name='nepas' said:
as far as I have read Intel are saying a big no no to this,they do not want the atom to get away from them(maybe they should put a decent chipset with it then)as it stands at the moment Nvidia are flogging a dead horse.Will dig out the link where I read that
That's not accurate. Intel doesn't block any manufacturer from using the Ion platform. The problem is that nVidia is asking a lot more money then Intel does.
Intel sells the chipset bundled with the processor, and it does it at a very low price. nVidia had mounted a marketing attack on Intel, they even have one of their top guys praising the AMD Neo, the VIA Nano, but if you read between the lines, nVidia really wants the Atom. ( Link:
http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/680/1050680/nvidia-ceo-disses-intel-chipsets )
This sounds good at first, but when you take in consideration the actual market climate:
For the year, Intel gained market share, going from a 77.1 percent hold in 2007 to 80.4 percent in 2008. Via also went up 0.8 to 1.1 percent. That increase in market share from both companies had to come at the expense of AMD, which fell from 22.1 percent to 18.5 percent.
Intel’s gain is largely attributed to its Atom processor, which powers nearly every netbook on the market today.
( Source:
http://www.tomshardware.com/news/intel-amd-via-cpu-sales,6956.html )
So, this means that nVidia tells you one thing, but wants a different thing. They want the Atom, since it's the next big thing, and it's been for almost half a year now. The funny thing is that they don't like that Intel is selling us their chipset so cheap, a price too low to make their own 9400m market competitive. It's a better chipset, but it's really expensive to use.
I would pay for the difference, but Average Joe will just buy the cheaper nettop, because it has the same Atom processor, the same amount of memory and the same HDD space. That's the only thing Average Joe know about nettops. He only wants email and word, he doesn't care about 1080p full HD movies on an 8" screen.
Everyone wants to get on the winning wagon, and will employ every trick in the book, Intel and nVidia (and the other manufacturers) are alike. Don't be fooled into thinking they'll do anything for you, they just want your money.
Tell me if I'm wrong. I dare you!
(that's because probably it dont 
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