http://www.macnn.com/ MacNN is the leading source for news about Apple and the Mac industry. It offers news, reviews, discussion, tips, troubleshooting, links, and reviews every day. The best place for Mac News. Period. en-us http://images.macnn.com/images/macnn-logo-bw.gif http://www.macnn.com/ http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/19/asus.fastest.netbook.to.have.500.price/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0911/asuseeepc1201n-leak.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />ASUS' Eee PC 1201N today received more definitive release details for the US. The American version will have both the 1.6GHz dual-core Atom 330 and NVIDIA Ion chipset that should give it both faster overall performance and the option of 1080p video, including in Flash 10.1. The netbook will be one of the first to come with Windows 7 Home Premium and accordingly come with 2GB of RAM and a 250GB h... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/19/asus.fastest.netbook.to.have.500.price/ Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:15:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/05/myka.ion.a.home.theater.pc.for.the.living.room/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0911/mykain.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Myka has moved on from producing media hubs by releasing its Myka ION nettop as a full-fledged home theater PC. As the name implies, the PC packs a 1.6GHz Intel Atom processor and 2GB of RAM, along with an NVIDIA Ion graphics platform to supply HD (non-Flash) video. It runs on Ubuntu Linux and includes Boxee and XBMC media center software as well as support for standard-definition Adobe Flash and ... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/05/myka.ion.a.home.theater.pc.for.the.living.room/ Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:40:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/10/28/lenovo.s12.ion.upgrade.on.sale/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0910/lenovoideapads12-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />After a significant delay past its original summer goal, Lenovo on Wednesday began selling a version of its IdeaPad S12 netbook with NVIDIA's Ion graphics onboard. The upgrade comes in tandem with Windows 7 Home Premium and gives it enough visual power to support the full Aero Glass interface as well as to decode 1080p video and handle some more recent 3D. Lenovo also adds Bluetooth 2.1 for wire... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/10/28/lenovo.s12.ion.upgrade.on.sale/ Wed, 28 Oct 2009 13:05:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/10/22/verizon.outs.subsidized.hp.netbooks/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0910/hpmini110intro.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />To coincide with the release of Windows 7 on Thursday, Verizon has officially released the earlier rumored HP netbooks with a connection to its wireless data network. Only the 11.6-inch HP Mini 311-1037NR sports Windows 7 Home Premium, however, as the 10.1-inch HP Mini 110-1046NR includes Windows XP Home. Full specs of the devices are available, with the HP Mini 311 getting the NVIDIA Ion graphics... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/10/22/verizon.outs.subsidized.hp.netbooks/ Thu, 22 Oct 2009 20:55:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/10/19/verizon.to.get.ion.based.netbook/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0910/hpmini311.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Verizon is poised to kick off the launch of Windows 7 this week with two netbooks as a leaked document has shown its plans. Both the HP Mini 311 and the Mini 110 are due to reach the provider along with Windows 7 on Thursday and will be partly subsidized, with Engadget showing the higher-end Mini 311 dropping to $250 after agreeing to a contract and a $100 mail-in rebate while the Mini 110 will c... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/10/19/verizon.to.get.ion.based.netbook/ Mon, 19 Oct 2009 15:40:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/10/16/intel.atom.400.500.series.pushed.to.2010/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0910/intelatomz500-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />In spite of claims of an on time release, Intel's Atom processors using its Pine Trail architecture now won't show until the very start of 2010, a string of leaks have shown Thursday. The 1.66GHz N450 and 1.86GHz N470 are said by Fudzilla to ship on January 3rd and won't necessarily save battery life. Instead, the primary gain will come from moving graphics to the main processor core, reducing ... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/10/16/intel.atom.400.500.series.pushed.to.2010/ Fri, 16 Oct 2009 20:30:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/10/16/aspirerevo.with.ion.windows.7.now.in.the.us/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0910/aspirerevointro.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Acer on Friday announced it will soon offer the small form factor AspireRevo R3610-U9012 nettop PC in the US. First introduced in the summer, the PC is one of the first nettops to feature NVIDIA's Ion platform, which supports NVIDIA's CUDA general purpose computing and can also play back 1080p movies even on an Atom-based system.... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/10/16/aspirerevo.with.ion.windows.7.now.in.the.us/ Fri, 16 Oct 2009 13:20:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/10/12/hp.mini.311.docs.show.ion.storage.boosts/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0910/hpmini311.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />HP's Mini 311 is already slated to get a performance upgrade if the company's own service... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/10/12/hp.mini.311.docs.show.ion.storage.boosts/ Mon, 12 Oct 2009 15:50:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/10/12/asus.eee.pc.1201.models.get.details/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0910/asuseeepc12.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Detailed specs of not one but two 12-inch Eee PC notebooks have been revealed recently. One of the new Eee PCs, the 1201N, was first spotted in Asia last month. Now, the unofficial specs for the 1201N and 1201HA are known and they include a 12.1-inch, 1366x768 resolution display. The specs reportedly come from leaked ASUS documents.... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/10/12/asus.eee.pc.1201.models.get.details/ Mon, 12 Oct 2009 14:45:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/10/09/ion.2.to.run.twice.as.fast.support.culv/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0910/nvidiaion-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />NVIDIA's Ion 2 chipset is still due to ship before the end of year and could provide a significant boost not just to netbooks but to notebooks using Intel's CULV (Consumer Ultra Low Voltage) processors as well, an update from the company has shown. In addition to supporting the timeframe, an executive heading chipset development has reportedly confirmed rumors that the next-generation Ion will su... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/10/09/ion.2.to.run.twice.as.fast.support.culv/ Fri, 09 Oct 2009 13:10:00 GMT