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[Darkness]

I know centrino is an all in one platform. But the laptops usually come with an Intel IGP which sucks vs AMD's IGP. And Yeah i know about Nvidia's ION for Atom and I know that Nvidia's IGP on laptops are weak compared to their desktop equivalents plus Nvidia had that huge problem with failing gpus on laptops which is why I don't trust them. And I'm just saying for the price of an atom platform you can make a Sempron platform that beats the atom.

[Warsaw]

But Sempron is desktop where Atom is [usually] netbook. Two different markets dude. And anybody who buys a nettop is uninformed.

[Darkness]

Don't forget Htpc/web machines they're mostly atoms. And the Sempron is in that market

[Warsaw]

IIRC, most HTPCs are either one of those low-voltage Athlon X2s or Core 2 based. I don't know where you're getting your info. Atom-based web machines just came into being last year, and are THE web-based machine. Everything else up until that point was really just an underpowered computer, intended for more than just using the web (with the exception of the original Celeron-powered Eee).

[Darkness]

Alot of guys I know over at techpowerup are using Atom and Nvidia Ion in their HTPCs My uncle uses Ion for his HTPC and web machine. Others use the dual core Ions with the GMA950 to watch HD content. Also the new eee can playback HD on its atom. And the New atoms are actually capable of playing HD content

[Warsaw]

Ion is the platform putting the 9400M into an integrated chipset. The 9400 by itself is not Ion. There is no "dual core Ion," because the 9400M is not dual core.

I'm well aware of what the new stuff can do, and it has nothing to do with the Atom. It's just the software has been changed to take advantage of graphics hardware (including Intel IGPs), so the fact that Atom can't do certain things can be bypassed. Basically, Atom's inadequacy got the developers (namely Adobe's) off of their collective asses. The new Atoms aren't even out yet. No, the Z series is not new.

You're mixing stuff up man. You are going to end up confusing somebody. Do more research.

[Darkness]

you know what I meant by dual-core Ions I was trying to say The dual core atom on the ion platform aka the 9400 because you can't buy an atom processors they're integrated into their boards. I know the 9400 is an IGP and theres no such things as a dual core igp. And you think I'm that stupid? The Z series is the first atom out there. Now they're at the N,200,300 series

[NullZero]

What is the new asus eee that can playback HD content without stuttering?

[Darkness]

The eee 1000HV is a netbook capable of doing HD content and the eee b204 and b206 they're not netbooks but Htpc machines

[Warsaw]

you know what I meant by dual-core Ions I was trying to say The dual core atom on the ion platform aka the 9400 because you can't buy an atom processors they're integrated into their boards. I know the 9400 is an IGP and theres no such things as a dual core igp. And you think I'm that stupid? The Z series is the first atom out there. Now they're at the N,200,300 series

I don't think you're stupid, I think you are mixing stuff up too much whether you intended to or not. The N-series atoms have been around for over a year now, so even those are not new, and they are still as anemic as their Z-series counterparts.

As for using an Eee for HD playback, it isn't worth it because the output connections are terrible (at least that's what I read in the reviews). You'd be better off waiting for Mobinova's Tegra-based netbook, which is both more powerful and made specifically for such a purpose.