Stephen Withers
Wednesday, 27 January 2010 06:56
Opinion and Analysis
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Is it just me, or are netbooks becoming as expensive as notebooks? The "high performance" Eee PC 1201N is a case in point.
At a whisker under $A700, the Eee PC 1201N is getting very close to notebook territory. For example, the first retailer's website I consulted after receiving the Asus release offered a 15.6in Toshiba Satellite for less than $A750.
I don't want to get into an argument about the relative merits of different models, but the point is we already know that some proportion of buyers is already confused about what they can expect from netbooks and notebooks.
A $A450 netbook is clearly a different beast to a $1500 notebook, especially if it runs an operating system other than Windows.
Anyway, what does the Eee 1201N have to offer?
Specs include a dual-core Atom 330 CPU and 2GB dual-channel DDR2 RAM for performance, and an Nvidia ION graphics processor driving the 12.1in LED-backlit 1366x768 screen (1080p available via HDMI). Other key features include a 250GB hard disk and Windows 7 Home Premium.
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