-hr runtime on a single charge is to disable Wi-Fi AND dump screen brightness to down to 40%, I see the whole 6/7/8 hour claims as a complete sham. If you disable radio, you can't really surf the web. If you dial down the contrast, you can't really work on documents. What's left to do? Limp along on a 3G connection via a Bluetooth-tethered phone or power-eating 3G USB adapter? ]]>May 26th 2009 10:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/26/asus-eee-pc-1008ha-seashell-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/26/asus-eee-pc-1008ha-seashell-review/May 26th 2009 11:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/26/asus-eee-pc-1008ha-seashell-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/26/asus-eee-pc-1008ha-seashell-review/May 26th 2009 3:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/26/asus-eee-pc-1008ha-seashell-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/26/asus-eee-pc-1008ha-seashell-review/May 26th 2009 12:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/26/asus-eee-pc-1008ha-seashell-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/26/asus-eee-pc-1008ha-seashell-review/May 26th 2009 12:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/26/asus-eee-pc-1008ha-seashell-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/26/asus-eee-pc-1008ha-seashell-review/May 26th 2009 1:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/26/asus-eee-pc-1008ha-seashell-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/26/asus-eee-pc-1008ha-seashell-review/May 26th 2009 1:22PM