Full FeedLenovo introduces first Ion based netbook
Lat week we saw Asus’s Italy-only ATI GPU-equipped netbook. It looked to be promising, making it possible to do more graphically intense tasks than standard netbooks. Now it might seem a bit outdated, however, as Lenovo is finally bringing a new chip base to netbooks.
The Lenovo IdeaPad S12 is just barely a netbook with a large 12-inch screen and full size keyboard. What makes this so exciting is the S12 will be the first ever netbook to use Nvidia’s new Ion platform for netbooks. Being an Nvidia platform, Ion is better suited for more graphically intense tasks such as HD video and gaming. It’s even said to be capable of playing Spore, which granted can be played on Intel integrated graphics, but is still a bit impressive. Perhaps it won’t choke on high quality Hulu streams as the Intel Atom can at times.
Nvidia’s Ion platform makes the IdeaPad an enticing buy. It’s finally making netbooks exciting again. Perhaps it will push Intel to make the Atom platform better suited to graphically intense situations. The idea of actually being able to play games on a netbook aside from casual PopCap games sounds wonderful. I have no reason to doubt it would probably play Team Fortress 2 or World of Warcraft decently well if it can play Spore. It would also be nice to be able to watch high-definition video, or at the very least better quality video than what the Atom is capable of. True, we haven’t had a chance to really play with the Ion platform yet, but from the looks of it, it might actually make netbooks finally worth if to some people.
Read [Wired]
Keep up with the latest gadget goodness! - 
Subscribe to our feed
Macworld 2010
"Apple may not be at Macworld 2010, but Appletell is, bringing you news, photos and videos directly from the show floor and special events. Join us February 10-14 to see what new products 2010 has in store for Macintosh, iPhone, iPod and iPad (yes, iPad) owners."
Palm Pre Information & Updates
Palm just introduced their next-gen smartphone, the Palm Pre, and next-gen operating system, Palm webOS. Gadgetell's got the latest Pre and webOS information and news for you right here.
Wow, what a a look. This is pretty good and i like white color so this is one of the best which i like most.
it has added one of the best feature is called Idea Pad..
on May 26, 2009 at 05:24 AM - LINKThanx.
gandharva!