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Atom+ION+Linux = HTPC?
costi:
I'll see if I'll be able to get a good deal on the board from Asus from a guy I know that works in the local Asus office. If I do, I'll go with the ION board mentioned above (especially since I already have a HDD and 2x1GB DDR3 RAM, which I bought for almost half price). If not, I'll consider other options. Tho I'll probably still stick to a PC, but maybe change to a Core i3 ITX board.
BTW. I wrote a review of MSI Wind U100, one of the first netbooks (the only previous ones were Asus eeePC 701 and 901) just as it entered the market. It had a single-core Atom, 1GB of RAM and Intel GMA900 (which is the most basic Intel GPU) and ran WinXP. I watched a 720p release of Paprika on it without any problems, as well as 720p videos from gametrailers. They were decoded only by the CPU, so I think that even if the GPU on the ION will not be able to fully process the movie, a dual-core Atom with 2GB RAM will be enough, even if the movie takes 100% of CPU time.
halfelite:
If you get everything for a good price then go for it. And an i3 should be able to handle it all then if the atom does not work so well for you.
agentbad:
Just throw XBMC live on it and stream from your computer.
halfelite:
update your post if you do buy everything and tell us how it went.
bloody000:
If you want to use Linux, avoid VIA at all cost. They have craptastic driver support on Linux, even the Windows counterparts aren't that great.
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