Nettop Round Up: NVIDIA Ion (Finally) Showing Its Strength
October 2 2009 Categorized Under: Desktop Computers Tags; acer, aspire, asrock, asus, atom, atom 300, blu-ray, cheap htpc, cheap nettop, dual core, eb1501, eee box, et2002, et2003, htpc, ideacenter, intel, ion, ion 330, lenovo, nettop, nvidia ion chipset, october 22nd, okoro, oms-q200, q100, q110, r3600, remote, revo, singl-core, tv-tuner, windows 7 2 Commented
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Nettops are useful in many ways and in my opinion they are more useful at the average home than the netbook on the average lap. That’s because I will take a smartphone if I want the internet and will take my 13inch MacBook to get work done. And ever since NVIDIA’s Ion came to the market, they have been able to playback HD movies and also play a game or two. Ion consumes a bit more power than Intel’s Atom chipset but it is marginally more at about 10 watts extra at peak load.
Hence the Ion has been seeing a lot of action in the nettop scene. It’s especially good for those who want to make HTPCs on the cheap.
Get to the other side for a round up of five new nettops that you should know about if you are planning to buy a new home desktop on a budget and cut down on your electricity bills at the same time.