On , Ted Unangst <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, Dec 28, 2009 at 11:26 AM, Daniele Pilenga [email protected]> > wrote:
> > I was looking at the specs of the new Asus and it seams very > > appealing, but I didn't have any occasion to try it out. > > > > Does anyone have it? How does it work with OpenBSD (-current, of > course)? > > > > I was looking at the HA model, as the N one, though more powerful, is > > NVidia ION... > It uses GMA 500 graphics, which is apparently unsupported. nVidia ION is an nVidia based chipset with nVidia based graphics based on the 9400M. nVidia ION has is nVidia's own competing platform chipset for the atom, and is not nor has anything to do with GMA500/Poulsbo ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poulsbo_%28chipset%29 ), or PineTrail ( http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/showdoc.aspx?i=3692 ). One reason for the lack of the IONs popularity might be Intel's anticompetetive practices as outlighted in many news articles, such as http://news.zdnet.co.uk/itmanagement/0,1000000308,39942238,00.htm . This netbook is fresh off the wire, please see anand's review here: http://www.anandtech.com/mobile/showdoc.aspx?i=3699 Happy Holidays to all you OBSD developers!
