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NVIDIA have released a second graphics product in their Ion range, the Ion LE, intended for entry-level devices such as netbooks and nettops. Ion LE is apparently exactly the same as the existing Ion – which boosts netbook video performance to handle 1080p high-definition – aside from it lacks DirectX 10 support.
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NVIDIA Ion LE 1080p GPU confirmed: cheaper, drops DirectX 10
By Chris Davies on Tuesday, Aug 4th 2009 No CommentseMachines EZ1601-01 All-in-One Desktop Review
By Ewdison Then on Monday, Aug 3rd 2009 No CommentsA reasonably stylish all-in-one with a sub-$400 price-tag and 18.5-inch widescreen display: too good to be true or bargain of the century? The eMachines EZ1601-01 poaches Intel’s trusty Atom processor for some desktop duty, offering a squint-free LCD and full-sized peripherals. SlashGear have been testing it out.
Viewsonic VOT 130/132 and VOT 120/121 nettops get video demos
By Chris Davies on Thursday, Jul 30th 2009 No CommentsOf Viewsonic’s new ULV lineup from last week it was the nettops that prompted the most interest. The Viewsonic VOT 130 and 132 (on the left) and the Viewsonic VOT 120 and 121 (on the right) offer such notable features as NVIDIA Ion (in the VOT 132), a magnetically-attached DVD drive (the 13x models) and 1.3GHz CULV processor (the VOT 121). NetbookNews stopped by for a couple of video hands-on demos with the nettops.
Video hands-on after the cut
Acer & ASUS delay Android netbooks; freeze launches until Pine Trail in Q1 2010
By Chris Davies on Tuesday, Jul 28th 2009 No Comments
Acer and ASUS are tipped to have frozen new netbook launches in the second half of 2009, in response to Intel’s decision to postpone the launch of the Pine Trail-M platform – of which the Atom N450 processor is a part – until Q1 2010. As part of that, Acer’s dual-booting Android/Windows XP netbook has been postponed with no known launch date; the netbook, first shown in prototype form at Computex in June, was most recently expected to arrive in August.
Averatec D1133 puts AMD Athlon 3250e 1.5Ghz CPU into 18.4-inch all-in-one
By Chris Davies on Monday, Jul 27th 2009 No CommentsTriGem have updated their Averatec D1100-series 18.4-inch desktop all-in-one, by dropping in AMD’s 1.5GHz Athlon X2 3250e low-voltage processor. Sitting alongside the existing Intel Atom N270 machines in the D1100-series, the AMD-based Averatec D1133AH1E-1 has 2GB of RAM and a 250GB hard-drive.
Acer Aspire Revo Ion nettop gets Atom 330 dual-core
By Chris Davies on Monday, Jul 27th 2009 4 CommentsAcer’s NVIDIA Ion toting Aspire Revo nettop is getting a much-needed processor bump, with the company swapping out the breathless single-core Atom 230 CPU for its dual-core Atom 330 counterpart. The compact nettop also gets more memory and bigger hard-drives, the former doubling to 4GB and the latter offering either 320GB or 500GB.
Viewsonic VOT 132 NVIDIA Ion nettop heads new product range
By Chris Davies on Thursday, Jul 23rd 2009 No CommentsWhat the world needs now, sang Viewsonic, is Ion, sweet Ion, and so they gave us this. The Viewsonic VOT 130/132 nettop may look like a pale VHS cassette but it’s actually one of the items in the company’s new product range, accompanied by two other compact desktops, two netbooks and a PMP. Of the lot, though, it’s the VOT 130/132 that’s most interesting, having as it does optional NVIDIA Ion graphics.
Intel Pine Trail nettop chips, plus Core i3 and Core i9 CPUs coming Q1 2010?
By Ewdison Then on Thursday, Jul 23rd 2009 1 Comment
After word slipped out from Taiwan earlier this week that Intel were considering pushing back the release of the Pine Trail Atom N450 processor until the first half of 2010, now comes more specific news from PC manufacturers that both the netbook platform, Pine Trail-M, and its Pine Trail-D nettop sibling will both now arrive in the first quarter of next year. That, say the unnamed sources, will coincide with the release of Intel’s 32nm Core i9 processors, codenamed Gulftown, and offering six cores.
Intel Pine Trail Atom N450 delayed to 1H10?
By Chris Davies on Tuesday, Jul 21st 2009 No CommentsIntel’s Pine Trail platform, set to replace the company’s current Diamondville netbook/nettop architecture, could be delayed until the first half of 2010 so as to reassure vendors. According to Digitimes Research senior analyst Joanne Chien, the Intel Atom N450 processor has been pushed back from its original Q4 2009 launch schedule so as to allow the existing netbook market to settle.
eMachines EZ1601-01 all-in-one: N270 in a desktop casing
By Chris Davies on Tuesday, Jul 14th 2009 No CommentsAcer subsidiary eMachines have released another all-in-one desktop PC, the EZ1601-01, promising “high-style” for a budget price of just $399.99. Stylish it may (arguably) be, but the EZ1601-01 isn’t likely to set any desks aflame; inside the gloss-black casing lurks an Intel Atom N270 1.6GHz processor, paired with 1GB of RAM and a 160GB hard-drive.
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