Saturday, January 23, 2010

Asus Eee PC 1201T Review

Bought new toy yesterday in Asus, SM City. It's the ASUS eee PC 1201T and I got it for only 21K.


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Box pa lang handy na

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Whats inside? The unit, manuals, driver, adapter and lousy very thin sleeve

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left side: VGA port, power port, air vents and usb port


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front view ultrathin seashell design underneath is the speaker

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right side: sd card slot,usb slot, headphones jack, mic jack, usb port, LAN port and Kensinton lock port

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Bottom side: protruded 6 cell battery, memory compartment and speaker



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Glossy design and its a fingerprint magnet

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0.3 M Pixel LIV cam


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status indicator lights: Power, battery, HDD, WiFi/bluetooth and caps lock

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Trackpad with multi-finger gestures


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AMD and energy star stickers

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Love the large ergonomic chicklet keyboard

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Power key

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Touchpad key

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fast boot and fast turn off

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ASUS Eee PC 1201T specs:


    * OS Win7 Home Premium
    * 12.1” 1366 x 768 display
    * AMD Congo dual-core MV40 (1.6GHz) processor
    * RS780MN chipset
    * ATI Radeon HD3200 integrated graphics
    * 2GB RAM
    * 320GB HDD storage
    * 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi
    * Bluetooth 2.1
    * VGA, 3x USB, LAN, audio jacks
    * 296mm x 208mm x 27.3 - 33.3mm
    * 1.4kg Weight w/o battery, 2kg including battery
    * 6 cell battery ( 4 hours batt life)

This is the platform second gen glossy and ultrathin form factor netbook and measures just 27.3mm at its thickest point. This baby indicated became the first model in the extensive series Eee PC, built on AMD platform.

This netbook is equipped with full-scale chicklet keyboard which I really love. :-BD  And display with 12.1" size 1366x768 pixels with light emitting diode. In the configuration enter the processor Neo MV-40, which works at the clock frequency 1.6GHz, the integrated graphics processor series Radeon HD 3200, 2GB RAM and HDD with 320GB volume.

From the other special features of 1201T can be attributed the adapters gigbit ethernet and WiFi. This 2 kilogram netbook is completed by 6 cell battery which ensures up to 4 hours of straight operation. I installed Window 7 Home Premium OS and Microsoft Office.This has most interesting aspect is the "Asus Hybird Storage" option, which allows for SSD and HDD storage.  :-BD

CONS
     * No HDMI output
     * Short battery life just around 4 hours for 6 cell ion.
     * No built-in microphone
     * speakers no where to find but I think its underneath the unit
     * Not a dual core processor (which at first I thought it has)
     * No bundled OS

Hands on review on youtube: