12-inch Asus Eee Netbook Running on Nvidia Ion
A recent leak has shown us a little of what Asus is planning on doing with its Eee PC line and we gotta say, we like what we're seeing.
Asus hasn't officially announced an Ion-infused Eee PC that we know of, which is why it was quite surprising to see (via Liliputing) one Chinese website display a product page for an Eee PC 1201N with a 12-inch display, 1.6 GHz Intel Atom N270 CPU and Nvidia Ion graphics.
Now, we'll leave out the bit about how we're completely against anything with a display over 10-inches (maybe we can stretch to 11-inches) that claims to be a netbook and instead express our enthusiasm for an Eee PC with Ion graphics. Pretty neat, huh?
Specs-wise you're looking at a 12-inch widescreen HD display (1366 x 768), 2 GB of RAM, 250 GB hard drive, Nvidia's GeForce 9400M and of course, Intel's Atom N270 (which clocks in at 1.6 GHz). Liliputing tentatively reports 802.11b/g/n WiFi, Ethernet, a VGA port, USB, audio I/O, and a 6 cell, 5200mAh battery that’s capable of up to 11 hours of run time too.
What say ye?

how about the pricing?
how about the pricing?
It needs more juice!
I want 8 cores
16 GB o RAM
and a video card that gets awesome frame rates in ALL games!
The bump in resolution, large battery life, and the increase in 3D performance all look very delicious!
The Cons would be:
Too large bezel around the screen
Glossy finish
Too large screen size! I'd prefer a 1280*720 resolution @ 9 or 10" over a 1366x768 resolution on a 12" device!
Also a pity they didn't go with an Atom N280 instead, though that may bump up the price, and lower battery life.
Of the 11hours promoted of battery life, I guess 7 hours will be the best we'll get browsing.
Also the GPU is stronger than intel's integrated graphics chip, which means gaming on a device like this might result in lower battery life than the intel variant.
Because it's a 12" device, we'll probably not see this launched under $399.
That's why I'd prefer this laptop (with smaller bezel, and an Atom N280) with a 10" screen, which can be gotten for under $300 in the right stores!
It's launchtime is probably also pretty bad, seeing that in 3 months, intel will come up with a new chip, and probably most people are waiting for these laptops!
Although I'd say this 12" version might outperform intel's upcoming netbooks in 3D gaming experience!
That is - they are the personal assistant that actually works.
We have been through the original palm, smart phones, and various tiny computers.
Now the Netbooks actually do the things we always wanted those to do.
This latest version breaks that mold - it's just too big.
It's not ultra portable anymore. Why bother?
This may fill a role as the "mom-in-law" machine - but that is a smaller audience.
Everyone can use a cool Netbook - not everyone needs one you can't carry with you.
Am I right to be confused? or am I just reading stuff completely wrong?
Seems to me the only things keeping it a netbook instead of a cheap notebook are the Atom instead of Celeron processor and the apparent lack of an optical drive.
I though Intel was bullying companies into keeping the screens smaller than 12 inches?
The percentage of bezel width to screen is way to big. If you are going to make a mistake like that, at least try and hide it with a glass screen that covers the whole thing.
Acer Aspire Timeline AS3810TZ-4880 13.3-Inch Laptop - 8+ Hour Battery Life
The Acer has 4Gb of DDR3 and 1366 x 768. The Asus beats it in graphics, the Acer has intel 4500 but the Acer has it on the processor using a new ultra low voltage P4 chip at 1.3GHz.