Toasted my 3.00 install. Restore had to be used and danged if iTunes didn't insist on going to 3.1.2. So much for unlockable baseband! I have no desire to unlock but was trying hard to hang onto it. I hadn't been keeping up with the other unlock aps and of course the 3.1.1 Dev Team app ASSumed I was unlocked. Too much hassle and while this one toasted my baseband due to a failure it worked PERFECTLY on 3.1.2! I suppose I could have screwed around to try and hide 3.1.2 from iTunes but meh, it's done.
I have an ASROCK 330 which is a "real" ION. Dual core ATOM 330 and the 9400m video. The dual core ATOM has no issue decoding HD video in MKV containers, this one could probably do it but will be stressed more. In my case it's all H.264 encoded and very high bitrate but the 9400M is capable of MPEG and VC-1 acceleration too. The CPU doesn't strain at all displaying 1080P on my system using XBMC under Ubuntu. the box I use is a set top, size of a Wii, and uses a max of 40watts.
Who said anything about DX10?! I said I was interested in the dual core Atom 330. And what makes a DX9 card any more effecient than a DX10 card? Fewer features and an older piece of hardware do not mean greater efficiency. Honestly, I have no idea what you're talking about - did you respond to the wrong post or something?
Is it REALLY so much for them to put a REAL ION in this thing? This is an ION "LE" and is crap IMO. How about the dual core 330 please? The screen size is a good step forward, I have one of the earlier HP Mini's and some apps are a real hassle when the "ok" button is off the screen due to the resolution and size being so small. It's great to be so portable but not at the expense of being able to use it. Please someone give us a dual core ION with a 12inch screen and i'll buy it....
First I'd heard of ION LE but Google provides some detail -> http://www.fudzilla.com/content/view/14908/34/ what's not clear is what GPU is onboard and does that GPU support VDPAU? I find no information on this thing other than it's a DX9 GPU only - no DX10. NVIDIA needs to clarify this before they really tick some folks off. This is a decent pricepoint IF it will support VDPAU and be fast enough for HD on Linux but if not who needs it?
I setup two single core ATOM machines for some children not long ago. These used the old crappy Intel video chipset but were AWESOME running XP for their games. it was dirt cheap, used little power, was quiet, and as a second PC for WB surfing or children's games it was perfect. For that usage this little box isn't bad although I'd want more memory - the video card is going to take a big chunk out of that one gig!
If you need a C2D to play the video smoothly then you need to choose a different software package! The 9400M is capable of accelerating H.264, MPEG, and I'm pretty sure VC-1. Unless you are watching crappy Flash videos in HD somehow than an ATOM CAN do what you want - mine does! Take a look at the ASRock 330 and XBMC. XBMC on Linux with VDPAU acceleration works great for HD video - I watch it every night. HDMI output to include audio for 5.1 surround sound works great. 7.1 is not yet supported, I'm not crying. I stream this on 100meg Ethernet but the ASRock has a gigE port - 100meg works fine. My biggest concern with this particular box is it's lack of RAM and it's single core CPU - the CPU might be enough but I'd prefer dual core for some compilation speedup. My 330 ATOM takes awhile to compile but playing HIGH bitrate HD video at 1080P the CPU's are only running about 10-15% duty each.
Have the ASRock, love it! The CPU on this one is weak and only 1gig of RAM could be a BIG issue. The GPU will be taking up a good 512meg of this memory leaving just 512meg for the O/S. that's a pretty low price though, if I didn't already have the ASRock, and if the memory could be upgraded, I'd be tempted to at least try it. All I want is a net top box as a media front-end so the DVD drive isn't a big deal to me other than to load the O/S :-) I will be pointing this one out to the XBMC community - we'll see if anyone jumps on it and how well they fare with this CPU and memory.
The XBMC guys are using the ASRock ION and one other - Zotec? Folks are using them with VGA so yes it CAN be done but I like my HDMI thanks. I wouldn't buy this without the dual core aTOM at that price!
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