a hard decision:11.6 inch , atom N270+ion OR SU4100+4500MHD

[allfiredup]

Originally Posted by Szilágyi Dávid

Hi!

A will not start a new threat, because a i have almost the same question. i want to buy a notebook for school. I work with MS office, but sometimes a need higher performance for example youtube or movies or something like that.
Important aspect of portability.

Wich should i buy?
1. Lenovo s12 with atom n270 1,6 ghz and Nvidia ION or
2. Lenovo U350 with Celeron M ULV 723 1.2 ghz and 4500MHD

I live in Central Europe, and these are at the same price. (~760$)

I know that the N270 is weaker than Celeron, and intel gma is weaker than ION.

Please, help me!

For most users, I'd think the additional processing power of the Celeron M 723 would be much more useful! The Intel GMA 4500 is adequate for most basic tasks.

[jackluo923]

Originally Posted by gstar2002

hi ilovejedd thank you for your infomation about flash video.
So if i get it right, atom N270+ ion will not play 720p flash video until sometime 2010. And the other one can play it but slow.

Can you give me some examples when you feel, SU4100 is alot better than atom N270 and do you think , atom 330 can handel that job or not?

Intel atom N270 with intel GMA 950 can do full aero + 720P h.264 videos (below 15Mbps).

[namaiki]

Originally Posted by jackluo923

Intel atom N270 with intel GMA 950 can do full aero + 720P h.264 videos (below 15Mbps).

The GMA950 doesn't have any H.264 video acceleration, so:

Originally Posted by jackluo923

Intel atom N270 can do full aero + 720P h.264 videos (below 15Mbps).

?

[Xiphias]

I was under the impression that the Atom N270/280 can do 720p using CoreAVC's video codec.

[mcvan]

The SU4100 is by far the speedier, higher performance CPU, but the ION has the better graphics chip, with somewhat higher power consumption when pushed. You can get already get 1080p video performance w/ the SU4100 & Intel chipset, but make it even smoother (abd less CPU-intensive) by adding a cheap Broadcom Hardware Decoder BCM970015 PCIe Mini Card. The spec sheet shows the U150 as having 2 PCIe mini card slots; surely one of them is free. See this review of an early Broadcom decoder: LogicSupply's BCM970012 PCIe mini card for 1080p on Intel Atom | silentpcreview.com