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ASUS SeaShell 11.6-Inch AMD-Based Netbook Set for March

Netbooks may have lost most of their fame, but ASUS still thinks there are enough people out there who might want one, especially when that “one” has an AMD APU at its core. Advanced Micro Devices may not have paid much mind to the mobile PC market over the years, but that changed when its Heterogeneous...

4 February 2012
04:49 GMT

[UPDATED] ASUS Eee PC R051BX Netbook Uses AMD C-60 APU

Since it was about time AMD's collection of laptop chips scored a new design win, ASUS put together the Eee PC R051BX netbook powered by the C-60 APU. A leak has just exposed the hardware details of a netbook that ASUS' own support page managed to confirm as real not long ago. Carrying the name of Eee P...

23 January 2012
03:29 GMT

ASUS Cedar Trail Netbooks May Land in Santa's Bag

Netbooks are scarcely mentioned these days, but they are definitely still around, and will continue to be so, as long as there are companies, like ASUS, ready to make more, like a new pair of Eee PCs. 10.1-inch netbooks managed to spread far and wide before tablets started messing with the market share of low-end l...

18 November 2011
08:10 GMT

Asus Readies Low-Cost Eee PC 1015BX Netbook with AMD C-60 APU

A new Asus Eee PC netbook model has recently become available for pre-order on Amazon Germany, the new 1015BX being one of the first laptop designs to be powered by AMD's recently launched C-60 low-power APU.The C-60 was released by AMD a little more than a month ago and slightly improves on the specs of the C-5...

26 September 2011
03:29 GMT

MeeGo-Loaded ASUS Eee PC X101 Netbook Up for Sale

Even though Nokia withdrew its support for the MeeGo operating system, the OS is not through yet, having even shown up as the default software on the new ASUS netbook. MeeGo is one of the newest operating systems that have begun to carve niche markets of their own as Microsoft prepares to out its next Windows ver...

13 September 2011
05:16 GMT

Asus Starts Selling €209 Ubuntu-Powered Netbook in Europe

About two weeks ago, Asus has started selling in Europe the 1215P netbook, which was one of the company's first models in a while to come with a Linux distro pre-installed, and now the Taiwanese hardware maker has released another such netbook in Germany, the Eee PC R011PX. This is available right now from Am...

29 July 2011
06:11 GMT

Asus' $200 MeeGo Netbook to Reach US in August, Europe in September

A short while after a US-based online retailer has listed the Eee PC X101 for pre-order on its website, Asus has announced that the $200 MeeGo running netbook will arrive in the States in August, while the company's European customers will get the machine in September. Like most other netbooks developed to ru...

28 July 2011
09:12 GMT

Asus 2011 Ultra-Portable Roadmap: EeePC X101 in July, Eee PC 1025 and UX in September

At a recent press event held in China, Asus has detailed its plans for 2011 in the ultra-portable computing space and, according to the company's officials, this year will mark the introduction of no less than three light-weight and low-profile mobile computing devices. All the three devices were presented du...

30 June 2011
10:03 GMT

Asus Presents the AMD Fusion Powered Eee PC 1015BX Netbook

Asus will soon update it Eee PC netbook product family with a new design called the 1015BX which is based on AMD's C-Series accelerated processing unit and provides users with both portability and a “stylish” design. The Asus Eee PC 1015BX notebook is built around a 10.1-inch LED-backlit screen, w...

15 June 2011
03:19 GMT

ASUS Unveils Cedar Trail Netbook at Computex 2011

It seems that ASUS doesn't plan to let the netbook market slip out of its grasp any time soon, as made evident by a certain Eee PC, based on a next-generation CPU, that is now on display at ComputexThe netbook market may not be the fast-growing segment some would have hoped for, but low-end laptops still make u...

1 June 2011
06:16 GMT

ASUS Eee PC X101 Is a Very Thin Oak Trail Machine

It appears that the PadFone is not the only thing that ASUS brought over to Computex, since a certain, very thin laptop has also been spotted, featuring everything a netbook is supposed to have.The Intel Atom Z670 central processing unit was primarily developed as a viable x86 tablet processing solution, one that Vi...

30 May 2011
04:55 GMT

Redesigned Asus Eee PC to Debut at Computex 2011

At the upcoming Computex 2011 fair, Asus plans to update the design of its popular line of Eee PC netbooks with the launch of a new series of devices that feature a much slimmer profile than the previous models. Asus has started teasing the products it plans to showcase at Computex at the end of last week when it p...

25 May 2011
07:50 GMT

ASUS Eee PC 1015PX Netbook Uses Atom 570 CPU, Ships

It might not be the killer product it has planned for next month, but ASUS appears to have begun shipping a certain netbook that has superior capabilities to those of its kin that came before it, in addition to a fairly long battery life.In order to continue selling on a market where tablets have been visibly gainin...

10 May 2011
05:18 GMT

ASUS Plans Killer Eee PC, Sells Too Few Because of Apple's iPad

That the iPad was doing bad things to the number of netbook and overall laptop sales is not really news, but it looks like sales numbers are at last being discovered, so consumers can get a better idea of how things are.ASUS is one of those companies that reaped quite a bit of profit off the netbook market and had b...

10 May 2011
04:07 GMT

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 si...

7 April 2011
04:02 GMT

Eee PC 1015PN Netbook from ASUS Gets Stronger CPU

Being the supplier of various systems and computer parts, ASUS delivers new products all the time, although it looks like, in this instance, the company settled for updating a device that has been on the market for a fairly long while already. ASUS has definitely not been allowing any of the recent developments on t...

4 April 2011
03:14 GMT

AMD Fusion ASUS Laptops Sell for as Little as $289

The laptop market may be expected to grow by 50% now that Intel CPUs and chipsets are shipping more or less normally again, but AMD-powered machines have been coming out in the meantime without any problem, two of them, made by ASUS, having now been listed.The ironic part about the whole episode with Intel's 6-...

23 March 2011
08:26 GMT

ASUS Uses AMD Fusion APUs in Eee PC 1015B and 1215B

Netbooks may have been selling less and less because of the tablet market, but they are far from through, especially now that AMD is challenging Intel on the mobile front by scoring design winds like ASUS' Eee PC 1015B and 1215B netbooks.Makers of laptops have been struck hard recently, what with the Intel 6-se...

11 March 2011
08:39 GMT

Asus Details Its 2011 Notebook Plans

With the recent popularity gain achieved by tablets and entry level ultra-portable laptops, notebooks don't seem to have a chance, but this isn't what Asus thinks as the company plans to launch three or four new devices during 2011, not including upgraded models.According to Asustek's Eee PC Business G...

20 January 2011
09:45 GMT

Asus Eee PC Sirocco is Just the Eee PC 1015PW With Some Extra Glitter

When talking about Asus' teaser for their Sirocco Eee PC netbook, we expressed our hopes the device in question was going to be something truly interesting (perhaps even powered by the AMD Fusion platform), especially since it was accompanied by the “Making Waves” tagline, but the reality is a lot le...

19 January 2011
06:14 GMT

New Asus Eee PC 'Sirocco' Netbook Rumored, Already 'Making Waves'

Without a doubt, Asus had quite a few interesting surprises in store for CES 2011, but it seems that the Taiwanese company is still “up to a lot of good”, since they're apparently preparing the launch of yet another addition to their Eee PC netbook lineup, called the Sirocco.So, as NotebookItalia rep...

17 January 2011
05:20 GMT

ASUS Eee PC 1215B Laptop Based on AMD's Fusion Seen at CES

ASUS definitely did not have just a few things on display at CES, 2011, and it seems that a certain one of its laptops, even though it has yet to be officially launched, was spotted alive and well.As one would have expected, ASUS's booth at CES held its fair share of new mobile computers, not just desktops.One ...

10 January 2011
10:30 GMT

ASUS Eee PC 1015PW Netbook Goes European in December

As it happens, ASUS has begun to expand availability of a certain mobile computer that is revealed some time ago, one Eee PC 1015PW entry-level laptop based on Intel Pine Trail.The Eee PC 1015PW was revealed some time ago and even listed online at one point, but it has yet to become available on a worldwide basis.Ba...

23 November 2010
03:03 GMT

ASUS Sends the Eee PC 1215T Netbook to the US

A fashionable netbook known as Eee PC 1015PW is not the only entry-level laptop that ASUS has prepared, the company having also sent out the Eee PC 1215T, a netbook based on AMD's mobile platform.Although most netbooks, and other laptops for that matter, are powered by Intel chips, there are still exceptions, a...

8 November 2010
05:31 GMT

Germany Welcomes Fashionable ASUS' Eee PC 1015PW Netbook

As one of the main promoters of the entry-level mobile computer, ASUS has been releasing or expanding the availability of its netbooks quite frequently, and it seems that the latest such development is the launch of the ASUS Eee PC 1015PW.By now, end-users will likely be quite familiar with the concept of a netbook ...

8 November 2010
04:51 GMT

AMD-Powered ASUS Netbook On Sale in the US

While companies often issue press releases to announce certain new devices, there are also times when it takes some time before actual sales start, and it seems that a certain entry-level mobile PC from ASUS has finally begun to sell in the US.Advanced Micro Devices finally released mobile central processing units o...

4 November 2010
04:36 GMT

ASUS Begins Selling the Lamborghini VX6 12.1-Inch Netbook

Preparing to grace the market with next-generation motherboards is not the only thing that ASUS is up to, the company having now finally gotten around to shipping one of its more unusual netbooks, the so-called Lamborghini VX6.Known by its full name as ASUS Lamborghini Eee PC VX6, this entry-level mobile computer ha...

3 November 2010
04:52 GMT

ASUS Eee PC 1215P Netbook Makes It to Europe

Like Acer, ASUS released quite number of entry-level mobile computers already, and it seems that one known as Eee PC 1215P has just found its way to European stores, where it is ready to show off the might of its dual-core CPU.Like most of the netbooks unveiled so far, the machine that ASUS has sent to Europe is bas...

13 October 2010
08:33 GMT

ASUS Also Preparing a Netbook, the AMD-Based Eee PC 1015T

Since Acer is going to soon start shipping a new netbook in Europe, it is not especially surprising to hear that ASUS will be doing something similar with its Eee PC 1015T, even if it is in the US and based on an AMD chip instead of Intel Atom.As some end-users will no doubt know, the netbook segment, like most of t...

4 October 2010
05:46 GMT

ASUS Eee PC 1015PM Dual-Core Atom Netbook Ships

Some time ago, Intel brought out its latest Atom processor, the Atom N550 dual-core, and laptop makers immediately announced devices based on it, ASUS included, whose Eee PC 1015PEM appears to have finally started selling in the US. Though netbooks are supposed to have low capabilities in order to strike lower price...

15 September 2010
04:30 GMT

12.1-Inch ASUS Eee PC 1215T Based on AMD Up for Pre-Order

Though the GTS 450 from NVIDIA is keeping most of the attention to itself, other hardware is still trickling forth into the lands of the Internet, and it seems ASUS will soon start shipping the Eee PC 1215T, a 12.1-inch ultra-portable based on an AMD CPU.Intel may have placed a 10.1-inch screen size limit on laptops...

13 September 2010
08:05 GMT

ASUS Eee PC 1201K AMD Geode Netbook Already Selling

Advanced Micro Devices has been waiting for its Geode low-power processor to make it into a mobile PC for a while, and it seems that such an event has finally occurred now that ASUS' Eee PC 1201K netbook has become available in European stores. AMD managed to get into the laptop market some time ago, when it re...

6 September 2010
09:26 GMT

ASUS Devises New Netbooks Based on Atom N550

Just days ago, ASUS was revealed to have already completed a netbook built around the Intel Atom N550, the new dual-core, but it seems that the company is far form finished, having supposedly already decided to bring out two more Eee PCs of this kind.The appearance of the Atom N550 once again allowed laptop makers t...

30 August 2010
05:28 GMT

ASUS Already Selling a Netbook Based on Dual-Core Atom N550

Since Intel recently announced that its Dual-Core Atom N550 mobile processor would power a new generation of netbooks, PC makers were quick to oblige, but ASUS appears to be a step ahead of the rest, having already started to ship the Eee PC 1015PEM.The Atom N550 CPU that Intel trumpeted not so long ago is the new d...

25 August 2010
05:09 GMT

ASUS Eee PC 1015PN ION 2 Netbook Headed to Europe

ASUS may be working on a drove of slates, but it definitely isn't ignoring its other outlets and has almost finished preparations for the unleashing, on the European market, of the Eee PC 1015PN netbook, an entry-level mobile computer based on the Intel Pine Trail platform.Like Acer, ASUS is one of the major pl...

14 August 2010
05:13 GMT

ASUS Eee PC 1215N Netbook Bound for September

Entry-level mobile computers are known for not being very capable when it comes to anything besides document viewing and basic web browsing. Still, even in this market segment, there are those products that can be seen as more high-end than the others, and ASUS is almost ready to bring out one of them, though it may...

5 August 2010
08:29 GMT

Kid Mode Engaged With ASUS Eee PC 1001PQ

It seems that ASUS is once again busy with updating its laptop lineup. Having already made the official unveiling of the Eee PC 1015PD Seashell series netbook, the company decided to follow up with another mobile PC, only of a different kind. Granted, one could say that the kind does not differ, since the newcomer is...

30 July 2010
04:20 GMT

ASUS Eee PC 1015PD Seashell Netbook Incoming

Until some months back, there wasn't much opportunity for variety, in terms of processing, when it came to netbooks based on the Intel Pine Trail platform. Then, the Santa Clara, California-based outfit released the Atom CPUs that support high-speed DDR3 memory. Needless to say, OEMs were quite eager to take ad...

30 July 2010
02:34 GMT

ASUS Eee PC 1215N Arrives on August 23

ASUS has definitely resumed its long-lasting string of mobile computer releases, and netbooks are definitely a central part of its marketing strategy for 2010. This can be easily seen from how the Eee PC 1005PX just got listed in Thailand. ASUS has also been talking about the Eee PC 1201PN netbook and the Acer Aspire...

9 July 2010
09:05 GMT

One More Netbook Spawned by ASUS, Eee PC 1005PX

After releasing an entire slew of laptops, ASUS recently came out and finally made a crater in the enthusiast segment by smashing it with the ARES HD 5970, a version of AMD's dual-GPU DirectX 11 card but with higher clocks and, most importantly, a full 4GB of GDDR5 VRAM. Now, the company has decided to help thin...

9 July 2010
03:18 GMT

Pre-Orders Start for Asus Eee PC 1016P and 1018P Netbooks

Since Samsung has so candidly decided to start shipping a number of mobile PCs, it makes sense that its rivals would do something similar. As such, that some of ASUS' own mobile computers have become available for pre-order may not come as any sort of particularly shocking news. Indeed, this is what occurred, if...

6 July 2010
03:16 GMT

ASUS Eee PC 1215N Combines ION 2 and a Dual-Core CPU

Consumers may have been misled into believing that ASUS would leave its entire ION 2 flank to the recently announced Eee PC 1201PN, but this doesn't seem to be the case at all. In fact, if anything, the PC maker seems all the more eager to push the same project forward, especially if it means it can supply the m...

29 June 2010
09:22 GMT

ASUS Eee PC 1201PN Brings ION 2 to US Stores

No doubt, netbook fans and those especially loyal to Acer will be distraught after finding out that the Aspire one 532G will never see the light of day. Said device was once touted as the first ION 2 netbook to ever be officially unveiled, but driver problems related to the NVIDIA Optimus technology appear to have fa...

21 June 2010
04:29 GMT

Asus Eee PC 1018P Pine Trail Netbook Gets Q3 Release

There have been many leaks, rumors, reports and official announcements regarding netbooks lately. With Intel having unleashed its new Atom chips with support for DDR3, companies are wasting no time in putting it to good use. ASUS itself has at least one such device in store, not just netbooks that employ the NVIDIA I...

18 June 2010
03:47 GMT

ION Netbook ASUS Eee PC 1201PN Heads to Europe

When Intel developed its line of netbook-oriented central processing units, it set in place a rule that has come to define the netbook market. That rule is that the screen size of a mobile PC powered by an Atom chip should never surpass 10.1 inches. This was meant to ensure that the market share of larger-format not...

17 June 2010
02:58 GMT

FCC Looks at DDR3-Equipped ASUS Eee PC 1016P

The past few months have been filled with announcements of new mobile PCs, be they netbooks, ultrathin laptops, notebooks or even 3D-equipped machines. The multitude of such announcements is partly owed to the growing demand for such portable personal computers, but the real reason is that fresh CPUs and other hardwa...

14 June 2010
06:24 GMT

ASUS Tosses an AMD Geode CPU in the Eee PC 1201K

ASUS has been for a long time now a pioneer in the netbook space, with the outfit's Eee PC line having included a wide range of models. It now appears that ASUS has gone one step further and has updated its Eee PC product line with the new 1201K model, designed to take advantage of an AMD processor. However, unl...

10 June 2010
04:00 GMT

ASUS Eee PC 1015T Is a 4GB DDR3-Equipped AMD Netbook

A great many things were on display at Computex, and while tablets definitely came in great numbers, they still couldn't completely overshadow the various laptops and hardware components also on show. Unsurprisingly, ASUS was one of the more active notebook advocates, even providing the highest number of NVIDIA ...

7 June 2010
04:54 GMT

ASUS Eee PC 1215 Has USB 3.0 and NVIDIA Optimus

Consumers that like to stay up to date with the latest happenings on the mobile front, especially those that plan to acquire a new netbook soon, will likely know that, not long ago, the ASUS Eee PC 1201PN became available for pre-order. The same consumer base would likely have frowned when noticing that there was no ...

18 May 2010
09:37 GMT

NVIDIA ION 2-Based ASUS Eee PC 1201PN Up for Pre-Order

There has been much talk of netbooks lately, for several reasons. For one, sales are still growing, but not as rapidly as expected because the market is getting saturated. To remedy this, PC suppliers and chip makers have been doing their best to bring a better performance to next-generation models. One means of achi...

17 May 2010
06:39 GMT


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