Two ASUS Fusion Netbooks Begin Selling

As one of the worlds better known suppliers of PCs, ASUS has to always exploit every opportunity, and this happens to include AMD's Fusion platform, which lies at the heart of two new entry-level laptops.

Netbooks are known for their low-end hardware, low prices (compared to other mobile PCs) and their screen size (usually 10.1 inches).

One of the new machines that ASUS prepared sticks to that form factor, but the other one is a big larger, although its hardware still lets it fit in this product category.

Basically, the company has created two netbooks based on AMD's Fusion technology, the Brazos platform in this case.

What this means is that the newcomers use one of AMD's now well known APUs (accelerated processing units).

Said chips are the C-50 dual-core (1215B), whose frequency is of 1.0 GHz (and which has the Radeon HD 6250 integrated graphics), and the C-30 single-core (1015B), which works at 1.2 GHz and has similar video capabilities.

The 1215B is the stronger of the two, fitting for its screen size (12.1 inches). It features 2 GB of RAM, a hard drive of 320 GB and a display resolution of 1,366 x 768 pixels.

Meanwhile, the more modes 1015B holds onto the size of 10.1 inches (the native resolution of the LCD is 1,024 x 600 pixels) and, though it has the same central chip, boasts just 1 GB of RAM and a 250 GB HDD.

The rest of their assets are identical, meaning that both machines have LAN, 802.11 b/g/n WiFi, 0.3 megapixel webcams and card readers (SDHC and MMC formats are supported).

Finally, all hardware, on both netbooks, is kept operational by a 6-cell battery that can last for up to 8.5 hours on a single battery charge. The Eee PC 1015B is already listed for roughly $290, while the 1215B goes for $450.