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Surprised there isn't a Pentium Dual-core option... that or the Celeron dual core would make for a very interesting HTPC build.
I like, the ION I always feel is more capable than the Atom allows it to be.
I just don't think it's worth it unless you really need exactly that sort of power usage and performance. You can get dual-core Athlon CPUs and boards for around £110 that will run rings around the CULV chips. The HD3200/4200/4225 graphics core should also be about on par with the Ion chipset.
I guess it could make a nice passively cooled HTPC in the right case though?
What about more fully-fledged laptop CPUs? Would they not be yet another middle-ground, offering decent power consumption as well as more respectable performance than 1.3 or 1.2GHz cores, while not as hot or perhaps as well-performing as Athlon dual-cores?
Mobile on DeskTop mk. 2 ?
I don't see the market personally.
An Atom is more than enough for the vast majority of tasks. If you need more power, you're unlikely to find the ideal chip in only a very small step higher.
How many tasks these days are bottlenecked by the CPU? Really? Why would you buy this over an Atom-based system? Without benchmarking it won't be any slower, and let's face it, you're not going to be encoding any videos with it. It's still aimed at the 2D internet/email/Word user.
I like to see ideas and designs which are different to the main-stream, but I just can't see the point... or any sales.
A CULV would be ideal for most schools, but the market isn't there for the prices to be driven down, hence schools with still go for fully-featured desktop CPUs or go for netbook CPUs.
This is where I feel the netbook/laptop AMDs do have an advantage - decent performing, cheap CPU with strong onboard graphics. They don't dominate the power charts on laptops, but the performance is right where it should be. Fitted with a desktop hard drive they're perfectly positioned for 95% of PCs.