• Asus Eee PC 1215B

    Asus Eee PC 1215B

    Roydon Cerejo, Apr 12, 2011 1537 hrs IST

    A powerful netbook at an attractive price

    Good design and build, comfortable keyboard, can handle 1080p with ease, bright and vivid screen, good battery life, priced well

    Feels a bit sluggish at times, volume of speakers is quite low

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AMDs Fusion APUs seem to be trickling in the market gradually and giving stiff competition to Intel's Atom CPUs. You can already find HP's Pavilion DM1-3014au selling in the market with AMDs Fusion APU and today we have an entrant from Asus; the soon to be launched 1215B Eee PC from their Seashell line up.



The 1215B is a twin of the 1215N that we reviewed a while back that featured Nvidia's ION 2 chipset. The 1215B comes with different configurations and the one we'll be reviewing today is powered by the C-50 APU running at 1GHz. There's 2GB of system memory and a 250GB hard drive that should be enough for Windows 7 Starter Edition. You get different color options; ours had a nice brushed metal type finish on the lid and a palm rest.



There is a big compartment underneath to swap the memory or add more. The 1215B supports up to 4GB in total but only single channel.



Just like the ION variant, the 1215B comes with an HDMI port as well. The onboard Fusion APU can easily handle 1080p output to an HDTV.



Although the website mentions USB 3.0 support, this will vary from region to region. Our unit didn't have USB 3.0 onboard, just three USB 2.0 ports. Despite the slender design, the netbook feels a bit weighty with the 6-cell battery.



The keyboard is the standard chiclet type that we have come to love from Asus. The palm rest has ample amount of space for even large hands and the keys are quite comfortable to use as well.


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hamendar
,mumbai, on Apr 28, 2011 02:31 PM
Pls tell me where an I buy this in mumbai?
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Deepak Kumar Gu
,Delhi, on May 14, 2011 01:32 AM
Could you please just for once tell where is it available in India ? Not online at least, flipkart, inflibeam...nowhere ? Where did you get the price of Rs 17,999 ? Or did you just do the currency conversion ? Please don't mention the price without mentioning source.
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Ajit
,Mumbai, on Apr 13, 2011 04:52 PM
Hi - Where does one get this in Mumbai?
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sachin
,goa, on Apr 13, 2011 12:52 PM
was waiting for this.this will be my first net book. also will get 4 GB ram as its not expensive and instead go for cheap win 7 rode side edition. its bang for money considering you get higher mid range smartphones for pretty much same price.
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Ankur Jain
,London, on Apr 13, 2011 03:57 AM
Stiff mouse buttons is an age old problem for many manufacturers like sony, acer asus. i don't know why manufacturers don't work on this.
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lol
,cbe, on Apr 12, 2011 09:07 PM
@below, lol this comes with a 12.1" screen(which will certainly help than a 10.1" netbook size) but a single core processor hence it may feel slightly like an ATOM. The screen is rightly between a proper notebook(13.3" plus notebooks) and a proper netbook(like a 10")
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msramkrish
,Pune, on Apr 12, 2011 06:21 PM
The best netbook ASUS released so far is ASUS N10J, an excellent master piece having loads and loads of feature that includes but not limited to Finger print reader, ambient light sensor, HDMI port, Card reader, bundled mouse, bluetooth, wifi, dual graphics card (NVidia + Intel) switchable through a separate switch, web cam, face detection, 1 GB RAM upgradable to 2GB, 160 GB HDD, Screen protector, 8 hours battery backup, Instant on for Internet and multimedia player, Gigabit network card, 3 USB, Carry case, Genuine Windows XP home, 10.1" LED backlit display (1024 x 600), gold-copper w black gloss finish, inbuilt TPM chip for data security and many more for just 18500/- a steal deal. It is the best netbook and I bought it from Vijay Sales, Pune
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