Asus Announces AMD Congo-powered Eee PC
Congo arrives to the Eee PC.

We've always been of the opinion that anything over 10-inches is more of a low-powered notebook than it is a netbook -- so Asus' decision to call its 12.1-inch Eee 1201AH a netbook is already a bit of a stretch in our books. However, the addition of AMD's 1.6GHz Congo MV40 processor, along with the RS780MN chipset and ATI Radeon HD3200 graphics, means that line between netbook and low-powered notebook is even blurrier.
As far as connectivity goes, there's VGA out, three USB 2.0, ethernet, a multi-format memory card reader, WiFi b/g/n and Bluetooth 2.1+EDR. According to Slashgear, the whole thing weighs in at 1.46kg while measuring 296 x 208 x 27.3-33.3 mm including the standard 6-cell battery.
Pricing and release date have yet to be revealed, but we'll let you know!
Note... book?
Hey, thanks for assuming that the market system operates solely based off users like you. Yeah, EVERYONE is a power user, EVERYONE stays at home in a dark basement on their giant desktop computers and monitors, and absolutely NO ONE sees the light of day and the internet at the same time. Amirite?
Please, get real. The world revolves only around a large amount of molten metals.
Lo and behold, we are just back to an ultra-mobile PC. Just with a different name.
Yes I think this is a netbook no more.
Netbook, as it implies, should be a "book" size... max 8.5" width.
Asus and AMD or Intel. Please get us 1.6GHz Congo or low power i7/5/3/2/1 with HD5200 and 10" LCD LED screen.
TV tuner, GPS, Wimax, 3G and WiFi and 10" e-paper on the other side.
Give us the ultimate netbook! Tired of the old c/stuff/p.
My wife has a 12" Toshiba, but it has a dual core processor, came with Vista Home, 3GB ram and also has a DVD drive. It cost about 3 times what a basic netbook would have cost.
Hey, thanks for assuming that the market system operates solely based off users like you. Yeah, EVERYONE is a power user, EVERYONE stays at home in a dark basement on their giant desktop computers and monitors, and absolutely NO ONE sees the light of day and the internet at the same time. Amirite?
Please, get real. The world revolves only around a large amount of molten metals.
Note... book?
Now let's see how the battery life and price compare to an ION or Atom platform!
Just give me a regular Atom platform with an SSD and XP; good enough for the job!
AMD's new laptop platform is great, I picked up a Toshiba with Athlon II M300 2.0ghz dual-core and Radeon 4200 graphics, it delivers truly "good enough for the job" performance for under $100 more than a standard netbook. Atom is complete garbage.
If it wasn't for netbooks, we would be arguing about whether to pay $2000 for this ultra-portable notebook. The netbook word and it movement has done its job... let move on.
...because there is a need for them in the market or else this would be a dying breed. I for one need something like this for school...why do school work and waste the life of a high-end power system that I have to have on most of the day...everyday?
Also, yeah, they are "ultra portable" but at least the price is not in the traditional "ultra portable" range.
I'd love one that could display a reasonable amount of space without having to be 15+ inches.
rollable screen where are you?
1.5GHz dual core (if AMD can do a 1.8GHz 40w sexacore, then they can do a damned decent low voltage mobile dual core already), 4GB DDR3 (for lower power usage), ATI 5200 integrated (soon as they release a decent 40nm) graphics, 10" LED screen (for lower power usage), wireless b/g/n and bluetooth (which can individually be shut off with a physical togle to save on power), and a 80GB Intel x18-m. All parts would be specially tailored for the shell (such as a non removable battery, as in Macs, to allow a larger battery in the same size shell) to allow as many weight/size reduction as possible.
We have the ability to make this possible, AMD just needs to up their game on the mobile market (or use a Intel ULV C2D), AMD/ATI needs to just make a 40nm integrated GPU, and that's it.
I want a solid performer taht's small and lightweight while still giving me 8 hours of battery usage.