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Asus launches 12.1-inch Eee PC, AMD Congo and Nvidia Ion versions coming soon
The screen resolution is quite decent for a netbook, at 1366x768, which along the estimated 6+ hours of battery life and low price tag seem to be the netbook's key selling points. Otherwise, there is a 160GB hard disk drive, built-in Ethernet port, 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi, a 1.3-megapixel camera, three USB ports, a multi-card reader and either XP or Windows 7. The Asus 1201HA is currently selling at Best Buy for $330 with free shipping.
If you are willing to wait some more and shell out a few extra bucks, a variation known as the 1201N will be the first Eee PC with Nvidia Ion graphics when it arrives in December, including 2GB of RAM, a 250GB hard drive and HDMI out for about $500. The Taiwanese manufacturer is also said to be planning a version with AMD's 1.6GHz Congo MV40 processor and ATI Radeon HD3200 graphics.
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yorro
on December 1, 2009 6:47 AM |
I just have no idea why Netbooks keeps coming back for more. |
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yorro
on December 1, 2009 6:52 AM |
I just can't understand why they keep making Netbooks |
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Kibaruk
on December 1, 2009 7:10 AM |
Because the netbook market is a growing market Yorro. It's like asking why they keep making more notebooks, or more desktop hardware. Since clearly lots of you are bots only posting for prizes and don't read other comments, are not aware that netbooks could replace desktop computers if they come this way: Smaller, packing a lot of power, low voltage consuming, discrete video chipsets (You can play Modern Warfare 2 on an HD3200). Put that into a dock that plugs into a screen, with a wireless keyboard and mouse, some more ventilation and you have a really nice desktop solution, much more power efficient, and in need take it wherever you want! |
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AbsolutGaloot
on December 1, 2009 10:07 AM |
I'm really a fan of my HP mininote that I got a year ago, but the quality seems to be swiftly decreasing. My little brother has gone through 3 of the newer Minis in a year with various issues (dead/stuck pixels, won't boot, etc). I'm not surprised that the line has become so blurry between netbooks and ultraportables, and am glad that this is helping drive costs down. |
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kodrutz
on December 2, 2009 12:56 AM |
Kibaruk, I think you're confusing netbooks with notebooks here. Sure, I may be wrong, but I didn't see any netbook using HD 3200 graphics so far... |
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UT66
on December 2, 2009 2:14 AM |
Guest said: I don't mind paying another $100+ for the Nvidia ion for better graphics and HD!! good luck with that. intel >laughs> |
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Kibaruk
on December 2, 2009 8:05 AM |
Kibaruk, I think you're confusing netbooks with notebooks here. Sure, I may be wrong, but I didn't see any netbook using HD 3200 graphics so far... Read about MSI Wind12 U230, those were introduced in a couple topics after this one. |
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kodrutz
on December 2, 2009 4:14 PM |
I would really like to see full-size notebooks using netbook platforms. Just think about the possibilities! Speaking for myself, most laptops I can think of are too powerful for my needs (just a browser and a text editor would be enough), but netbooks have those damn small screens and keyboards I really hate... so why not bring together the best of these two worlds? |
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buttus
on December 3, 2009 7:44 AM |
I agree that manufactures are trying to get netbooks up to the low end of full notebooks. They are still a niche product though and are more easily dropped and dammaged then full notebooks. For myself, I would never get one as the applications I use (Photoshop for example) need too much horsepower and screen size to ever be practical on a netbook. But I DO love the size and weight. |
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RealXboxMaster
on December 3, 2009 7:47 AM |
My friend bought one of these last month with Windows 7 Pro installed from Newegg. He paid $445 US. Based on performance wise, All I can say is "What a piece of crap" for that price, I can by a decent powerful laptop with a duel burner, nice size screen for that. Total waste of time n money. |
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Kibaruk
on December 3, 2009 10:01 AM |
@RealXboxMaster: Dude... who puts nicks like that? Comming back to the topic, if you don't like the idea of a computer without a burner and a small screen size, it's just your opinion. So, you go for the notebooks, others go for the netbooks. How you feel about them is not an impediment to how others feel about them. Size and weight is THE thing taken in consideration when buying a netbook. |
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