Asus Announces AMD Geode-based EeePC
Asus reveals that the 12-inch 1201K boasts AMD under the hood.
The EeePC is the netbook that started it all. Earliest models boasted an underclocked Intel Celeron M CPU, which eventually gave way to the Atom that seems to rule all ultra portable computers these days. But with ARM and AMD releasing competitive products, the Atom is no longer alone in the market and even Asus is branching out.
Engadget reports that the recently announced Asus EeePC 1201K will pack AMD's Geode NX 1750 processor along with a SiS 741GX/966L chipset. Other than the AMD's brains, everything else is pretty bog-standard for a netbook; with 1GB of RAM, a 320GB hard drive, a .3-megapixel webcam, a built-in memory card reader, 802.11b/g/n, Bluetooth2.1 + EDR, 2xUSB, VGA, a 12.1-inch display and Windows XP Home, there's nothing surprising here. Still, it's always nice to see a company other than Intel getting a look-in when it comes to the Eee line.
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Don't touch this , its got a sis chipset, absolute garbage, asus shame on you using this cheap imitation!@!
Asus knows what is doing. On what basis You say (darome) that Asus in this case is wrong? You say SiS is cheap producer? everybody is cheap in this days.
My basis is strong experience with incompatibilities in several motherboards which contained SIS chipsets and Intel processors. I have been burned three times by boards which had serious problems, the last one I remember was a bug in windows media player which caused a reset of the whole computer when it played a certain type of file. Replaced the motherboard with an Intel 945 chipset same harddisk didn't even reinstall the windows xp and its still humming along three years later. Come on , you can't tell me that you don't know that SIS chipsets are cheaper than Intel ones?? Asus is getting money hungry, soon to be overtaken by MSI, much better company that listens to its customers. Buy what ever you want my friend , just some friendly advice , don't day your weren't forewarned.