Comments on: More NVIDIA ION powered PCs coming soon

By: max191

max191 — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 16:58:19 +0000

I was just going to relax and read this morning then in the meantime I got your blog to read. Really good one.
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By: TrackSmart

TrackSmart — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 22:33:24 +0000

I don't think the Atom processors make much sense in a desktop.

The *whole system* power savings are small. You could build a system that was similar in price, similar in size, and far more powerful for the money. And only use a few extra watts of power.

Tomshardware has a couple of articles looking at this. Check out their power usage comparison tables. Notice that when the system isn't working hard (i.e. most of the time), the atom systems have similar power consumption to a 2 Ghz Core 2 Duo. And while the power consumption goes up a lot underload, you must remember that the Core 2 Duo system finishes the processing job a lot faster, so ultimately uses only a little more power than that atom at the completion of the task.

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/dual-core-a...

By: oddone

oddone — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 20:18:47 +0000

What with Asrock being a subsidiary of Asus, I'll be watching reviews of the dual core nettop they make closely.

By: EnDumEn

EnDumEn — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 15:12:19 +0000

Ooh! I hope Asrock will implement their "instant-boot" features in this!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BucIjXZVxXo

By: Bob

Bob — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 15:01:47 +0000

For me, I've got a simple mantra: no ION netbook, no netbook sale.