X101CH: the Atom Cedar Trail in an Asus netbook

While the Atom Cedar Trail are not expected before next February, Asus have already in its cartons such processor netbook model:Eee PC X101CH. Embarking a processor Atom 1.6 GHz dual-core, engraved in 32 nm, quick N2600 and supporting Hyper-Threading, this netbook would be equipped with a 10.1 inch screen capable of displaying a resolution of 1024 x 600 pixels.

It would also be 1 GB of RAM, HDD 320 GB, WiFi 802 .11n ready controller, a webcam and Bluetooth 3.0 controller. The graphic part would be entrusted to the PowerVR SGX545 chipset integrated to the Atom, the latter being able to decode Full HD MPEG2, VC1, AVC and H.264 video streams. The 4-cell battery would ensure its autonomy of 5 hours.

Delivered with Windows 7 Starter, EEA PC X101CH would be finally displayed at a rate of about 250 euros. It is in any case an equivalent tariff (213,74 £) he appeared in an English reseller. However, the availability date is inconnue…

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NetBook Asus EEE PC 1215P at €279 but not with us...

 

 

 

 

 

 

In Italy, the Asus EEE PC 1215P (BLK001U) is sold to €279 while the machine is at €449 in our regions. The difference comes from the OS. The proposed on the Italian model is sold with Ubuntu while the marketed in France and Belgium is delivered with Windows 7 family Premium. The rest of the equipment is similar: Atom N570 Dual Core 64-bit with GMA 3150, 2 GB of DDR3 PC 10600, 320 GB of disk, 12-inch 1366 x 768, Wifi N, webcam, etc. If the price difference is significant, one wonders however if current netbooks are not too expensive compared to the notebook entry (like the Thinkpad Edge under FreeDos proposed to €249 there are few). Finally, more recently, the ticket of entry for a 15-inch Windows laptop fell below €300...

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Eee PC 1015BX: a Brazos in Asus netbook

The manufacturer Asus recently unveiled its Eee PC 1015BX, a model equipped with a 10.1 inch screen capable of displaying a resolution of 1024 x 600 pixels, and based on a Brazos of AMD platform. Available in three colours (black, white or red), EEA PC 1015BX also enjoys a LED backlight system.

This netbook do so a C-50 APU (between two cores x 86 measured at 1 GHz and a Radeon HD 6250), 1 or 2 GB RAM and a 500 GB HDD. There are also controllers Ethernet 10/100Mbps, 802 .11n ready WiFi and Bluetooth, as well as HDMI and USB 3.0 ports. Eee PC 1015BX is delivered, as appropriate, with a battery 3-cell (2200 mAh) or 6-cell (5200 mAh).

The price and date of availability of this product are unfortunately not yet known. However, it should be noted that the 1015B, whose characteristics are relatively close, is already marketed at a rate of approximately 290 $...

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Samsung NC215S: solar netbook

Solar energy is the energy of the future. It is all that need to think of Samsung engineers who have developed the NC215S.

Based on Intel's Atom platform, this netbook is indeed the peculiarity to be equipped with photovoltaic cells. Not enough to happen completely battery (energy produced is undoubtedly well less than that consumed by the machine), but this will slightly increase the autonomy of the netbook, subject of course that you do not use it in full darkness… In the end, the maximum autonomy reached thus 14 hours.

On other technical features include a 10.1 inch screen capable of displaying a resolution of 1024 x 600 pixels, a processor Atom N455 or N570, 1 GB of DDR3 memory, a hard drive 250 or 320 GB, WiFi and Bluetooth controllers and memory cards reader.

Expected as early as next month on American soil, the Samsung NC215S should be offered at a price of $ 399.

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