Intel has released an updated version of the graphics driver for netbooks equipped with the Intel Atom platform. What’s significant about this release is that initial reports show it noticeably improving video playback, Vista Aero performance, and even web browsing. Most of the users reporting significant improvement are using Sony’s Vaio P “not a netbook,”  but others are chiming in with good reports on other Atom systems.

The new driver is good for Vista and Win7 only and can be downloaded here. It seems the Vista driver for Atom’s graphics was substandard, not surprising given the limited number of Atom-based machines running Vista.

Source: [PortableMonkey]

What do you get when you mix leather, Lenovo, and VAIO? Something like what you see above. There are no details on this fabled machine snapped out in the Far East, but it looks AMAZINGLY like the Sony VAIO P in form factor.

Eh, it’s all futile anyway. All the cool stuff in China never makes it out west…

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