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    ASUS Intros Nvidia ION-Based Eee PC

    Discussion in 'Notebook News and Reviews' started by Charles P. Jefferies, Sep 21, 2009.

  1. Charles P. Jefferies

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    ASUS Intros Nvidia ION-Based Eee PC
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    ASUS today introduced its first Eee PC based on Nvidia's ION platform, the 1201N. It features the Nvidia GeForce 9400M chipset, Intel Atom N270 1.6GHz processor, 2GB of RAM, a 250GB hard drive, and a 12-inch display with a 1366x768 resolution. Other features include N wireless, HDMI out, Windows 7 Home Premium, and a claimed 11 hours of battery life from the included six-cell battery.

    There is no word on pricing or availability, though it would not be unreasonable to assume it to arrive on Windows 7's launch date, 22 October.

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    Charles P. Jefferies, Sep 21, 2009
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    Ion is taking over the netbook world. lol
     
    danieljdsn, Sep 21, 2009
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    CULVs are taking over the netbook world. ION showed up to the party too late.
     
    Phinagle, Sep 21, 2009
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    woohoo nice. ive been looking for something close to what I have now but with longer battery life. this fits the bill.

    I have to laugh about CULV. its been around awhile and just now people are like hey, look at this. this is cool. haha. better late then never I guess. while clearly superior to the atom, its also like 25x the cost.
     
    AppleUsr, Sep 21, 2009
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    The reason it is big now is because before you had to pay $2k to get a notebook with an SU9400, now you can get one for $800 or less. Whats so funny about that?
     
    Jayayess1190, Sep 21, 2009
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    ION has been around almost as long.

    ION was announced in December 2008.
    The first CULVs and Celeron 723 popped up 4 months prior in August.
     
    Phinagle, Sep 21, 2009
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  7. ZT3000!

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    Why bother debating?

    You can either get a system with a sweet integrated nvidia chipset and a crap Atom CPU or one with a sweet CULV and a crap 4500MHD.

    Personally, I'd take CULV.
     
    ZT3000!, Sep 21, 2009
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    No one is debating, AppleUsr is just wrong in his thinking. Cheap machines with low voltage processors did not exist until Intel rebranded them as "new" culv.
     
    Jayayess1190, Sep 21, 2009
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    your the one who mentioned cheap machines. i never said anything remotely about the cost of machines or thier availability. i said CULV has been around awhile.
     
    AppleUsr, Sep 21, 2009
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    Or the rare one with the CULV cpu and ATI 4330 gpu.
     
    coldmack, Sep 21, 2009
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    CULV + next gen. 9400m's will be the next crop of cheap thin/lights.
     
    TexasEx7, Sep 22, 2009
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    You laughed that people are just now looking at culv. I stated the reason most people didn't look at it before is due to the high price of the machines that used the culv processors.
     
    Jayayess1190, Sep 22, 2009
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    This is just another great choice to have between the two.
    And that's not a bad thing.
    If it comes at a reasonable price I say ASUS has a winner, even with the lowly ATOM cpu ASUS almost always has some sort of TURBO mode to give it a decent boost.
     
    IKAS V, Sep 22, 2009
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    It would be interesting to know if Asus can really get 11 hours out of a 6 cell while Samsung N510 gets only 6 hours.

    I completely agree. Too little, too late.
     
    Phil, Sep 22, 2009
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    Which one is this? I NEED IT.
     
    ZT3000!, Sep 22, 2009
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    Acer Timeline 13" and 14" (3810TG and 4810TG)
     
    Phil, Sep 22, 2009
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