ASUS' 12.1-inch Eee PC gets pictured, a little more real
By Darren Murph 
posted October 20th 2009 11:33AM
posted October 20th 2009 11:33AM
posted October 20th 2009 11:33AM
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if they put an atom in this, i swear i will kill someone at ASUS
What is your weapon of choice?
This is said to have an Atom N330 and a Nvidia Ion in it.
CULV
(or, in the future, some kind of low power cGPU fermi derivative from nVIDIA to turbo a generic x86)
oh didnt you see that it's powered by a Core i7 and still gives you a good 8 hour battery life?
The Atom 330 is more powerful than the SU3500, tho it also use 2.5 more Watts of power when you go all out on the thing.
As for the price... SU3500 costs $262 and the Atom 330 costs $43 according to wikipedia.
To make it worth it go CULV they would have to use the "Core 2 Duo SU9600", but this one uses 2 more Watts than the Atom 330 and costs way more ($289).
I agree that this one seems like an awesome CPU for a laptop but the price doesn't help the company to bring affordable computers to the users.
The Atom 330 is more powerful than the SU3500? The Atom 330 may have a higher clock speed, but it also uses a far less sophisticated architecture. I'd like to see whatever sources you have supporting the claim that even a dual-core Atom can beat a single core ULV, with benchmarks on various tasks.
it has an N270, 1 GB RAM, wireless N, windows XP.
This looks almost exactly like the render of the mac-netbook that came out a while back.
The only thing I can say to Asus is that they need to destroy their batch of Atom processors and use something new.
I think you meant '€399 ($399)'
I think you mean 1.4 KILO, not pound...
is 1.4 pounds correct? that would make it lighter than the VAIO X.. no?
I agree 1,4 kilo sounds more trusthworthy than 1.4 pounds...
Would be awesome though to have a netbook that light !
Yup, the original says 1.4 kg, or slightly above 3 pounds.
Boo on this. They need to drop details on the rumored 1201N with the dual-core Atom and ION graphics.
I agree. That is the interesting one! Not the 1201HA
Agreed. Any news on that, or it's release date?
$600? You can get a real, full blown laptop for that. I always argued for netbooks of unusual sizes and the like in the past, but this is just ridiculous.
granted, that's the straight euro to dollar conversion but still, point stands. These things should be getting less expensive, not more.
only ignorant whiners would say things as such
a $600 full power notebook doesnt provide you 6hours run time
and obviously the value of a laptop isnt based on just the performance itself
looks nice, good price too. prolly start around $500 at Amazon
"Prolly" is so annoying, like "meh". Who started that nonsense?
David: I blame it on the same people that use "deffinately."
Or worse, "defiantly".
you guys forgot "would of been"
I remember the days of the REAL Eee PC. The 7 inch, bare bones computer that was supposed to be cheap. It was a computer I wanted. A computer I could afford to buy and modify for fun on a college student's budget.
This? This is a 600 dollar computer that is too big to carry anywhere like the first one, but too small and underpowered to do anything useful on.
EXACTLY. Why won't manufactures realize we WANT a
...
I don't see why these companies are coming out with all these netbooks, This is like what number 1001 from Asus. And at almost $600? Is it just me or do these netbooks keep going up and up in price? Arent they suppose to be cheap? If I'm going to pay almost $600 for a netbook, I might as well go ahead and get a full notebook, with a bigger screen and etc. These netbooks are just getting out of control.
Okay, everyone is concerned about weight and price, but no one seems to notice something subtle (or not so subtle). Is this thing made of ALUMINUM!?! This is a huge step up in styling and durability if that is, in fact, aluminum. However, I remain skeptical, as the read link contains Blue, Black, Red and this Silver model, all which appear to be plastic. Perhaps the brushed aluminum look is just that, a look.
And then you hit the read link and begin to wonder wtf is taking Asus so long to release these machines.
"The Eee PC 1201HA Seashell in the coming months will be joined by a new model, the 1201N, also with a 12.1-inch display, equipped with the latest NVIDIA platform ION is dedicated to those who seek an even more advanced in the multimedia and entertainment. Eee PC Seashell 1201HA è coperto dalla garanzia internazionale di un anno e sarà disponibile da metà Novembre con prezzo al pubblico di Euro 399 IVA inclusa. Seashell Eee PC 1201HA is covered by international warranty of one year and will be available from mid-November with a retail price of Euro 399 VAT included. "
"In the coming months," the 1201N will be available, but the 1201HA is not available until MID-NOVEMBER? Anyone that was waiting for an Ion netbook is going to be walking around with an HP Mini 311 by then. And for, what appears to be, a couple hundred dollars less than you would spend for this Asus.
Netbook manufacturers are so out of touch with the netbook market.
I'm waiting for Asus to create a competitor to the 11.6" CULV machines, something like the U1/U2 series they did a couple of years ago.
The UL20 and U20?
It's funny how you could say something so specific without having done any research.
http://bit.ly/2SvFcs
Well gee, we're up to 12.1" screens now? The only thing that can classify this thing as a netbook now is to have an atom processor. When are we getting the 15", 17", 20" "netbooks"? I really want to know. Talk about missing the point.
"Netbook" is just a marketing strategy to try and make people think these computers wont be able to fill their daily needs, and they actually convinced a lot of sceptical users of that.
I've ran MSN video-chat, Firefox with 4~10 tabs, MS Virtual PC, uTorrent and RocketDock at the same time with none, or almost no impact at all in performance at all under an Atom N270.
And while it wont let you play Left 4 Dead at 1440x900 with everything maxed on this thing, you wont be able to do it in any other "normal" laptop at the moment.
Now, if i tell you an Atom N270 is probably around as powerful as a Pentium4 2.4GHz, doesn't this give you a better idea of how powerful this little thing is? Many people have those in their home computers still.
The price is usually lower than the European conversion when it hits the states, so chill on the price.
I am more interested in the rumored 1201N. Duel-core 330 + ION = new purchase for me. (as long as it's not $600 )
Don't worry. Whenever it does come out it won't be $600, more like $699.
yeah... I'm afraid of that... :-/
It has to come out first. Where is it?
Keep in mind that HP/Compaq's Mini 311 is now available with Ion, (up to) 3 Gb. of DDR2 667, and just about every other option you could desire (although it does only have support for the Atom N280).
The Mini 311 also doesn't have the battery life that these are being marketed with. Honestly, I'd probably buy the 1201N for $600 if it's what it's rumored to be. Look at ultraportables with similar specs and you're looking at $1600. Admittedly, that's with a Core 2 Duo, but that isn't worth $1000 extra, to me.
although the HP Mini 311 is probably number 2 or 3 on my list, the atom 330 with ION is what really sold me on the 1201N (if it really exist) although if it doesn't come out till mid november, I might just cave and get something else. I've already held out for almost 3 months waiting for Win7 and ION, and my wife is getting tired of me stealing her EEE 1005HE.
@Panhandle
I'm in the same boat you are man, I feel your pain.
Hey, did Apple announce something today? I can't find any references on Engadget.
With all due respect to Asus, $600 is a silly price for a netbook. It's like they've lost sight of the key selling point of these devices... the ability for mainstream consumers to afford them.
The Atom 330 is more powerful than the SU3500? The Atom 330 may have a higher clock speed, but it also uses a far less sophisticated architecture. I'd like to see whatever sources you have supporting the claim that even a dual-core Atom can beat a single core ULV, with benchmarks on various tasks.
Ah, whoops... this was meant to be a reply to a comment posted above.
that's way too much for a netbook
That shift key isn't borked. It's just a non-US keyboard.
Well said that man. All US keyboards should be burned for having unusably small "return" keys.