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Thats what she said.]]>Dec 18th 2009 4:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/18/asus-eee-pc-1201n-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/18/asus-eee-pc-1201n-review/
Thats no NETBOOK, Its a SPACESTATION!

WTF, are we calling any little sheet underpowered laptop a netbook because they say its a netbook...

Thats like saying my 1980's Volvo is a proper roadster because I put a rear wing on the trunk..

Cmon now get an F-in Laptop you dirty noobs.

Stop trying to whore you little laptop as a netbook.

This is NETBOOK the same wat an iPhone is a Cell phone... both are shite at the basic concept.]]>Dec 18th 2009 5:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/18/asus-eee-pc-1201n-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/18/asus-eee-pc-1201n-review/
"All EEE's are laptops."

There. Done. Stop bitching. 'Netbook' is a superfluous label.]]>Dec 18th 2009 5:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/18/asus-eee-pc-1201n-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/18/asus-eee-pc-1201n-review/http://bit.ly/asus-1201n-overview]]>Dec 23rd 2009 2:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/18/asus-eee-pc-1201n-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/18/asus-eee-pc-1201n-review/Dec 18th 2009 4:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/18/asus-eee-pc-1201n-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/18/asus-eee-pc-1201n-review/Dec 18th 2009 4:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/18/asus-eee-pc-1201n-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/18/asus-eee-pc-1201n-review/
i wouldn't call describe miley cyrus is in as "watchable".

thank you and good day.]]>Dec 18th 2009 4:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/18/asus-eee-pc-1201n-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/18/asus-eee-pc-1201n-review/
She's certainly more watchable than she is listenable. Giggity, giggity]]>Dec 18th 2009 5:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/18/asus-eee-pc-1201n-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/18/asus-eee-pc-1201n-review/
I think my daughter would disagree, but she doesn't know any better.]]>Dec 18th 2009 6:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/18/asus-eee-pc-1201n-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/18/asus-eee-pc-1201n-review/Dec 18th 2009 6:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/18/asus-eee-pc-1201n-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/18/asus-eee-pc-1201n-review/
Damn. beat me to it....giggity]]>Dec 18th 2009 10:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/18/asus-eee-pc-1201n-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/18/asus-eee-pc-1201n-review/http://bit.ly/asus-1201n-overview]]>Dec 21st 2009 2:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/18/asus-eee-pc-1201n-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/18/asus-eee-pc-1201n-review/Dec 21st 2009 3:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/18/asus-eee-pc-1201n-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/18/asus-eee-pc-1201n-review/
If you want an 11 or 12 inch display, BUY A LAPTOP. The entire appeal of "netbooks" is their small-size and easy portability. I love my severely underpowered original eeePC 700 with it's 7" display. It is painfully slow and the keyboard is cramped, but I can practically stick it in my back pocket ( ]]>Dec 18th 2009 4:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/18/asus-eee-pc-1201n-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/18/asus-eee-pc-1201n-review/
What you are reviewing loses all of the benefits of "netbooks" other than the price. What you are reviewing is an underpowered cheap laptop. I have been waiting to replace my netbook early next year and if I can't get a decent model that is 10" or smaller, I am going to be severely disapointed.


(It would have been nice to know in advance that Engadget's commenting system is so pathetically broken that half of my post would disappear due to use of an angle bracket)]]>Dec 18th 2009 4:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/18/asus-eee-pc-1201n-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/18/asus-eee-pc-1201n-review/
Look at the badging, even ASUS knows this isn't a netbook. Why else would they replace the eee badging with their regular logo as they do on LAPTOPS?]]>Dec 18th 2009 4:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/18/asus-eee-pc-1201n-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/18/asus-eee-pc-1201n-review/
Find me an 11 or 12 inch laptop packing Ion and a non "$h!tty processor"]]>Dec 18th 2009 4:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/18/asus-eee-pc-1201n-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/18/asus-eee-pc-1201n-review/
Yup, that, and I had to scroll back up the page 2 times to re-hit the reply button, because although it used the anchor fine, it didn't set the comment box up so I was replying to you.

:( Engadget, just create a forum, link comments to there... use a commercial forum system like VP of PHP, problem solved.]]>Dec 18th 2009 4:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/18/asus-eee-pc-1201n-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/18/asus-eee-pc-1201n-review/
Why would you want an ion when you are looking at this size? Go 1 inch bigger and you could get an actual video card included.

Examples:
Nearly equivalent - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834110399
Or you could pay a bit more and get a real processor http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834220597

]]>Dec 18th 2009 4:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/18/asus-eee-pc-1201n-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/18/asus-eee-pc-1201n-review/Dec 18th 2009 4:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/18/asus-eee-pc-1201n-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/18/asus-eee-pc-1201n-review/
You think that single core Neo with an AMD 3200 will beat a dual core Atom with Ion?..

And you recommend I pay $100 more to get stuck with Intel GMA?..

Thanks, but not thanks]]>Dec 18th 2009 5:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/18/asus-eee-pc-1201n-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/18/asus-eee-pc-1201n-review/
I totally agree with you.

What is Engadget smoking, this thing isnt a netbook in price or in size and thats what the original selling points were.

I cried a little inside when the 9" models went out of fashion. It was the perfect size to me. Sure the keyboard might of been a little cramped but these wernt EVER meant to be work horses. I use mine to type in web addresses and in yahoo chat boxes, nothing more.

I love my Mini 9 and yes i agree, if i cant buy a netbook with a 10" or smaller screen you can count me out.]]>Dec 18th 2009 6:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/18/asus-eee-pc-1201n-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/18/asus-eee-pc-1201n-review/Dec 18th 2009 8:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/18/asus-eee-pc-1201n-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/18/asus-eee-pc-1201n-review/
Like Anand said in his HP mini review, pricing for ion netbooks is too high for what they provide.

http://anandtech.com/mobile/showdoc.aspx?i=3680

Here's hoping ion 2 can get some competitive pricing going now that it's not tied directly to an intel processor (especially one that's bottlenecking the gpu).]]>Dec 18th 2009 10:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/18/asus-eee-pc-1201n-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/18/asus-eee-pc-1201n-review/Dec 19th 2009 12:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/18/asus-eee-pc-1201n-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/18/asus-eee-pc-1201n-review/Dec 18th 2009 4:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/18/asus-eee-pc-1201n-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/18/asus-eee-pc-1201n-review/
Save this comment and use it from October through December next year for every post.]]>Dec 18th 2009 4:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/18/asus-eee-pc-1201n-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/18/asus-eee-pc-1201n-review/Dec 18th 2009 4:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/18/asus-eee-pc-1201n-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/18/asus-eee-pc-1201n-review/
I'm pretty sure it will.

Also $500?! Guessing that will rocket up when it is released here in the UK. I paid £230 for a Advent 4213 (N270, 1GB, 160GB, 3G) although I would like to get an ION netbook so this is damn tempting. Would be great for LANs rather than lugging my PC everywhere.]]>Dec 18th 2009 4:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/18/asus-eee-pc-1201n-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/18/asus-eee-pc-1201n-review/Dec 18th 2009 4:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/18/asus-eee-pc-1201n-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/18/asus-eee-pc-1201n-review/I am 99.5% percent sure that this would run Tf2 at native res at good framerates. The Souce engine (Tf2's graphics engine) runs well even on low powered machines, and this is much better than the game's minimum requirements. You could be the real life version of the scout! :)]]>Dec 18th 2009 5:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/18/asus-eee-pc-1201n-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/18/asus-eee-pc-1201n-review/Dec 18th 2009 5:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/18/asus-eee-pc-1201n-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/18/asus-eee-pc-1201n-review/
Maybe, I'd wait and see... the totally "playable" 20fps in Batman is quite discouraging. Also, in order to be competetive online, you need AT LEAST 60fps average (meaning that in heavy battle FPS would drop to hopefully not below 30fps)... In short, I wouldn't recommend this for TF2.. the atom processor is unbelievably NOT GOOD as far as gaming goes... any ULV processor will spank this processor left and right... No ion will save the atom monstrosity (which was supposed to go into a phone, not a laptop)... I've had 3 (one dual core like this one) atom systems, and have been very impressed with battery life, size, etc... but have been completely devastated by performance, NO MORE ATOM FOR ME... funk that shit... they run at 100% all the time in any game...

Have I whined enough about the poor performance of Atom? I'm no Apple advocate, but I totally support Steve's decision not to jump into this cripple architecture....]]>Dec 18th 2009 7:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/18/asus-eee-pc-1201n-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/18/asus-eee-pc-1201n-review/
I'm 100% sure this can run TF2. I ran Orange Box on an AMD Turion x2 with a crappy Nvidia GeForce 6150. I did have to lower the graphics to low, but that computer ran the games fine.

At least I gave that piece of crap as a hand-me-down and got me an HP HDX 16t. Too bad HP discontinued that series of laptops.]]>Dec 18th 2009 8:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/18/asus-eee-pc-1201n-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/18/asus-eee-pc-1201n-review/Dec 18th 2009 10:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/18/asus-eee-pc-1201n-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/18/asus-eee-pc-1201n-review/I think, i will wait for a better comuter (13")]]>Dec 19th 2009 8:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/18/asus-eee-pc-1201n-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/18/asus-eee-pc-1201n-review/Dec 18th 2009 4:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/18/asus-eee-pc-1201n-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/18/asus-eee-pc-1201n-review/Dec 18th 2009 4:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/18/asus-eee-pc-1201n-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/18/asus-eee-pc-1201n-review/Dec 18th 2009 8:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/18/asus-eee-pc-1201n-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/18/asus-eee-pc-1201n-review/Ya, I don't know why Joanna considers this laptop a "game-changer" when there are faster CULV based laptops at the same price and screen size range (ie. the Acers you mentioned). Dedicated GPUs are only going to help in a very limited number of situations where as a faster CULV processor will be more useful. I don't get how so many people are screaming for dedicated GPUs so much. That GPU isn't going to make MS Word, non-DXVA compliant HD videos or the now bloated Engadget site run/load any faster. In most situations a faster CPU is better than a dedicated GPU.]]>Dec 19th 2009 2:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/18/asus-eee-pc-1201n-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/18/asus-eee-pc-1201n-review/
Yeah, but wouldn't it be nice if we could have both without breaking the bank? In any case, with the exception of gaming and heavy graphics work, I find the Atom to be adequate for most of what I do. Browsing, document editing, some minor picture editing, coding, watching video. My Ion-based HTPC plays HD video pretty well in most of the codecs I find online, so I'd be happy with an Ion netbook for most of what I do, provided it came at a reasonable price. This thing doesn't cut it for me because the battery life isn't very good and the price is too much, but it's close.]]>Dec 19th 2009 4:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/18/asus-eee-pc-1201n-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/18/asus-eee-pc-1201n-review/
The touchpad is same as those on the HPs. I don't fancy them much. I'll keep my nipple as someone else already mentioned. Not so keen on the Eee thing.

It's getting so much confusing that I think Asus probably are better off naming these things something else.

The average consumer will be so confused after saying Eee like 10 times just trying to find the right product..]]>Dec 18th 2009 4:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/18/asus-eee-pc-1201n-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/18/asus-eee-pc-1201n-review/
the Eee 701 was the first netbook. hell they weren't even called netbooks then. as stupid as the Eee name is it would be foolish to ditch the brand that started all of this.]]>Dec 19th 2009 3:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/18/asus-eee-pc-1201n-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/18/asus-eee-pc-1201n-review/Dec 18th 2009 4:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/18/asus-eee-pc-1201n-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/18/asus-eee-pc-1201n-review/Dec 18th 2009 4:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/18/asus-eee-pc-1201n-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/18/asus-eee-pc-1201n-review/
]]>Dec 18th 2009 4:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/18/asus-eee-pc-1201n-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/18/asus-eee-pc-1201n-review/Second. Since you're no longer getting size or battery life benefits you might as well get a decent system.]]>Dec 18th 2009 4:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/18/asus-eee-pc-1201n-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/18/asus-eee-pc-1201n-review/
I'm going to buy one to replace the centerpiece on my dining room table. ]]>Dec 18th 2009 4:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/18/asus-eee-pc-1201n-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/18/asus-eee-pc-1201n-review/Dec 18th 2009 4:39PM