http://www.asus.com/News.aspx?N_ID=y380KY9gL40QypTj and http://www.nvidia.com/object/IO_73301.html

ASUS Shatters Netbook Conventions with High Performance Eee PC™ 1201N Multimedia Netbook

Effective Integration of Intel® Atom™ 330 Dual Core Processor and NVIDIA® ION™ Graphics Acceleration Delivers Unprecedented Netbook Performance

Taipei, Taiwan, November 19, 2009 – Multimedia-minded consumers who prize the portability of netbooks but lament the typical lack of processing muscle now have a reason to rejoice. ASUS has launched the Eee PC™ 1201N, a multimedia netbook sporting an Intel® Atom™ 330 dual core processor and an NVIDIA® ION™ graphics processor that delivers a level of performance never before seen on netbooks. The stylish Eee PC™ 1201N also offers exceptional typing comfort through a full-sized ergonomic chiclet keyboard, and comes with a total of 750GB* hybrid storage to house and host massive multimedia collections.

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(I’ll be curious to see how this new Atom processor stacks up in daily use vs. the other processors I’ve checked out. There’s little question that the Nvidia Ion portion, graphics wise, will make flash movies and animations work much better, when we’re talking full screen size / 720p, etc. Adobe has promised support for this in a soon-to-be-released update to their ubiquitous Flash Player. Microsoft’s Windows 7 is also supposed to have drivers to better use the horsepower of the graphics subsystem for various tasks within the OS.

As usual, now is a great time to be within an IT world.

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