14 DAY TRIAL // Santa Clara, California-based NVIDIA has been demonstrating the performance capabilities of its recently announced Ion platform using a beta version of Microsoft's upcoming Windows 7 operating system. Drew Henry, general manager of NVIDIA's MCP Business Unit, has demoed the Windows 7 multitasking support delivered by the company's small-sized, low-power Ion platform, which combines Intel's highly successful Atom processor with a GeForce 9400M graphics chip.
NVIDIA's Ion platform has certainly benefited from a considerable attention on the part of the worldwide media as it appears that the graphics chip maker has managed to develop a product that will significantly boost the performance of the upcoming netbook and nettop systems. However, it looks like NVIDIA isn't satisfied with only certifying its product for Microsoft's Windows Vista operating system, as it also wants to show off the platform's support for the upcoming Windows 7 OS.
The two companies were keen on showing off NVIDIA's Ion handling the multitasking features enabled in Windows 7, as these two products will likely be featured in some of the future computer systems due to be released later this year or in early 2010, depending on the availability of Microsoft's Windows 7. Judging from the video posted by the fellows over at TweakTown, the new nettop platform is really capable of dealing with the conversion of a 1080p video file to a more portable media device, such as an iPod Touch, while also playing the file itself, at the same time. In addition, it's also noteworthy how the Ion platform handled the latest Left 4 Dead gaming application.
If the performance capabilities of NVIDIA's Ion platform have impressed you, then you should wait until some new systems based on the product will become available on the market. Also, take into consideration that this platform will likely become available for prices in the range of $300.