Asus to Launch Ion 2-Based Eee PC in April
Asus to Launch Ion 2-Based Eee PC in April
Posted 01/20/2010 at 10:15am
| by Paul Lilly
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Netbooks might never become full-blown notebook replacements, but they do keep inching towards powerful companions capable of more than just basic Web surfing and emailing. Nvidia's Ion platform is largely to thank, and come April, Asus said it will have an Eee PC ready built around Nvidia's second-gen Ion platform, Ion 2.
The upcoming Eee PC will probably sport an Intel Atom N450 processor, currently the newest Atom on the block. And so will most other netbooks, as Intel's Atom N270 and N280 chips start to disappear from the limelight, with models built around those two chips starting to be phased out of the market place.
Asus will also tap into AMD's Congo platform with 12-inch Eee PCs. These should start shipping next month, though it's unclear if that includes the U.S. market.
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vig1lant3
January 20, 2010 at 7:50pm
If you want a current gen lappy with ION check out Asus 1201N. I already own it, but I look forward to a MaximumPC review *hint*
vig1lant3
January 20, 2010 at 7:48pm
Pairing an N450 with ION2 would be like putting a sprinkler at the end of a fire hose. What's the point of having graphic horsepower with a CPU bottleneck?
GoldenMonkey
January 20, 2010 at 2:56pm
Why don't more laptop manufacturers use Ion in their budget computers
instead of integrated Intel graphics? If Ion can be fitted into a
netbook and have the price relatively low, why can't they do that with
regular notebooks?
K0BALT
January 20, 2010 at 10:36am
Nice
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