So is the main benefit of ion2 that it can automatically switch modes to conserve battery? Are there any real performance differences between ion1 and ion2?
@blackric I think you should be safe. A netbook would be much more critical since you want long battery life, a nettop shouldn't matter as much, I know the new atom CPUs doesn't offer enough performance benefit over the 330 to be worth it.
I don't see that the N450/Ion 2 offers any advantages for a desktop, particularly one purposed for home theater. It sounds like the main advantage of the Ion 2 is auto switching to the integrated graphics to save power - no actual performance increase promised so far. I'd rather have the dual core Revo than the single core N450/Ion2.
On the other hand the gains in battery life for the Asus 1201 could make the N450/Ion 2 a gamechanger, assuming it will still run Hulu 480p, full screen.
I take back my last comment. Anandtech's report is much more detailed - even though based on materials provided by Nvidia - and indicates even the netbook version of the new Ion will be faster than the prior version of Ion. Significantly faster.
The article also states that there won't be video mode switching on the desktop version, the Ion will always be "on," and the resulting power cost is 3 watts per hour.
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So is the main benefit of ion2 that it can automatically switch modes to conserve battery?
Are there any real performance differences between ion1 and ion2?
@LEDfoot I would like to know any major differences too. I just purchased a Acer Revo 330 yesterday and they announce this.
@blackric
I think you should be safe. A netbook would be much more critical since you want long battery life, a nettop shouldn't matter as much, I know the new atom CPUs doesn't offer enough performance benefit over the 330 to be worth it.
@blackric
I don't see that the N450/Ion 2 offers any advantages for a desktop, particularly one purposed for home theater. It sounds like the main advantage of the Ion 2 is auto switching to the integrated graphics to save power - no actual performance increase promised so far. I'd rather have the dual core Revo than the single core N450/Ion2.
On the other hand the gains in battery life for the Asus 1201 could make the N450/Ion 2 a gamechanger, assuming it will still run Hulu 480p, full screen.
@NorCal1953
I take back my last comment. Anandtech's report is much more detailed - even though based on materials provided by Nvidia - and indicates even the netbook version of the new Ion will be faster than the prior version of Ion. Significantly faster.
The article also states that there won't be video mode switching on the desktop version, the Ion will always be "on," and the resulting power cost is 3 watts per hour.