ASUS Eee PC 1201HA now on sale in the US

A little later than mid-November, sure, but ASUS has finally unleashed to the US masses its 12.1-inch Eee PC 1201HA. Available at Best Buy for a penny under $330, it's got all the standard affairs: 1.33GHz Intel Atom Z520, 1GB RAM upgradeable to 2GB, 160GB HDD, WiFi, and a touted 6 hour, 38 minute battery life. The catch here is Windows XP -- sorry 7 lovers, but if you're feeling particularly adventurous, there's always Chrome OS.

[Plothole Posted Nov 30th 2009 4:56PM]

Microsoft will continue to offer XP until at least next year. Moreover Windows XP ULCPC is still the cheapest Windows license available.

[GSound Posted Nov 30th 2009 7:20PM]

It is a nice machine, but I am price stalking the HP 311...more pricey, but more ram (upto 3 gb), speed (1.6 GHz), video (ION) and a little smaller than this one. If anybody knows something better coming in the next month, fill me in. Not looking to hackintosh.

Also, I have read there is very little performance difference between the N270 and N280 procs...however, anybody know when the dual procs are supposed to come out? Which brands? Am a newbie to the netbook thing...thanks for suffering through my questions if you reply...

[Certifiedfryguy Posted Dec 4th 2009 11:42AM]

Just picked one up. No bluetooth. Not really a big deal, but suprising they would skimp on that when the older Eee models have bluetooth.

[Certifiedfryguy Posted Dec 4th 2009 12:54PM]

@Certifiedfryguy
fingerprint magnet!

[Certifiedfryguy Posted Dec 4th 2009 5:51PM]

Heads up..

Best buy lists the built in graphics engine as "Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator 950" the one they sell actually has a Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 500