http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/11/ion-equipped-samsung-n510-netbook-shipping-stateside-next-month/ Engadget Comments for Ion-equipped Samsung N510 netbook shipping stateside next month 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/2009/08/11/ion-equipped-samsung-n510-netbook-shipping-stateside-next-month/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/11/ion-equipped-samsung-n510-netbook-shipping-stateside-next-month/Aug 11th 2009 8:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/11/ion-equipped-samsung-n510-netbook-shipping-stateside-next-month/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/11/ion-equipped-samsung-n510-netbook-shipping-stateside-next-month/Aug 11th 2009 8:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/11/ion-equipped-samsung-n510-netbook-shipping-stateside-next-month/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/11/ion-equipped-samsung-n510-netbook-shipping-stateside-next-month/Aug 11th 2009 10:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/11/ion-equipped-samsung-n510-netbook-shipping-stateside-next-month/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/11/ion-equipped-samsung-n510-netbook-shipping-stateside-next-month/Aug 11th 2009 10:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/11/ion-equipped-samsung-n510-netbook-shipping-stateside-next-month/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/11/ion-equipped-samsung-n510-netbook-shipping-stateside-next-month/Aug 11th 2009 10:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/11/ion-equipped-samsung-n510-netbook-shipping-stateside-next-month/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/11/ion-equipped-samsung-n510-netbook-shipping-stateside-next-month/
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can hook up to a nice TV.
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On a side note, if you are getting a system that is 11.6", why on earth would you not up to a 12.1" thin and light?!? with way better proccessing power 64x capabilities and a BALANCED system! (I'm working off the HP dv2z which KILLS my ASUS EEE 901!)]]>Aug 11th 2009 9:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/11/ion-equipped-samsung-n510-netbook-shipping-stateside-next-month/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/11/ion-equipped-samsung-n510-netbook-shipping-stateside-next-month/
If they start making Laptops with a 9 hour battery life , no one would ever buy a netbook (well at least i wont)]]>Aug 11th 2009 9:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/11/ion-equipped-samsung-n510-netbook-shipping-stateside-next-month/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/11/ion-equipped-samsung-n510-netbook-shipping-stateside-next-month/
Fully charged Dv2z and Fully charged MiFi off to a beach with the wife and kids.
Played Lord of the Rings Online for a full 3 hrs 30 min before lunch and being forced to join the land of the living.

Try to play an online game that long on a normal laptop, or play an online game like that on a netbook period.

I'm just saying, how often do you need THAT much battery life at the expense of performance? I'm rarely away from an outlet for more than 3 hours at one shot. I guess it depends on the lifestyle.]]>Aug 11th 2009 9:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/11/ion-equipped-samsung-n510-netbook-shipping-stateside-next-month/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/11/ion-equipped-samsung-n510-netbook-shipping-stateside-next-month/Aug 11th 2009 9:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/11/ion-equipped-samsung-n510-netbook-shipping-stateside-next-month/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/11/ion-equipped-samsung-n510-netbook-shipping-stateside-next-month/
Wow, your wife and kids must be so proud.]]>Aug 11th 2009 12:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/11/ion-equipped-samsung-n510-netbook-shipping-stateside-next-month/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/11/ion-equipped-samsung-n510-netbook-shipping-stateside-next-month/
Playing Lord of the Rings Online for nearly 4 hours on a trip to the beach and rarely being away from a charging location for more than 3 consecutive hours?

"I guess it depends on the lifestyle."

If that lifestyle is "loser" I guess it's just right.]]>Aug 11th 2009 2:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/11/ion-equipped-samsung-n510-netbook-shipping-stateside-next-month/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/11/ion-equipped-samsung-n510-netbook-shipping-stateside-next-month/]]>Aug 11th 2009 2:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/11/ion-equipped-samsung-n510-netbook-shipping-stateside-next-month/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/11/ion-equipped-samsung-n510-netbook-shipping-stateside-next-month/Aug 11th 2009 9:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/11/ion-equipped-samsung-n510-netbook-shipping-stateside-next-month/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/11/ion-equipped-samsung-n510-netbook-shipping-stateside-next-month/Aug 11th 2009 4:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/11/ion-equipped-samsung-n510-netbook-shipping-stateside-next-month/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/11/ion-equipped-samsung-n510-netbook-shipping-stateside-next-month/
I just don't have any interest in a 13.3" or larger screen to carry around everyday. 11.1" is the biggest I'll go. The whole point of this netbook craze was to actually give people something they wanted to carry around at an affordable price. And it's not so much about the weight as it's about the overall size of the device.

First person to make a Ron Jeremy joke gets an apple. The article did call it "stiff" ]]>Aug 11th 2009 10:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/11/ion-equipped-samsung-n510-netbook-shipping-stateside-next-month/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/11/ion-equipped-samsung-n510-netbook-shipping-stateside-next-month/
Yeah, everyone rags on Intel integrated graphics, its fine for how I use a laptop. Having 32nm CPU and Nehalem will do far more to futureproof my purchase than the dated nvidia 9400.

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Ion is what netbooks need to run Win7 and future apps. successfully.]]>Aug 11th 2009 10:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/11/ion-equipped-samsung-n510-netbook-shipping-stateside-next-month/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/11/ion-equipped-samsung-n510-netbook-shipping-stateside-next-month/Aug 11th 2009 12:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/11/ion-equipped-samsung-n510-netbook-shipping-stateside-next-month/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/11/ion-equipped-samsung-n510-netbook-shipping-stateside-next-month/Aug 11th 2009 1:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/11/ion-equipped-samsung-n510-netbook-shipping-stateside-next-month/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/11/ion-equipped-samsung-n510-netbook-shipping-stateside-next-month/Aug 11th 2009 2:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/11/ion-equipped-samsung-n510-netbook-shipping-stateside-next-month/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/11/ion-equipped-samsung-n510-netbook-shipping-stateside-next-month/
You can also turn it arround: vista and aero are to heavy/bloated for a netbook. I've ran the full desktop version of ubuntu with all fancy compiz effects (yes, that fancy 3D cube, wobbly windows and so on) on a Asus eee701 back in the days.

As for Visual Studio and CS: A netbook is NOT the right tool for those kind of jobs. Get a desktop or laptop with a large screen, large resolution and comfortable keyboard for that.

Multimedia was a pain indeed but ION should solve that. But then again it's only usefull if you can hook it up to a decent display (through HDMI, not VGA) and a decent pair of speakers. Don't know about you but I don't like to watch a movie on the small screen (with small resolution) of a netbook and crap underpowered built-in stereo speakers.]]>Aug 11th 2009 2:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/11/ion-equipped-samsung-n510-netbook-shipping-stateside-next-month/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/11/ion-equipped-samsung-n510-netbook-shipping-stateside-next-month/
Sure, graphic intensive applications demand discrete solutions, but IGPs are ideal for how 70% of buyers use their notebooks.

Intel x4500 graphics (GM45) were better than the x3100 and the coming Series 5 / Calpella chipsets will be better than the x4500 (also the integrated Calpella IGP will be built using a 45nm process and 32nm for the Core i3/i5 CPUs -- and the Nehalem microarchitecture means losing the performance lag of the Northbridge and its FSB -- all offering improved performance.

Perhaps its better to say that, as is often the case with technology, new IGP platforms/generations will reduce the performance advantage of discrete graphics solutions -- especially when built on bleeding edge semiconductor processes.

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I'm looking forward to putting the Timeline through it's paces as soon as it gets here, though it might not suit your needs with the Intel chipset (don't know how "light" you were planning to game). The thing that finally sold me on it over any netbook or even the HP dv2 was the eight-hour battery life... even now there are few netbooks that manage that. Plus, it's 2/3rds the weight of my beloved old Powerbook G4, which is great.]]>Aug 11th 2009 12:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/11/ion-equipped-samsung-n510-netbook-shipping-stateside-next-month/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/11/ion-equipped-samsung-n510-netbook-shipping-stateside-next-month/
@old_fogie_late_bloomer 550! you just got jacked 50 bucks! I got my Timeline for 499 maybe because i have th 14in model and you can play games on it i play halo w/no problem as long as you have nothing running in the background.]]>Aug 11th 2009 4:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/11/ion-equipped-samsung-n510-netbook-shipping-stateside-next-month/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/11/ion-equipped-samsung-n510-netbook-shipping-stateside-next-month/
If I do see something like this in the $300s, I might be interested. ]]>Aug 11th 2009 12:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/11/ion-equipped-samsung-n510-netbook-shipping-stateside-next-month/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/11/ion-equipped-samsung-n510-netbook-shipping-stateside-next-month/http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834149054
12.1",dual core 2.16ghz chip, intel 4500mhd, 4 gigs of ram. all for $50 more. Just sayin. Thanks, but i'll keep my EeePC 900HA if it's all the same to you.]]>Aug 11th 2009 2:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/11/ion-equipped-samsung-n510-netbook-shipping-stateside-next-month/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/11/ion-equipped-samsung-n510-netbook-shipping-stateside-next-month/Aug 11th 2009 2:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/11/ion-equipped-samsung-n510-netbook-shipping-stateside-next-month/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/11/ion-equipped-samsung-n510-netbook-shipping-stateside-next-month/Aug 11th 2009 2:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/11/ion-equipped-samsung-n510-netbook-shipping-stateside-next-month/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/11/ion-equipped-samsung-n510-netbook-shipping-stateside-next-month/
I mean, not even a dual-core Atom 330 inside?

Is someone trying to play a prank?]]>Aug 11th 2009 4:19PM