Acer packs next gen Ion into Aspire netbook

AS WE REPORTED last week, Acer is set to the one if the first maufacturers to make use of Nvidia's next generation Ion chip.

At a recent event in London we got a quick hands on with the Acer Aspire 532G, which features Optimus which promises painless switchable graphics, helping to balance performance and battery life. The demo shows how a regular Pine Trail based netbook struggles with a 720p video streamed from Youtube, however the Acer handles it smoothly.

A slew of other manufacturers are set to announce their own next-gen Ion products at CeBit in Hangover, er, Hannover next week. µ