ASUS Shatters Netbook Conventions with Eee PC 1201N

Multimedia-minded consumers who prize the portability of netbooks but lament the typical lack of processing muscle now have a reason to rejoice. ASUS has launched the Eee PC™ 1201N, a multimedia netbook sporting an Intel® Atom™ 330 dual core processor and an NVIDIA® ION™ graphics processor that delivers a level of performance never before seen on netbooks. The stylish Eee PC™ 1201N also offers exceptional typing comfort through a full-sized ergonomic chiclet keyboard, and comes with a total of 750GB* hybrid storage to house and host massive multimedia collections.

Is this even a "netbook" anymore?

Originally Posted by MartinX

Is this even a "netbook" anymore?

no joke. 12 inches is the max id go on any note/netbook at this point, but im not sure if just having an nvidia ion and atom proc in a notebook form factor qualifies it as a netbook.

Originally Posted by MartinX

Is this even a "netbook" anymore?

Low powered laptop. For multimedia, it needs more balls than the Atom 330.

I thought Intel didn't want us to have a dual core Atom in our netbooks?

I guess with AMD moving into the netbook scene Intel brings in the dual core Atom.

Originally Posted by MartinX

Is this even a "netbook" anymore?

I think netbook is only defined by price now...and even then...

Ignoring the 12" size, it is a netbook b/c it has no optical, uses that horrible atom processor. I went to Bestbuy a couple of days ago and went to check the WEI for a Z520 Atom and it was 2.2, plus just clicking in Windows 7 was slow. I'd rather get one of those Celeron SU2300 (dual-core) CULV laptops even if it only has Intel X4500 gpu. Of course, by the definition of netbook, the 13" CULV are netbooks because they have no optical.

Originally Posted by Kil4Thril

Low powered laptop. For multimedia, it needs more balls than the Atom 330.

No it doesn't.

My Asus EasyStore H340 is my HTPC and it uses an Atom 270.

Anybody think "Stone Soup" with these netbooks?

I can make a good soup from a couple of stones...but let's add some carrots, potatoes, and some beef to add flavor.

Originally Posted by Kil4Thril

Low powered laptop. For multimedia, it needs more balls than the Atom 330.

For multimedia? No way, the N330 is awesome for multimedia with the ION integrated graphics chip. It can do anything a regular computer can, even Hulu and YouTube HD on full screen with Flash 10.1 beta. It can play Blu-ray flawlessly too.

Now if you said it needs more balls for gaming, then yeah that's true, but it can definitely handle multimedia.

but can it play WoW?

Originally Posted by Omegas

but can it play WoW?

Without addons, probably.A lot of addons are memory hogs and/or have memory leaks.

Now if they could keep all the stats the same but make the screen 10" or less it would be a nice little device.

Originally Posted by Kil4Thril

Low powered laptop. For multimedia, it needs more balls than the Atom 330.

Tell that to my nettop that plays 1080P blu-rays with 5% CPU utilization. My dad has an Atom 270 Revo running his entire multimedia system. Nettop/Netbooks were made for multimedia IMO.

Looks like a sweet little system. LAN party anyone?

Wonder what the MSRP will be...

[QUOTE=Dk975;1034936695]Ignoring the 12" size, it is a netbook b/c it has no optical, uses that horrible atom processor. I went to Bestbuy a couple of days ago and went to check the WEI for a Z520 Atom and it was 2.2, plus just clicking in Windows 7 was slow. I'd rather get one of those Celeron SU2300 (dual-core) CULV laptops even if it only has Intel X4500 gpu. QUOTE]

The Celeron SU2300 is a better/fasted CPU the dual core Atom. I bought the Acer 1410 model than comes with the SU2300, and the 11.6" screen for only $399. Only 3 pounds, comes with 64 bit Vista home premium and includes VGA & HDMI out.

It has played every video I've thrown at it, except for 1080p flash (not enough CPU), however that should be fixed once the new version of flash is released.

1080p looks great when plugged into the TV HDMI port. Uses about 40%-60% CPU when playing a bluray rip at a full 1080p over the HDMI. Even sends audio over the HDMI.

This would for sure play WOW.
I have an AMD 3000+ 2.0ghz 2gigs of DDR @400mhz Dual 20gig IDE WD 5400RPM HDs and 8xAGP 7600GS that plays WOW just fine.(was a monster back in the day lol)

I have a hard time rationalizing this machine as a netbook... I guess its mostly because i have a EEE1000HE and i consider that to be one of the milestone netbooks out there... I can get 8 hours of real use out of it if i crank the brightness down and dont do anything to tax the HDD. In fact, if i had the money, i would put a ssd in there for that little boost of speed and power saving... I think this would be closer to a low powered laptop... If they actually made it for the same price i paid for my 1000HE...id probably buy one...and try to find a 9 cell battery for it

Wait, the 750GB Hybrid Storage is a joke. really. Well I have a notebook with 4TB+ of storage too since I can connect to my network and store things "online" What a fucking scam. Just say it has a 250GB HDD. Don't add your stupid online storage size as it's not always going to be accessible.

yay.. this is what i've been wanting. i did pick up a normal netbook about a month ago and it doesn't have the muscle for many things.

but 12".. i'm hoping for a 10" version