Although the Apple TV had a significant price cut yesterday, we continue to think that an update is on the cards.
As time passes and the more one knows, the more we think that the Ion platform would be perfect for the successor of the current model. A test on a portable equipped with this platform showed that it is perfectly able to decode 1080p and that it handles this task with brilliance. In spite of its lack of power, the associated ATOM processor only needed 10 to 20% of its power, which is telling since a similar machine but with a Intel chipset is quite simply unable to read a video 1080p.
If you want another idea of the potential of Ion; its testers succeeded in playing under acceptable conditions the game Call of Duty 4, an unrealizable dream for the current netbooks.
