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NVIDIA Launches Ion Platform for Atom PCs

 
I am a big fan of netbook computers and small desktop systems based on Intel's Atom processor. I think the Atom and platforms using it offer plenty of performance for your average PC user looking to do nothing more than a bit of word processing, surfing th... (link)

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