Comments on rahulsood: A Nightmare on Intel Street?

Will this be able to boot ESXi off of a USB stick?...

2009-01-21T07:45:00.000-07:00

Will this be able to boot ESXi off of a USB stick? That would be great since you then could connect to external disk via iSCSI. I would pitch any internal disk then.

this is precisely where the future of clien...

2009-01-11T15:17:00.000-07:00

this is precisely where the future of client computing needs to migrate -- basically, Apple's mac-mini on steroids, not that most folk need steroids, but the orig. mini was certainly underpwr'd.

nevertheless, having been embedded in this industry for almost a decade, my priceless journey from Bombay to Austin - is one w/ insight into the depths of global compute necessity, i.e., most users require good-enough computing, which this type of machine is perfectly capable of providing.

the end-user ultimately doesn't give a rat's arse where his/her performance is delivered from, & so the right balance of CPU, GPU (w/ hybrid) & OS - should def'ly provide the adequate flops-per-$-per-watt-per-cubicCm necessary to *dominate* the nxt decade of client-computing !

Wow that is really interesting.

2009-01-08T22:57:00.000-07:00

Wow that is really interesting.

Mike has it correct. This thing will have to compe...

2009-01-08T18:35:00.000-07:00

Mike has it correct. This thing will have to compete with consoles so it should be priced in that ballpark. As someone else stated, netbook pricing would be about right.

Now if you could use your considerable influence to get MS to make an XBoxOS to put on it instead of Windows, you'd be in the house.

However, it IS butt ugly.

It needs to cost less than $600(CAD). That puts it...

2009-01-08T08:17:00.000-07:00

It needs to cost less than $600(CAD). That puts it into a competitive space with the PS3, while remaining a more capable machine.

I wrote about that on your 328KPH forums ages ago about a PC competitor to the console, and what you've got in your hands is it. Just put a shortcut to Steam on the desktop and call it a day.

Provide a matching (stackable) external DVD or Blu-Ray and go after the media space too.

This is pretty much what Nvidia has been talking a...

2009-01-07T20:08:00.000-07:00

This is pretty much what Nvidia has been talking about for a while: Good enough CPU. The main difference between this and Via's solution is Nvidia DX implementation and CUDA. Could you get the same performance per watt or per dollar with VIA? I doubt that? Could you accelerate transcoding with VIA? I don't think so. To me, Intel suddenly found itself a child that it does not like. However, it seems like this opens up an opportunity for companies like AMD and Nvidia who can operate in a different margin.

I imagine Intel may try to strong arm people from ...

2009-01-07T18:12:00.000-07:00

I imagine Intel may try to strong arm people from running this program. It looks like it could hurt their low voltage notebook chips, no?

That's really cool, I like it. Assuming it did eve...

2009-01-07T18:10:00.000-07:00

That's really cool, I like it. Assuming it did everything and had a hard drive I would probably pay around net book pricing?

Hey Rahul,
Not sure if you know this, but VIA ...

2009-01-07T17:55:00.000-07:00

Hey Rahul,
Not sure if you know this, but VIA Artigo is also something very similar to the nVidia ION. Based on your description, the ION is fully asembled unlike the Artigo Pico which you (ie, the end client has to put together). I currently use the Artigo to run a NAS (www.freenas.org) and I'll have to agree with you that the future of computing might head over in that direction.

Now, with that being said and you giving us a little glipse of what the ION capability, the real question that comes to mind is if this new product has the ability to transform or evolve itself into a fully fledged server running VMWare ESX software to create Virtual Machines to help reduce the cost of operating a data center. Any thoughts ?? If so do reply back to me. (I have sent you an email via Facebook).

Thanks

First of all, how do i get one? i really want to t...

2009-01-07T16:50:00.000-07:00

First of all, how do i get one? i really want to test is and do a review for my website.

Second i do believe intel saw this Atom eating into their profit but they have no chance, after all they are getting ready to fight ARM and in the end they will sell mostly "atom" maybe the market moved to quickly to embrace Atom.

Happy New Year and keep the good posts.

Metro aka Felipe

Comments on rahulsood: A Nightmare on Intel Street?

Will this be able to boot ESXi off of a USB stick?...

this is precisely where the future of clien...

Wow that is really interesting.

Mike has it correct. This thing will have to compe...

It needs to cost less than $600(CAD). That puts it...

This is pretty much what Nvidia has been talking a...

I imagine Intel may try to strong arm people from ...

That's really cool, I like it. Assuming it did eve...

Hey Rahul, Not sure if you know this, but VIA ...

First of all, how do i get one? i really want to t...

Hey Rahul,
Not sure if you know this, but VIA ...