http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/04/asus-eee-pc-seashell-1201n-ion-based-ready-for-500-amazon-pre-o/ Engadget Comments for ASUS Eee PC 1201N Ion-based Seashell ready for $500 Amazon pre-order http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/04/asus-eee-pc-seashell-1201n-ion-based-ready-for-500-amazon-pre-o/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/04/asus-eee-pc-seashell-1201n-ion-based-ready-for-500-amazon-pre-o/Dec 4th 2009 5:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/04/asus-eee-pc-seashell-1201n-ion-based-ready-for-500-amazon-pre-o/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/04/asus-eee-pc-seashell-1201n-ion-based-ready-for-500-amazon-pre-o/Dec 4th 2009 5:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/04/asus-eee-pc-seashell-1201n-ion-based-ready-for-500-amazon-pre-o/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/04/asus-eee-pc-seashell-1201n-ion-based-ready-for-500-amazon-pre-o/Dec 4th 2009 5:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/04/asus-eee-pc-seashell-1201n-ion-based-ready-for-500-amazon-pre-o/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/04/asus-eee-pc-seashell-1201n-ion-based-ready-for-500-amazon-pre-o/Dec 4th 2009 8:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/04/asus-eee-pc-seashell-1201n-ion-based-ready-for-500-amazon-pre-o/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/04/asus-eee-pc-seashell-1201n-ion-based-ready-for-500-amazon-pre-o/Dec 4th 2009 11:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/04/asus-eee-pc-seashell-1201n-ion-based-ready-for-500-amazon-pre-o/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/04/asus-eee-pc-seashell-1201n-ion-based-ready-for-500-amazon-pre-o/
The N2101 will remain more powerful than the first Pinetrails, but it might not stand up to a CULV machine at that price. ]]>Dec 4th 2009 5:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/04/asus-eee-pc-seashell-1201n-ion-based-ready-for-500-amazon-pre-o/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/04/asus-eee-pc-seashell-1201n-ion-based-ready-for-500-amazon-pre-o/
Thank God I'm unemployed?]]>Dec 4th 2009 5:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/04/asus-eee-pc-seashell-1201n-ion-based-ready-for-500-amazon-pre-o/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/04/asus-eee-pc-seashell-1201n-ion-based-ready-for-500-amazon-pre-o/
I have read with interest your article. However, I disagree on one point.

To quote :

"Here's the rub: are you really going to pull the trigger for a legacy Diamondville-class Atom lappie now knowing that the big CES event in January will likely be flooded with Intel's latest Pineview-class machines sporting new N450 Atom processors, of which, at least a few will offer HD video acceleration? Pre-order now if you want but we'd wait until January 11th to see what might get announced."

You are totally wrong. The Atom 330 [2] is far more powerful than the upcoming N450. It is a dual core and 64-bit CPU and is roughly equivalent to a Core 2 Duo U7500 @ 1.06 Ghz. The N450 is just a fanless N270.

A successor could be a D510 and ION 2 platform, but we will need at least the end of 2010 to see such designs floating around.

At the current time, I'm sorry but it is the best value netbook available with the ASRock G22 [4] (No-OS and Blu-Ray Optical Drive)

Best Regards,

Guillaume FORTAINE


[1] http://ark.intel.com/Product.aspx?id=35641
[2] http://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu_lookup.php?cpu=Intel+Atom+330+@+1.60GHz
[3] http://www.asrock.com/NB/overview.asp?Model=G22 ]]>Dec 4th 2009 6:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/04/asus-eee-pc-seashell-1201n-ion-based-ready-for-500-amazon-pre-o/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/04/asus-eee-pc-seashell-1201n-ion-based-ready-for-500-amazon-pre-o/
Also, any HD video acceleration offered by Intel will be inferior compared to what this netbook has: NVIDIA gpu. NVIDIA gpu's can even be used by CoreAVC codec for hardware acceleration, which is the best h264 codec out there by far.

The real rub is... are you really going to wait more than a year to see if a better netbook comes out? This thing's got it all: portability, power of the dual core desktop class atom, screen capable of 720p, a decent OS, HD acceleration, and an affordable price. If you're in the market for a netbook, I'd snatch it the day it comes out instead of waiting around a year to see what might get announced, hyped, manufactured, and shipped only to find out that it's only a little bit better than this netbook.]]>Dec 4th 2009 6:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/04/asus-eee-pc-seashell-1201n-ion-based-ready-for-500-amazon-pre-o/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/04/asus-eee-pc-seashell-1201n-ion-based-ready-for-500-amazon-pre-o/Dec 4th 2009 6:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/04/asus-eee-pc-seashell-1201n-ion-based-ready-for-500-amazon-pre-o/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/04/asus-eee-pc-seashell-1201n-ion-based-ready-for-500-amazon-pre-o/Dec 4th 2009 6:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/04/asus-eee-pc-seashell-1201n-ion-based-ready-for-500-amazon-pre-o/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/04/asus-eee-pc-seashell-1201n-ion-based-ready-for-500-amazon-pre-o/Dec 4th 2009 7:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/04/asus-eee-pc-seashell-1201n-ion-based-ready-for-500-amazon-pre-o/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/04/asus-eee-pc-seashell-1201n-ion-based-ready-for-500-amazon-pre-o/Dec 4th 2009 6:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/04/asus-eee-pc-seashell-1201n-ion-based-ready-for-500-amazon-pre-o/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/04/asus-eee-pc-seashell-1201n-ion-based-ready-for-500-amazon-pre-o/Dec 4th 2009 7:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/04/asus-eee-pc-seashell-1201n-ion-based-ready-for-500-amazon-pre-o/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/04/asus-eee-pc-seashell-1201n-ion-based-ready-for-500-amazon-pre-o/Dec 4th 2009 7:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/04/asus-eee-pc-seashell-1201n-ion-based-ready-for-500-amazon-pre-o/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/04/asus-eee-pc-seashell-1201n-ion-based-ready-for-500-amazon-pre-o/Dec 4th 2009 8:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/04/asus-eee-pc-seashell-1201n-ion-based-ready-for-500-amazon-pre-o/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/04/asus-eee-pc-seashell-1201n-ion-based-ready-for-500-amazon-pre-o/Dec 4th 2009 4:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/04/asus-eee-pc-seashell-1201n-ion-based-ready-for-500-amazon-pre-o/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/04/asus-eee-pc-seashell-1201n-ion-based-ready-for-500-amazon-pre-o/Dec 4th 2009 8:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/04/asus-eee-pc-seashell-1201n-ion-based-ready-for-500-amazon-pre-o/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/04/asus-eee-pc-seashell-1201n-ion-based-ready-for-500-amazon-pre-o/
Thus is more than fast enough for "regular duty" on the go tasks paired w/ an ION, and needs less cooling and gains about an hour of battery life over a Intel Core 2 Duo U7700, all else equal.]]>Dec 4th 2009 9:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/04/asus-eee-pc-seashell-1201n-ion-based-ready-for-500-amazon-pre-o/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/04/asus-eee-pc-seashell-1201n-ion-based-ready-for-500-amazon-pre-o/Maybe I have some more homework to do. I have seen some of the nettops with the N330 that look interesting as a HTPC alternative - as you mention, a major advantage is in the cooling which translates to noise.

Any experience with how some of the more bloated (read: MS Office) apps work on this setup?

Thx for the reply!]]>Dec 4th 2009 10:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/04/asus-eee-pc-seashell-1201n-ion-based-ready-for-500-amazon-pre-o/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/04/asus-eee-pc-seashell-1201n-ion-based-ready-for-500-amazon-pre-o/I built an HTPC using the Zotac Ion 330 motherboard.
For video, the Nvidia chipset does astounding work.
1080p runs at about 60% CPU usage.
720p hits about 30%.
It is definitely slower when doing complex programs like Google Sketchup or GIMP.
But for a netbook, it would rock and roll.
Atom 330 with ion chipset will be my next netbook, for sure.]]>Dec 11th 2009 10:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/04/asus-eee-pc-seashell-1201n-ion-based-ready-for-500-amazon-pre-o/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/04/asus-eee-pc-seashell-1201n-ion-based-ready-for-500-amazon-pre-o/Dec 4th 2009 10:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/04/asus-eee-pc-seashell-1201n-ion-based-ready-for-500-amazon-pre-o/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/04/asus-eee-pc-seashell-1201n-ion-based-ready-for-500-amazon-pre-o/Dec 4th 2009 12:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/04/asus-eee-pc-seashell-1201n-ion-based-ready-for-500-amazon-pre-o/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/04/asus-eee-pc-seashell-1201n-ion-based-ready-for-500-amazon-pre-o/
It should be better than the other ION netbooks, but for this price, getting a CULV will be a better choice.]]>Dec 4th 2009 3:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/04/asus-eee-pc-seashell-1201n-ion-based-ready-for-500-amazon-pre-o/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/04/asus-eee-pc-seashell-1201n-ion-based-ready-for-500-amazon-pre-o/Dec 4th 2009 8:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/04/asus-eee-pc-seashell-1201n-ion-based-ready-for-500-amazon-pre-o/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/04/asus-eee-pc-seashell-1201n-ion-based-ready-for-500-amazon-pre-o/Compared to the 1201n, the Toshiba is smaller (11.6"), heavier, has no "n" on the wifi, crappy sound, but worst of all, has integrated intel graphics. You will undoubtedly still find yourself stuttering along with hulu, et al. 1080p? My guess is barely watchable. The only real advantage for the Toshiba is good battery life. The 1201n will not only handle 1080p video smooth as a baby's bum, but will also run the new flash 10.1, which is on the verge of release. You can also play 99% of games with a decent frame rate. I believe the 1201n will be the gold standard in 12" netbooks until ion 2 machines come along late in 2010. Upcoming CES will be a flood of machines with the new Intel Pineview processor, which is only notable for its combining of components on one chip, NOT for any brawny performance. Pineviews will still be video crippled compared to ion.]]>Dec 5th 2009 3:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/04/asus-eee-pc-seashell-1201n-ion-based-ready-for-500-amazon-pre-o/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/04/asus-eee-pc-seashell-1201n-ion-based-ready-for-500-amazon-pre-o/Dec 5th 2009 12:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/04/asus-eee-pc-seashell-1201n-ion-based-ready-for-500-amazon-pre-o/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/04/asus-eee-pc-seashell-1201n-ion-based-ready-for-500-amazon-pre-o/Wat?!

I want verification on that now!]]>Dec 8th 2009 8:50AM