Asus 1215N and Asus 1201N differences

Yesterday, folks at netbooknews.de showed-off their new shiny Asus 1215N netbook which is powered by the Intel Atom D510 processor. Yes, this is the same processor that is meant to be there in the nettops. But, for some reason, they have equipped this 12.1-incher with this very capable CPU.

So, are there any cosmetic changes in the Asus Eee 1215N or is it still all glossy like the rest of the Asus 12-inch Eee PCs? Well, fortunately the answer is yes. The new design of the Asus 1215N has more streamlined look, thanks to its flushed battery. It has matte palm rest and lid; keyboard too has moved-up a bit. Also, gone is the dotty surface of touchpad. The touchpad now sports a smoother finish.

Asus prepping Eee 1201K and 1201X netbooks

Folks at netbookitalia have somehow grabbed the product manual of the unannounced Eee PC 1201K and 1201X. The 1201X has same Seahshell design like the rest of the models in the 1201-series, but unlike Asus Eee 1201N and Eee 1201NL, it does not sports an HDMI port. The Eee 1201X is even more interesting with no USB ports at all on its left side. They both are likely to be powered by AMD Neo processor, also used in the Asus Eee 1201T

ION-2 review

Lucky folks at notebookcheck have got their hands on the Asus Eee 1201PN that features the ION-2 aka, next-generation ION chipset (GeForce GT218). And boy, it blows every single netbook out there in muscle and power. Its CPU consumption was under 20% while playing the 1080p H.264 video. Heck, they were even able to run World of Warcraft at a respectable 32FPS (with 1024×768 resolution).

Battery life ranges between 5-6 hours when used normally.

Acer Aspire One 521

Acer is prepping a new netbook powered by an AMD chip. Internet reports suggest that it will use the ULV AMD V105 processor that runs at a clock speed of 1.2GHz. Let’s hope this new AMD single core processor is more powerful than the AMD Neo processor found in the Asus 1201T, which is more muscular than Atom N450/N470 processors. This rumored Acer netbook is being called Aspire One 521 and will also feature ATi Radeon HD 4225 and the AMD M880G chipset. According to the source, it will have upto 7 hours of runtime, which is pretty unrealistic for a netbook with a GPU.

Since the GPU has “HD” in its name, we are pretty sure that this netbook should be able to playback those nice HD videos easily. However, this does not confirm whether it will be equipped with an HDMI port. Asus Eee 1201T also features an ATi Radeon HD chipset (model 3200), but there is no HDMI port on the machine.

There is no information on its launch date or price. We will keep you guys updated if we find some more information on it.

Wi-Fi not working on Asus Eee 1201T or 1201N?

Owners of the Eee 1201N and Eee 1201T might be already aware of the Wi-Fi issue. Unlike most netbooks, where everything works out of the box, mainly due to the fact that the innards of almost all netbooks are same, this is not the case with the Asus Eee 1201T. Wi-Fi doesn’t work out-of-the box. However, we have done the work for you and here are the steps to get the wireless to work:

UPDATE – Ubuntu 10.04 users – see instructions from this post instead

• First go to this link. Search for “RTL8192SE” on the page and download its Linux version to the Downloads folder.
• Once downloaded, right click on the file and select “Extract here” from the menu
• Rename to folder to something more user-friendly. I named it as rtl
• Fire up the terminal (Applications>Accessories>Terminal)

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Asus 1201T review

Asus Eee 1201T is a decent netbook that is powered by the AMD-powered processor instead of the Atom processor that one commonly finds in a netbook. Its immediate cousin – the Asus eee 1201N is outfitted with Intel Atom N330 dual-core processor that is more commonly found in nettops.

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New BIOS for EEE 1201T – BIOS 0314

Asus has posted new BIOS for the ASUS 1201T netbook. Here is its description:

Support VGA driver for XP and Windows 7

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Asus Eee PC 1201T

After recently Asus launching Eee PC 1201N and the eee 1201HA, Asus is going to release a new 12-incher, the Eee PC 1201T. Interestingly, ASUS has gone with AMD this time; equipping the Eee 1201T with an AMD Congo MV40 processor (1.6GHz). It even features an integrated ATI Radeon HD3200 chipset.

Update – Asus Eee 1201T review is now online

Specifications:

• 12.1-inch display
• 1366×768 resolution
• 320GB of HDD or 256GB + 500GB
• 2GB RAM
• 6-cell Battery
• Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n
• 2 Audio Jack
• 1 VGA port
• memory card reader
• weight: 1.46kg

The ASUS EEE PC 1201T is fully capable of running 1080p videos with ease, something which most of the netbooks so far have struggled to cope up with. The keyboard on the ASUS EEE 1201T is chiclet, which looks similar to the one found in the SONY VAIO X and SONY VAIO P. It comes with a 6-cell battery. Asus claims that you will be able to get 4 hours of runtime from it. This clearly shows that the AMD Congo is nowhere as power-efficient as the Atom CPUs.

So, you do get 1-2 hours less battery runtime, but on the brighter side, you get much more muscle power.