Asus Eee PC 1201PN - Intel Atom

Overview

TechSpot Metascore

Based on 9 expert reviews

Excellent:

2
Good:

0
Average:

5
Bad:

2

Pros:

Faster graphics than predecessor, Improved battery life, Strong speakers, 500 GB of online storage included
Nvidia chip is great for 1080p HD video and light gaming. Full size keyboard. Lightweight. 2GB of memory. HDMI port. Windows 7 Home Premium.
Comfortable keyboard, good screen and speakers; Ion processor offers some graphics and performance gains.

Cons:

Relatively slow single-core processor, Stiff touch button, Lackluster webcam
Battery life would've been better with Optimus technology. Plain design. Pricey netbook.

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Last revision on February 7, 2012

Reviewers Liked

Faster graphics than predecessor, Improved battery life, Strong speakers, 500 GB of online storage included
Nvidia chip is great for 1080p HD video and light gaming. Full size keyboard. Lightweight. 2GB of memory. HDMI port. Windows 7 Home Premium
Comfortable keyboard, good screen and speakers; Ion processor offers some graphics and performance gains
Roomy 12-inch display; 720p resolution; second-generation Nvidia Ion graphics; HDMI port; loud speakers

Reviewers Didn't Like

Relatively slow single-core processor, Stiff touch button, Lackluster webcam
Battery life would've been better with Optimus technology. Plain design. Pricey netbook
Full laptops can be had for the same price; streaming video and gaming are hit-and-miss with this single-core Atom/next-gen Ion configuration
Smallish touch pad; keyboard flexes a bit too much; subpar battery life

Expert reviews and ratings

Improved Ion graphics and longer battery life make this 12-inch multimedia netbook a tempting...

By LaptopMag on June 21, 2010

Asus updates its 12-inch netbook, the Asus EeePC 1201PN, with a discrete GPU this time, but you still get all the HD video and light gaming...

By PC Mag on June 21, 2010

Touting the Asus Eee PC 1201PN as the first next-gen Nvidia Ion Netbook is a bit misleading, since it offers single-core Atom performance, with no automatic graphics switching in an expensive package that underperforms its...

By cnet on June 21, 2010

Equipped with Nvidia’s next-gen graphics and an Intel Pine Trail processor, this netbook offers excellent media playback and a roomy screen....

By Computer Shopper on June 01, 2010

In our SiSoftware Sandra tests, the Eee PC 1201PN did well in comparison to the reference systems in the CPU benchmarks (versus other single core Atom variants), and it matched up fairly well against rival components in other areas too. That said,...

By HotHardware on July 29, 2010

When Intel released its Pine Trail platform for its latest Atom netbooks, it looked like it was game over for NVIDIA's Ion platform. As far as Intel was concerned, the newer Pine Trail platform simplified things by integrating the memory and...

By HardwareZone.com on April 22, 2010

Les Eee PC 1201PN et Eee PC 1201NL d’Asus sont des netbooks attrayants et vraiment pratiques. Toutefois l’Eee PC 1201NL a notre préférence malgré des...

By Ere Numérique on October 08, 2010

Pionnier en matière de netbook, Asus continue de décliner son fameux Eee PC en lui incorporant cette fois la dernière plate-forme Intel et la nouvelle mouture de l'ION de NVIDIA.Alors que l'Intel Pine Trail ne nous avait pas...

By Clubic on August 02, 2010

Mit der Neuauflage des 12-Zoll Eee PC mit ION-Grafik hat Asus die Wartezeit auf die neuen Netbooks mit neuen Chassis weniger elegant überbrückt. Denn erst im September 2010 wird der Nachfolger des 1201PN in Deutschland erhältlich sein....

By Notebookjournal on July 12, 2010

100

Tout comme le Samsung N510 en son temps, le Eee PC 1201PN se monnaie aux alentours des 499 euros soit presque 30 à 40% de plus que les netbooks sans la puce ION 2 (et 50 euros de plus que le Eee PC 1201N). Cette dernière est une...

By 01Net on May 20, 2010

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