I know I’m supposed to jump on the bandwagon and pronounce netbooks dead, but the truth is I bought one for my mom just a few months ago so the market can’t be dying, right?
After using her Acer Aspire One with the dual core N550 processor to do the install/uninstall dance for a few days, I must admit I wasn’t too impressed (I found the single core Asus Eee N455 1001PXD slightly snappier and ran more cool). So I’m very interested in finding out how the N570 processor in the Asus Eee 1015PX compares with its predecessor, now that it is shipping stateside.
The 1015PX basically shares the same guts and case as last year’s 1015PEM, though with an upgraded brain. Here are the specs:
- Screen: 10.1-inch, 1024 x 600 display
- Processor: Intel Atom N570 dual core at 1.66Ghz
- Hard drive: 250GB
- RAM: up to 2GB of DDR3 memory
- Connectivity: Bluetooth 3.0, LAN, Wireless N
- Camera: 0.3 M Pixel Camera
- Plugs/slots: VGA Connector; 3 USB 2.0; Ethernet; 1 Audio Jack (headphone/mic according to Asus’s website but differs from product page on Amazon and Newegg); SD/SDHC/MMC card reader
- Weight: 2.76 lbs
- Dimension: 10.31″ x 7.01″ x 0.93″ - 1.43″
As long as netbooks stay in the sub-$500 range, they will have a market for users with low technical demands (some of the higher-end netbooks have excellent graphics cards for modern games) and smaller budgets. Are you still using netbooks or have you banished them from your gear box already?
