Comments on: Nvidia Q+A: Ion Platform Will Unlock the Power of the Netbook http://blog.laptopmag.com/nvidia-talks-ion News and views on today's hottest laptops, cell phones, and other mobile devices. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:36:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: TagMan http://blog.laptopmag.com/nvidia-talks-ion/comment-page-1#comment-19742 TagMan Mon, 20 Apr 2009 01:09:49 +0000 http://blog.laptopmag.com/?p=8183#comment-19742 Dave Ragones is a genius to realize the importance of quality graphics on a small platform. In addition, the idea of running high-end games on a netbook is right on target. That said, the only question I have is... how will the DVD-requirement for some high-end gaming be satisfied in netbooks, since they don't feature a DVD drive? The very moment this Ion platform is available in a quality netbook, I am a buyer! Dave Ragones is a genius to realize the importance of quality graphics on a small platform. In addition, the idea of running high-end games on a netbook is right on target.

That said, the only question I have is… how will the DVD-requirement for some high-end gaming be satisfied in netbooks, since they don’t feature a DVD drive?

The very moment this Ion platform is available in a quality netbook, I am a buyer!

]]> By: Fanfoot http://blog.laptopmag.com/nvidia-talks-ion/comment-page-1#comment-14973 Fanfoot Sat, 20 Dec 2008 01:05:20 +0000 http://blog.laptopmag.com/?p=8183#comment-14973 Yup, very cool. Not sure about the $50 premium, we'll see. Also I won't be taking NVidia's word for it on the battery performance, which is so critical for netbooks. But great to see some competition in this space. This should be a good chipset for a nettop/media center computer at the very least, with HDMI and HD support it otherwise couldn't offer. I still think Vista might perform poorly, since its not just the graphics issues that bog it down. If it was you could just disable Aero. Its the larger memory footprint and such vs. XP. But by the time this comes out Windows 7 could be here... Yup, very cool.

Not sure about the $50 premium, we’ll see. Also I won’t be taking NVidia’s word for it on the battery performance, which is so critical for netbooks. But great to see some competition in this space.

This should be a good chipset for a nettop/media center computer at the very least, with HDMI and HD support it otherwise couldn’t offer.

I still think Vista might perform poorly, since its not just the graphics issues that bog it down. If it was you could just disable Aero. Its the larger memory footprint and such vs. XP. But by the time this comes out Windows 7 could be here…

]]> By: Ilham Kurnia http://blog.laptopmag.com/nvidia-talks-ion/comment-page-1#comment-14949 Ilham Kurnia Wed, 17 Dec 2008 20:06:15 +0000 http://blog.laptopmag.com/?p=8183#comment-14949 Wow this is cool! Hope it'll go well and encourage more competition :) Wow this is cool! Hope it’ll go well and encourage more competition :)

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