ION based netbooks delayed until Windows 7 release

[Chris]

Sadly Lenovo delayed their Ideapad S12 running the ION based netbook until the end of October to coincide with the release of Windows 7. Samsung pulled a similar move and delayed their ION based N510 netbook as well. Looks like we won't be celebrating improved HD video support until nearly the holiday season, but at least [...]

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[ThisIsNot]

I don't really understand why they are delaying ION netbook releases until Windows 7 when everything can work fine with Windows XP. What they should really do is release the netbooks now and offer a free upgrade to Windows 7 Home Premium. Eh, at least HP's Mini 110XP with the Broadcom Crystal HD chip is already out.

I wonder if Intel is going to delay the release of their GN40 setup until after Windows 7 as well.

Originally Posted by ThisIsNot

I wonder if Intel is going to delay the release of their GN40 setup until after Windows 7 as well.

I read a couple of months ago that, as a business decision, the Intel G40 implementation was to be delayed due to the success of XP with the netbook.

Vista and G40 are good. XP and G40 are not a benefit. Due to Microsoft pricing and market desire for XP over Vista, there are a lot of XP netbooks floating around. Since Intel is selling so many of the 270/280 Atom chips, why change chipsets? Just yet.

When Intel switches to the new lower power Atom 32nm CPU, that would be the time to match it with the lower power Intel G40 or NVIDIA Ion and Windows 7.

ArsTechnica has a nice run down on chips, chipsets and power usage for Mac users like me who are learning about Windows and netbooks.

All this begs the question, would you dump your 12/18 month netbook for a newer power sipping one? Would you move to HD capability in a netbook?

I wouldn't. I've posted about video editing on the netbook (a non-starter), run performance tests on my netbook (another non-starter) and swapped OSes around on my netbook (well, they all start ). I'm more comfortable with a non-net netbook. Work offline. Use my netbook as a personal electronic thingy.