Nvidia Ion-based netbook waits for Windows 7

Lenovo and Samsung all announced to postpone the IdeaPad S12 and N510 netbooks until October, when Windows 7 launches .

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Samsung and Lenovo both postponed the launch of netbooks running on Nvidia Ion. Photo: Laptopmag .

According to Gizmodo, Lenovo will not sell the IdeaPad S12 Nvidia Ion graphics netbook until Windows 7 is officially released. IdeaPad S12 is expected to be the first netbook equipped with Nvidia Ion on the market. According to the company, S12 running Windows 7 will be more competitive than installing Windows Vista operating system. Thus, the price is not only a little cheaper, but users will also be more interested in experiencing both the operating system and the new graphics platform at the same time.

Not only Lenovo, a Samsung representative also told Gizmodo, they also delayed the launch of their first Ion netbook, the Samsung N510, until it could be sold with Windows 7. Most likely, Samsung shares the same opinion. with Lenovo, want to bring "completely new" instead of upgrading from Windows Vista to Windows 7.