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| Author | Edward Chester |
| Published | 15th Sep 2009 |
Comments for HP Outs ION Powered Mini 311 Netbook
Xiphias said on 15th September 2009
Andrew Violet said on 15th September 2009
I'm not certain but I believe this isn't the ion that we all love but the crippled ION LE version. May change with windows 7 editions however.
Tony Walker said on 15th September 2009
Equally uncertain but isn't the full version the only one to support HDMI?
Ed said on 16th September 2009
@Xiphias: Why do you say that? It has pretty similar styling. I thought it was rather attractive.
@Andrew and Tony: I do believe it is the LE version but it had HDMI and we saw demos of it playing games and HD video. For me, just some basic graphical prowess is enough to make this highly desirable. DX10 support, or lack there of, is of pretty minimal concern.
Max Power said on 16th September 2009
Ion 2, CULV and Windows 7 = Netbook heaven...
Ed said on 16th September 2009
@Max Power:
1. That simply wouldn't be a netbook anymore, it would be an ultra portable because...
2. CULV has a huge price premium over Atom - the difference between a £350 and £500 machine.
Max Power said on 16th September 2009
$44 for an Atom N270, $134 for a CULV Celeron SU2300. Hardly £150...
Oh, and just because it's called Celery, doesn't mean it runs like crap, they SU2300 is far and away the better processor when compared to the Atom N270.
Ed said on 16th September 2009
Trust me, in terms of end user cost when integrated into a system, £150 is the sort of difference you'll be looking at. The question was asked of nVidia and HP and that was the figure we were given. Just look at current CULV notebook prices: http://www.trustedreviews.com/laptops/review/2009/08/27/Acer-TravelMate-Timeline-8371-944G32N---13-3in-Laptop/p1
Max Power said on 16th September 2009
Ah, I wasn't aware of that!
Still £500 for a small laptop of that calibre will still be on my shopping list come April next year (bonus time!).
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HP's designers clearly took a wrong turn between the original mininote and this.