http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/29/samsung-to-introduce-nvidia-ion-powered-netbook/ Engadget Comments for Samsung to introduce NVIDIA Ion-powered netbook http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/29/samsung-to-introduce-nvidia-ion-powered-netbook/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/29/samsung-to-introduce-nvidia-ion-powered-netbook/Jun 29th 2009 10:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/29/samsung-to-introduce-nvidia-ion-powered-netbook/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/29/samsung-to-introduce-nvidia-ion-powered-netbook/
Can someone explain to me how Microsoft can dictate netbook/pc specs for computer manufacturers. Since when did it have this power?...and wtf? ]]>Jun 29th 2009 10:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/29/samsung-to-introduce-nvidia-ion-powered-netbook/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/29/samsung-to-introduce-nvidia-ion-powered-netbook/
Vista sure had its problems early on, but more than a little of those were a result not only of people putting it on their own sub-par hardware, but PC manufacturers putting it on brand new, sub-par hardware. In addition, Microsoft caved on some of the proposed features (and required specs) for Vista because PC manufacturers wanted to put it on their garbage machines.

Last I checked there were at least a few other options for operating systems. Microsoft isn't telling netbook and PC manufacturers they can't offer those operating systems, which would allow for lower-end hardware specs. They just might be telling them that if a box is going to have Windows 7 on it, it had better meet minimum requirements. Vista has forced them into that position - they absolutely cannot afford for 7 to be a flop too.]]>Jun 29th 2009 10:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/29/samsung-to-introduce-nvidia-ion-powered-netbook/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/29/samsung-to-introduce-nvidia-ion-powered-netbook/I don't care its not Samsung. Samsung will charge at least $650 for it.]]>Jun 29th 2009 4:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/29/samsung-to-introduce-nvidia-ion-powered-netbook/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/29/samsung-to-introduce-nvidia-ion-powered-netbook/
My netbook is fine, it plays games fine, it outputs to my plasma fine, the only thing it doesnt do is play fullscreen flash videos, and not because it doesnt have Ion, but because Adobe are lazy.

My netbook does not need Ion adding to the price.]]>Jun 29th 2009 10:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/29/samsung-to-introduce-nvidia-ion-powered-netbook/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/29/samsung-to-introduce-nvidia-ion-powered-netbook/Jun 29th 2009 11:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/29/samsung-to-introduce-nvidia-ion-powered-netbook/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/29/samsung-to-introduce-nvidia-ion-powered-netbook/
How does L4D perform on your netbook?]]>Jun 29th 2009 12:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/29/samsung-to-introduce-nvidia-ion-powered-netbook/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/29/samsung-to-introduce-nvidia-ion-powered-netbook/Jun 29th 2009 2:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/29/samsung-to-introduce-nvidia-ion-powered-netbook/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/29/samsung-to-introduce-nvidia-ion-powered-netbook/Forgot to ask: is your plasma full HD or is it 768p?]]>Jun 29th 2009 4:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/29/samsung-to-introduce-nvidia-ion-powered-netbook/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/29/samsung-to-introduce-nvidia-ion-powered-netbook/Jun 29th 2009 10:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/29/samsung-to-introduce-nvidia-ion-powered-netbook/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/29/samsung-to-introduce-nvidia-ion-powered-netbook/Jun 29th 2009 10:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/29/samsung-to-introduce-nvidia-ion-powered-netbook/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/29/samsung-to-introduce-nvidia-ion-powered-netbook/Jun 29th 2009 10:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/29/samsung-to-introduce-nvidia-ion-powered-netbook/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/29/samsung-to-introduce-nvidia-ion-powered-netbook/Jun 29th 2009 1:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/29/samsung-to-introduce-nvidia-ion-powered-netbook/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/29/samsung-to-introduce-nvidia-ion-powered-netbook/
First one to hit the market available is going to rake in a lot of nerd cash.]]>Jun 29th 2009 10:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/29/samsung-to-introduce-nvidia-ion-powered-netbook/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/29/samsung-to-introduce-nvidia-ion-powered-netbook/Jun 29th 2009 11:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/29/samsung-to-introduce-nvidia-ion-powered-netbook/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/29/samsung-to-introduce-nvidia-ion-powered-netbook/Jun 29th 2009 10:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/29/samsung-to-introduce-nvidia-ion-powered-netbook/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/29/samsung-to-introduce-nvidia-ion-powered-netbook/Jun 29th 2009 12:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/29/samsung-to-introduce-nvidia-ion-powered-netbook/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/29/samsung-to-introduce-nvidia-ion-powered-netbook/Jun 29th 2009 10:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/29/samsung-to-introduce-nvidia-ion-powered-netbook/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/29/samsung-to-introduce-nvidia-ion-powered-netbook/Jun 29th 2009 10:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/29/samsung-to-introduce-nvidia-ion-powered-netbook/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/29/samsung-to-introduce-nvidia-ion-powered-netbook/
- 10" or smaller display
- SSD hard drive AT LEAST as an option
- no optical drive
- maximum of 3lbs.

If you can fit that criteria, I don't care if you shove an i7 in there, you can call it a netbook. Otherwise, just call it a laptop. The bottom line here is that "netbook" is now becoming a buzzword, and these companies are simply using it as a way to sell people another computer (whether or not it is actually a netbook or not).]]>Jun 29th 2009 12:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/29/samsung-to-introduce-nvidia-ion-powered-netbook/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/29/samsung-to-introduce-nvidia-ion-powered-netbook/Jun 29th 2009 4:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/29/samsung-to-introduce-nvidia-ion-powered-netbook/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/29/samsung-to-introduce-nvidia-ion-powered-netbook/Jun 29th 2009 7:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/29/samsung-to-introduce-nvidia-ion-powered-netbook/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/29/samsung-to-introduce-nvidia-ion-powered-netbook/Jun 29th 2009 11:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/29/samsung-to-introduce-nvidia-ion-powered-netbook/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/29/samsung-to-introduce-nvidia-ion-powered-netbook/
If only it had better video playback.]]>Jun 29th 2009 11:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/29/samsung-to-introduce-nvidia-ion-powered-netbook/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/29/samsung-to-introduce-nvidia-ion-powered-netbook/
By your logic I could basically call anyone who watches movies on a computer screen period an idiot. Why watch it on a ~17-19 inch screen for desktops and 15.4 inch screen for most laptops when you can watch it on a much larger television?

1. Because we can.
2. Because we probably hook it up to the TV anyway. I know I know, it's the year 2009 and we have this technology that lets you do it. Amazing isn't it?
3. Hard to lug around a real TV as a portable solution.]]>Jun 29th 2009 2:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/29/samsung-to-introduce-nvidia-ion-powered-netbook/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/29/samsung-to-introduce-nvidia-ion-powered-netbook/Jun 29th 2009 7:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/29/samsung-to-introduce-nvidia-ion-powered-netbook/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/29/samsung-to-introduce-nvidia-ion-powered-netbook/
While a dual-core atom would *really* help here (especially with properly multithreaded codecs such as CoreAVC), being able to use DXVA or CUDA for playback (with CoreAVC (CUDA), MPC (DXVA), or the various commercial players (DXVA)) will allow these netbooks to play 1080p content (which they couldn't before) and play more 720p content (with careful tweaking they could play perhaps 90% before).

A step in the right direction. Now if only Intel would produce a dual-core atom for netbooks that could enable/disable the second core on the fly; maximum battery life, with performance when on AC when needed.]]>Jun 29th 2009 11:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/29/samsung-to-introduce-nvidia-ion-powered-netbook/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/29/samsung-to-introduce-nvidia-ion-powered-netbook/
maybe with html 5 video the ion will be useful, for flash video it does nothing to help performance.]]>Jun 29th 2009 11:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/29/samsung-to-introduce-nvidia-ion-powered-netbook/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/29/samsung-to-introduce-nvidia-ion-powered-netbook/Jun 29th 2009 12:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/29/samsung-to-introduce-nvidia-ion-powered-netbook/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/29/samsung-to-introduce-nvidia-ion-powered-netbook/Jun 29th 2009 1:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/29/samsung-to-introduce-nvidia-ion-powered-netbook/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/29/samsung-to-introduce-nvidia-ion-powered-netbook/Let's just hope the whole chip doesn't bake itself loose this time :)

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