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    When are all the ultra portable netbooks with Nvidia's Ion going to come out......

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by alazar14, Aug 25, 2009.

  1. Phil

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    3rd of Sept.
     
    Phil, Aug 27, 2009
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    Calm down everyone and please get back on topic

    Off topic posts have been removed
     
    Kamin_Majere, Aug 27, 2009
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  3. Phil

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    The POV Mobi ION is 40mm thick, that's 2mm thicker than Asus 1000H at it's thickest.
     
    Phil, Aug 29, 2009
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    That is LAUGHABLY thick. LOLz.

    Over 1.5" thick. Too funny. My 15.4" laptop is 1.5" thick.

    The Asus 1000H is already the thickest netbook on the market due to poor engineering. Many people banished the Asus 1000H from netbook status due to its laughably bulky "brick like" size and now you state that ION units are even THICKER just as I predicted.

    I own a Acer 531h which is less than 1" thick. REAL netbooks are ~1"- 1.25" at MOST thick.

    You will NEVER see an 10" ION unit in a nice slim (normal netbook) design. It simply uses too much power, requires a larger cooling system, and larger battery to power it. Thier is simply no way around this.

    Case closed. ION = bulky brick.
     
    iGrim, Aug 29, 2009
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    lol my 15.4 inch laptop is less than 1.5 inches thick.... ya NVDIA ion makes the thin light netbooks bricks , so in the end the small netbooks into mini laptops so ion netbook= brick.........
     
    sean473, Aug 29, 2009
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    The reason it's thick is the Atom N230 desktop CPU, not the ION chipset. See here, Samsung N510 with ION on the left, Samsung NC10 with GMA950 on the right.

    [​IMG]

    If Samsung can make an 11.6" ION that much thinner than a 10.2" netbook, it will be nice to see their 10" netbook with ION.

    Actually the HP DV5 is 42mm at it's thickest. That's 2mm thicker than the "brick".
     
    Phil, Aug 29, 2009
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    lol i just measured from the middle part but the bottomline is that the netbook is as thick as a notebook so why not get a notebook? Ion defeats the purpose of having a thin , ultralightweight netbook....
     
    sean473, Aug 29, 2009
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