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Lenovo IdeaPad S12 with NVIDIA ION pushed back to October or later

The Lenovo IdeaPad S12 is a 12.1 inch laptop with a 1280 x 800 pixel display. Right now, it’s available either with an Intel Atom CPU and integrated graphics or a VIA Nano processor and integrated graphics. But Lenovo has been promising since day one that the laptop would eventually be available with the NVIDIA […]

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Samsung N510 product manual released, NVIDIA ION LE platform confirmed

The Samsung N510 netbook is expected to begin shipping in a few weeks. And today Netbook Choice discovered that Samsung has posted the user manual for the laptop on its website. You can click this link to download it. For the most part, the manual confirms what we already knew, but it is nice to […]

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Samsung N510 may use ION LE platform, N508 and N511 may be on the way

Hot on the heels of news that the Samsung N510 will be available in the US starting next month come two intriguing bits of information about the first NVIDIA ION-powered 11.6 inch laptop from Samasung: Netbook News Italia discovered a product listing indicating that the netbook will use the ION LE platform rather than the […]

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Report: Lenovo, Samsung lose preferential pricing for Intel Atom CPUs

Like Microsoft, which only sells low cost Windows XP licenses to PC makers with netbooks and nettops that meet specific criteria, Intel reportedly has certain restrictions on the way its Atom processor is used. Intel’s restrictions aren’t quite as absolute. Fail to meet the requirements and you can still purchase the processor, you’ll just have […]