• Asus Eee PC 1201NL

    Asus Eee PC 1201NL

    Rohan Naravane, Apr 22, 2010 1715 hrs IST

    One of the first netbooks with NVIDIA ION

    Better screen brightness than the Eee PC 1201T, almost flawless 1080p video playback, HDMI port, good quality webcam, good battery life (considering the fairly powered graphics chip)

    High pricing, bundled with outdated Windows XP, only 160GB hard drive and 1GB RAM (the 1201T has a 320GB hard drive and 2GB RAM)

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Last week we reviewed the Asus Eee PC 1201T, which is an HD-capable 12-inch netbook with AMD/ATI hardware at an (expected) wallet friendly price. Although it is quite a decent buy, we had three complaints with it. The first was the lack of an HDMI port, second was the average battery life. And lastly, it came with no OS on-board, which is subjective, since some people actually prefer this. 

Today, we have in our hands the Asus Eee PC 1201NL, the first NVIDIA ION based netbook to make its way to Indian shores. It seems to have answers to the questions that we raised about the 1201T, but what price will we have to pay to fix these 'anomalies'? Read on to find out.

Note: Since the Eee PC 1201T and the 1201NL are exactly same when it comes to design and build, I will not repeat the description here. To read about the design and build, you can check this page. The only difference between the two is the inclusion of the HDMI port in this model



Other than that, the only noticeable difference is in the screen brightness. While the 1201T's brightness levels aren't bad, we're happy to report that the 1201NLs screen is brighter. This could be helpful while watching those HD movies. The webcam's quality is really clear and the frame-rate is quite smooth as well. All the remaining things that we loved about the 1201T are carry forwarded to this model; the chiclet keyboard, the multi-touch trackpad, sleek dimensions and light weight.

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,blairgowrie, on Oct 20, 2010 03:46 AM
Very good review man! Especially the conclusion. Well done. I my self own compaq mini 311c, another similarly equipped netbook from HP. It costs only 240 British pounds over here and for that price it's a killer little machine. Pity it won't have such a good quality display as Asus you reviewed but other than that is superB, I have it overclocked to 2 GHz without any significant impact on battery life, it has also DDR3 instead of DDR2 upgradable to 3GB and ships with win XP as well. I did upgraded it to 2GB ram only though.
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KreativeGeek
,Pune, on Apr 27, 2010 01:27 PM
Can this netbook play Cricket 2007 game?
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Rohan Naravane
,TechTree TechLabs, on May 03, 2010 11:06 PM
Looking at the minimum requirements, it should qualify to play this game
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retro_crucifix
,Delhi, on Apr 27, 2010 01:33 PM
How does the 1st gen Ion chipset compare to the recently launched Ion2? Most tests online dont show any worthwhile improvement except DirectX 10 support... Can Techtree do a compare? Also, as has been mentioned internationally this netbook comes with 2-4GB of RAM, 320GB HDD and a dualcore atom processor N330 generally used in Nettops... Why the short chnage here then? One can rather look for online options offering free shipping and get the dual core for round under 22K.
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sachin
,goa, on Apr 22, 2010 11:25 PM
this is probably the first generation ion netbook.the Next Generation ION netbook 1201PN as per nvidia have more punch in its graphics. i would rather wait for dual core Atom processor with ion graphics which will surely roak.
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