Dospara launches ION netbook with dual-core Atom CPU
June 15, 2009 at 1:54 pm
Japanese manufacturer Dospara has launched its first netbook/mini-notebook in the form of the 12.1-inch Prime Note Cresion NA. It’s quite a first entry for Dospara, this being the first ION-based netbook that is on sale right now in Japan. Despite, it’s non-descript appearance, what has me even more excited is that Nvidia’s 9400M GPU has been paired with a dual-core 1.6GHz Atom 330 CPU, normally found in nettops.
This is the first time this processor has been found in a netbook and combined with the 9400M should mean some great performance figures. Apart from that, the 12.1-inch model has a screen resolution of 1366 x 768 pixels and comes with 2GB RAM and a 320GB HDD. You’ll also find a DVD drive, Wi-Fi (draft-N support), Bluetooth 2.1, HDMI out, a 1.3MP webcam and three USB ports. It measures 305×225×37.5mm (WxDxH) and weighs 1.92kg. The lithium-ion battery should last 3.2 hours.
When you consider all this costs 59,980 Yen (£373, $611, €441) it certainly seems very attractively priced. I can’t see this brand being sold in Western markets, but what I do hope is that we may start to see some dual-core processors finding its way in more netbooks soon.
Via Akhibara News.
June 15th, 2009 4:11 PM
Dual core Atom?
Why is this only in Japan!
June 24th, 2009 8:30 PM
Wow!!! FASTEST PROCESSOR FOR NETBOOKS!!!
This will be fastest until 2011.
June 25th, 2009 2:34 AM
Not dual core, but a HT thechnology borrow from p4.
June 27th, 2009 12:52 PM
JP, IT actually is a dual core..and it has added HT to the processor too..PC pro benchmarked this http://www.pcpro.co.uk/blogs/2008/11/12/dual-core-atom-330-benchmarked/