14 DAY TRIAL // 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 released its mobile CPUs, finally giving Intel an actual competitor.
The Geode low-power processor has now been adopted by ASUS and its most recent creation, the entry-level mobile PC known as Eee PC 1201K.
This netbook, for the most part, sticks to the regular capabilities of such a laptop, though it may have to be especially well advertised if it is to stand up to the popularity of the Intel Pine Trail platform.
At the heart of the netbook lies, of course, the Geode, whose processing frequency is of 1.4GHz and which is paired with the SiS 741GX chipset.
This chip is backed up by 1GB of RAM and paired with a hard disk drive whose internal capacity is of 160GB.
The laptop itself is designed with a display that is uncommon, for a netbook, both in terms of size as well as of image quality.
To be more specific, the screen has a diagonal of 12.1 inches and its native resolution is of 1,366 x 768 pixels.
The laptop also integrates a 0.3 megapixel webcam, plus a multi-card reader and the obligatory connectivity capabilities, namely Ethernet and 802.11 b/g/n WiFi.
Finally, the Eee PC 1201K is kept operational by a 6-cell battery which supposedly only lasts for two hours. As for pricing, the tag is of a reported 329 Euro.
What remains to be seen is how this device fares against the myriad of Pine Trail netbooks already available or soon to be released.