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Unboxed: Asus Eee PC 1201N

Another unboxing video here from Brad of liliputing. It’s the dual core packing Asus Eee PC 1201N. You might think this is a CULV laptop but it’s not – the dual core is an Atom 330 processor, something usually reserved for nettops. The two-core Atom CPU gives a slight speed bump to the perfomance of [...]

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Ion King 2: Netbook’s Pride

We already covered LaptopMag’s take on this and now Engadget releases their own comparison between the four Ion netbooks in the market and reveal the pound-for-pound winner for the top spot. The results are pretty much the same, with the Asus Eee Pc 1201N leading the pack. Hit the link below to get the full [...]

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ASRock ION 330 In HTPC Mode

My own HTPC is a spare generic Atom 330 dual-core nettop running Mac OSX. Granted this isn’t the most ideal setup, it works for me. One of my grips though is the inability of this system to play larger HD movies and mkv versions of shows I have. The dual core isn’t enough to process [...]

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Ion King: What’s The Best NVIDIA Ion Netbook Around?

Laptopmag got four NVIDIA Ion netbooks and pitted them against each other to see what’s the best one. They put them through their paces in seven categories: Design and Ergonomics, Overall Performance, Overall Graphics Performance, Video Performance, Gaming Performance, Battery Life and Value. The competitors were the HP Mini 311, Lenovo Ideapad S12, Asus Eee PC 1201N and Samsung N510. HP [...]

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Reviewed: HP Mini 311

The folks over at liliputing have posted a review of a demo HP Mini 311 unit they just received. The unit is quite attractive with the  slim design and larger screen though they did say that the battery life won’t last as long as other netbooks and that it does appear to be slow during [...]

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