14 DAY TRIAL // Asus keeps on expanding its Eee PC netbook range with new products and during this weekend the Taiwanese company has added a new such model to its lineup, the Eee PC 1225B, which is powered by an AMD Brazos E-450 APU.
This is actually AMD’s most powerful E-series accelerated processing unit to be produced as it packs two computing cores clocked at 1.65GHz as well as a Radeon HD 6320 built-in GPU with 80 shader units.
Usually, these are run at 508MHz, but the integrated graphics core also comes with a special Turbo mode that can increase this speed to 600MHz when the need arises.
Outside of the new APU, the rest of the Asus netbook is pretty bland and doesn't seem to differ too much from all the other Eee PC models that Taiwanese company has released until now.
This means that users get the usual 11.6-inch LED-backlit LCD panel with a resolution of 1366x768, a low-res 0.3MP camera, wireless LAN and optional Bluetooth 3.0 connectivity, as well as up to 7 hours of battery life with the 6-cell power pack.
The AMD accelerated processing unit can be paired together with a maximum of 4GB of system memory (2GB seems to be standard), and the storage options include a series of 2.5-inch hard drives with capacities ranging from 320GB to 750GB.
As far as the available connectors are concerned, the Eee PC 1225B packs three USB 2.0 ports, a multi-format card reader as well as VGA and HDMI display outputs.
Users who require faster connectivity, also have the option of going for a slightly different configuration that swaps two of the three USB 2.0 ports installed for some USB 3.0 connectors.
As far as pricing is concerned, Notebook Italia reports that the Eee PC 1225B will start at about 349 EUR, approximately $456 US, but some online shops across Europe offer the netbook at some even lower prices.