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Now tell me in your own words, what is your jealousy level for not being first to post?]]>Jul 27th 2009 1:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/27/acer-aspire-one-gets-broadcom-injection-morphs-into-netbook-hd/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/27/acer-aspire-one-gets-broadcom-injection-morphs-into-netbook-hd/Jul 27th 2009 1:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/27/acer-aspire-one-gets-broadcom-injection-morphs-into-netbook-hd/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/27/acer-aspire-one-gets-broadcom-injection-morphs-into-netbook-hd/
**falls on sword**

OR YOU COULD GET A FUCKING LIFE.]]>Jul 27th 2009 3:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/27/acer-aspire-one-gets-broadcom-injection-morphs-into-netbook-hd/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/27/acer-aspire-one-gets-broadcom-injection-morphs-into-netbook-hd/Jul 27th 2009 5:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/27/acer-aspire-one-gets-broadcom-injection-morphs-into-netbook-hd/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/27/acer-aspire-one-gets-broadcom-injection-morphs-into-netbook-hd/Jul 27th 2009 1:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/27/acer-aspire-one-gets-broadcom-injection-morphs-into-netbook-hd/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/27/acer-aspire-one-gets-broadcom-injection-morphs-into-netbook-hd/Jul 27th 2009 1:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/27/acer-aspire-one-gets-broadcom-injection-morphs-into-netbook-hd/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/27/acer-aspire-one-gets-broadcom-injection-morphs-into-netbook-hd/Jul 27th 2009 2:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/27/acer-aspire-one-gets-broadcom-injection-morphs-into-netbook-hd/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/27/acer-aspire-one-gets-broadcom-injection-morphs-into-netbook-hd/Jul 27th 2009 2:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/27/acer-aspire-one-gets-broadcom-injection-morphs-into-netbook-hd/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/27/acer-aspire-one-gets-broadcom-injection-morphs-into-netbook-hd/Jul 27th 2009 1:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/27/acer-aspire-one-gets-broadcom-injection-morphs-into-netbook-hd/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/27/acer-aspire-one-gets-broadcom-injection-morphs-into-netbook-hd/Jul 27th 2009 1:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/27/acer-aspire-one-gets-broadcom-injection-morphs-into-netbook-hd/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/27/acer-aspire-one-gets-broadcom-injection-morphs-into-netbook-hd/Jul 27th 2009 3:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/27/acer-aspire-one-gets-broadcom-injection-morphs-into-netbook-hd/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/27/acer-aspire-one-gets-broadcom-injection-morphs-into-netbook-hd/ Overclocked gaming rigs, it shouldn't be difficult for ATI / Nvidia to do the same. All these two companies do is make GPUs and even for the netbook market they cant even give us something decent. I'm not saying I want to play Far Cry 2 or WOW, but at least HD support at a time it is blowing up wouldn't hurt. The lack of anything decent from ATi / Nvidia is disappointing to say the least!]]>Jul 27th 2009 1:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/27/acer-aspire-one-gets-broadcom-injection-morphs-into-netbook-hd/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/27/acer-aspire-one-gets-broadcom-injection-morphs-into-netbook-hd/ION]]>Jul 27th 2009 1:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/27/acer-aspire-one-gets-broadcom-injection-morphs-into-netbook-hd/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/27/acer-aspire-one-gets-broadcom-injection-morphs-into-netbook-hd/Jul 27th 2009 2:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/27/acer-aspire-one-gets-broadcom-injection-morphs-into-netbook-hd/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/27/acer-aspire-one-gets-broadcom-injection-morphs-into-netbook-hd/Jul 27th 2009 2:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/27/acer-aspire-one-gets-broadcom-injection-morphs-into-netbook-hd/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/27/acer-aspire-one-gets-broadcom-injection-morphs-into-netbook-hd/as the poster above me said, Nvidia ION is the perfect solution, with a 65nm 2-chip chipset and 9400M integrated GPU. Since I was curious about the specifics, I made a listing here that will help you figure it out.

The next big thing coming out is AMD's Congo platform, which will give the dual-core Athlon Neo CPU a great graphics chipset to go along with it. Laptops like the HP Dv2 should get upgraded from the older Yukon platform, and will make great ultraportable machines.

========== Current Netbook / thin and light platform =========

# Nvidia ION platform
CPU: Intel Atom Diamondville (45nm) or Intel Core2 CULV (45nm)
Chipset: MCP79 (9400M GPU)
Notes: Excellent GPU, supports DX10, decent 1080P playback, made on 65nm

# AMD Yukon Platform
CPU: Athlon NEO (1 or 2 K8 cores, 65nm, faster than Atom but a lot higher power draw)
Chipset: AMD 690E (Radeon Xpress 1250 GPU)
Notes: GPU is three years old, supports DX9, 720P, made on 80nm

# Intel Atom Menlow Platform
CPU: Intel Atom Diamondville (45nm)
Chipset: 945GSE (GMA950)
Notes: Ancient GPU, T&L and vertex shaders computed in software, 720P, 90nm


=========== FUTURE ===========

# AMD Congo Platform (Q3 2009)
CPU: Athlon NEO dual-core (eventually replaced by 45mm Conesus)
Chipset: AMD 780G (Radeon HD 3200 GPU)
Notes: The 3200 series GPU is comparable to ION, DX10, supports 1080P, 55nm (possibly 40nm)

# Nvidia ION-2 (2010)
CPU: Intel Atom "Diamondville" or new "Pineview" SoC (1/2 power of Silverthorne)
Chipset: Successor to MCP79
Notes: Unknown GPU, 1080P support. Maybe DX10.1 or DX11? probably 40nm. It is not even known if Nvidia will be able to

interface with the new system-on-a-chip Atom.

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My jealousy at missing the first post is extreme btw!]]>Jul 27th 2009 1:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/27/acer-aspire-one-gets-broadcom-injection-morphs-into-netbook-hd/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/27/acer-aspire-one-gets-broadcom-injection-morphs-into-netbook-hd/Jul 27th 2009 2:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/27/acer-aspire-one-gets-broadcom-injection-morphs-into-netbook-hd/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/27/acer-aspire-one-gets-broadcom-injection-morphs-into-netbook-hd/Jul 27th 2009 10:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/27/acer-aspire-one-gets-broadcom-injection-morphs-into-netbook-hd/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/27/acer-aspire-one-gets-broadcom-injection-morphs-into-netbook-hd/Jul 27th 2009 2:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/27/acer-aspire-one-gets-broadcom-injection-morphs-into-netbook-hd/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/27/acer-aspire-one-gets-broadcom-injection-morphs-into-netbook-hd/Jul 27th 2009 1:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/27/acer-aspire-one-gets-broadcom-injection-morphs-into-netbook-hd/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/27/acer-aspire-one-gets-broadcom-injection-morphs-into-netbook-hd/Jul 27th 2009 2:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/27/acer-aspire-one-gets-broadcom-injection-morphs-into-netbook-hd/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/27/acer-aspire-one-gets-broadcom-injection-morphs-into-netbook-hd/Jul 27th 2009 2:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/27/acer-aspire-one-gets-broadcom-injection-morphs-into-netbook-hd/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/27/acer-aspire-one-gets-broadcom-injection-morphs-into-netbook-hd/Jul 27th 2009 2:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/27/acer-aspire-one-gets-broadcom-injection-morphs-into-netbook-hd/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/27/acer-aspire-one-gets-broadcom-injection-morphs-into-netbook-hd/As tech-loving people, I can understand this babble about let's soup up our personal netbooks, but this accelerator hardware would hit the typical netbook user like a lead balloon. I still have a feeling that netbook popularity will be on the way out and I think that even MS will try to end it's existence as soon as possible.]]>Jul 27th 2009 2:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/27/acer-aspire-one-gets-broadcom-injection-morphs-into-netbook-hd/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/27/acer-aspire-one-gets-broadcom-injection-morphs-into-netbook-hd/Jul 27th 2009 2:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/27/acer-aspire-one-gets-broadcom-injection-morphs-into-netbook-hd/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/27/acer-aspire-one-gets-broadcom-injection-morphs-into-netbook-hd/
They will never die, and any attempt by Microsoft to kill them will only add power to Linux.
Windows 7 is the first OS to run faster on old hardware, if Microsoft went to all that trouble I don't think netbooks will die out anytime soon.]]>Jul 27th 2009 3:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/27/acer-aspire-one-gets-broadcom-injection-morphs-into-netbook-hd/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/27/acer-aspire-one-gets-broadcom-injection-morphs-into-netbook-hd/Jul 27th 2009 4:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/27/acer-aspire-one-gets-broadcom-injection-morphs-into-netbook-hd/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/27/acer-aspire-one-gets-broadcom-injection-morphs-into-netbook-hd/Jul 27th 2009 2:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/27/acer-aspire-one-gets-broadcom-injection-morphs-into-netbook-hd/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/27/acer-aspire-one-gets-broadcom-injection-morphs-into-netbook-hd/i know on my netbook i have issues with certain NON-HD video video formats, plus the netbook size makes it PERFECT to carry around.
also, some netbook screens seem better in clarity than what some laptops are coming with. yes, 1080p is overkill, but if i'm in a rush out the door, i can just grab a blu-ray or hd dvd (if supported by arcsoft) and enjoy the trip!

]]>Jul 27th 2009 2:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/27/acer-aspire-one-gets-broadcom-injection-morphs-into-netbook-hd/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/27/acer-aspire-one-gets-broadcom-injection-morphs-into-netbook-hd/Jul 27th 2009 3:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/27/acer-aspire-one-gets-broadcom-injection-morphs-into-netbook-hd/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/27/acer-aspire-one-gets-broadcom-injection-morphs-into-netbook-hd/
You're just smart enough to comment, now go watch wrestling.]]>Jul 27th 2009 3:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/27/acer-aspire-one-gets-broadcom-injection-morphs-into-netbook-hd/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/27/acer-aspire-one-gets-broadcom-injection-morphs-into-netbook-hd/Jul 27th 2009 3:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/27/acer-aspire-one-gets-broadcom-injection-morphs-into-netbook-hd/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/27/acer-aspire-one-gets-broadcom-injection-morphs-into-netbook-hd/
And to Major4Play, I apologize for lack of knowledge as Atom processors go. My laptop runs a Core 2 Extreme x9100 clocked at 3.54ghz, so I haven't really spent much time researching Atoms. I'll now go back to my wrestling.]]>Jul 27th 2009 3:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/27/acer-aspire-one-gets-broadcom-injection-morphs-into-netbook-hd/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/27/acer-aspire-one-gets-broadcom-injection-morphs-into-netbook-hd/Jul 27th 2009 3:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/27/acer-aspire-one-gets-broadcom-injection-morphs-into-netbook-hd/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/27/acer-aspire-one-gets-broadcom-injection-morphs-into-netbook-hd/1. it requires proprietary player (ArcSoft TotalMedia Theatre 3)
2. Adobe said Flash will be able to use it in the future
3. Dell Studio Hybrid also has it as an option for Blu-ray playback
4. If you can read Chinese, go to taobao.com and search BCM970012, only $25]]>Jul 27th 2009 3:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/27/acer-aspire-one-gets-broadcom-injection-morphs-into-netbook-hd/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/27/acer-aspire-one-gets-broadcom-injection-morphs-into-netbook-hd/
i have a DSH that has one of these.
it only works with the Dell video player however.

i haven't tried installing TMT3 on it to see if it will work there also.

but it plays back BR discs and rips just fine.
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That's the whole point. Laptops and maybe one day netbooks will become media streamers, meaning you don't need to move data around to watch it.]]>Jul 27th 2009 5:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/27/acer-aspire-one-gets-broadcom-injection-morphs-into-netbook-hd/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/27/acer-aspire-one-gets-broadcom-injection-morphs-into-netbook-hd/Jul 27th 2009 7:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/27/acer-aspire-one-gets-broadcom-injection-morphs-into-netbook-hd/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/27/acer-aspire-one-gets-broadcom-injection-morphs-into-netbook-hd/Jul 29th 2009 2:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/27/acer-aspire-one-gets-broadcom-injection-morphs-into-netbook-hd/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/27/acer-aspire-one-gets-broadcom-injection-morphs-into-netbook-hd/Jul 30th 2009 1:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/27/acer-aspire-one-gets-broadcom-injection-morphs-into-netbook-hd/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/27/acer-aspire-one-gets-broadcom-injection-morphs-into-netbook-hd/
As long as you have an available mini pci-e slot, it should work. The drivers are available for XP/Vista/Win7. Hopefully we'll see more apps taking advantage of it by year end. If more people show an interest, the software makers will follow suit.

http://www.broadcom.com/products/Consumer-Electronics/Netbook-and-Nettop-Solutions/BCM70012#tab=applications-tab]]>Jul 27th 2009 9:35PM