My appologies: 1201HA is poulsbo based.
1201N is ION based. The original thread questioned about the 1201HA. How about I return the question then to misc and ask how they would rate the success of 1201N running OpenBSD? =) (* grumble *) (* grumble *) stupid model numbering confusion (* grumble *) (* grumble *) On Dec 28, 2009 1:05pm, [email protected] wrote: > 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!
