Netbook Info

I just found another review of an nVidia ION test box, this time from Notebookcheck. This isn't exactly "news" since it's from February, but I just turned it up in Google, so I figured in case someone else missed it somehow, I'd share:

http://netbookinfo.weebly.com/asus-900ha-review.html

I can't wait for the Ion netbooks to come out. It's a shame that Asus plans to stop producing the 9" netbooks, because I'd love one exactly like my 900HA, but with the power of the Ion platform.

ION is nVidia's new hardware platform for netbooks, consisting of an Intel Atom processor and an integrated geForce 9400 GPU. The platform will release later in 2009, and add only about $50 to the average cost of a netbook according to nVidia. More than a fair price for what promises to be a great boost for netbook performance.

The folks over at Techgage gave the ION a gaming workout with Call of Duty 4, as well as putting it through its paces with multimedia  playback and photoshop.

Read the story here.