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ASUS Eee PC 1201T comes with AMD Athlon Neo processor
An AMD processor has finally found its way into an ASUS netbook folks. The upcoming ASUS Eee PC 1201T is the first ASUS netbook to feature an AMD processor in the form of the 1.6GHz Athlon Neo processor. Aside from the processor change, the 1201T is essentially the same as the Atom-processor based Eee PC 1201. Specs for the 1201T include the following:
- 2GB of RAM
- 12.1 inch display with 1366 x 768 resolution
- ATI Radeon HD3200 graphics
- 320GB HDD with 2GB of online storage
- Ethernet and Wi-Fi connectivity
- Bluetooth 2.1
- VGA port
- 3 USB 2.0 ports
- Six cell battery for up to 4 hours of power
No word on pricing or availability as of yet.
MSI announces the 12.1 inch Wind U210 with AMD Athlon Neo processor
MSI announced the 12.1 inch Wind U210 netbook/ultraportable notebook earlier this week – the first MSI system to feature the AMD Athlon Neo processor instead of the more common Intel Atom processor. The Wind U210 (which is now available for pre-order at Amazon.com for $429.99) features the following:
- AMD Athlon Neo MV-40 processor clocked at 1.6GHz
- AMD RS690 + SB600 chipset
- 2GB RAM
- 250GB SATA HDD
- 802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi
- 12.1 inch WXGA 16:9 aspect ratio (1366 x 768) display
- Radeon X1250 graphics
- HDMI output
- Windows Vista Home Premium
- 6 cell (5200mAh) battery for around 4-5 hours of battery life
- Measures 7.4 x 11.69 x 1.2 inches
- Weighs 3.2 pounds
- 1.3 megapixel webcam
- 3 USB ports, VGA port
- 4 in 1 memory card reader
As mentioned earlier, the MSI U210 is now available for pre-order at Amazon.com as well as Newegg.com .
via CrunchGear
Crave compares three systems with different architectures
Here’s an interesting (and somewhat flawed or mislabeled) benchmark test over at CNET’s Crave.com. The website pitted three systems against one another. An ASUS Eee PC 1000HE with an Intel Atom processor vs a Samsung NC20 with a VIA Nano processor vs. the new HP Pavilion dv2 with the AMD Athlon Neo processor. Their goal – to establish how the netbook/ultra-portable processors compare against one another – a “CPU showdown” of sorts.
Their result? Not surprisingly, confusing and inconclusive. The Atom processor faired well in their “multitasking test”, while the Nano faired well on the Apple iTunes encoding test and finally, the Neo faired best in their Jalbum test.
This “processor showdown” was unfortunately flawed to the bone and realistically mislabeled. It would have been somewhat better to call this a system showdown between three different netbook/ultra-portable families – one involving the Intel netbook platform, one with a VIA netbook platform, and one with the AMD Neo platform. Comparing these systems was like comparing a Granny Smith Apple to a Red Delicious Apple to a McIntosh Apple. They’re all Apples but they vary in size, shape, texture, taste, etc.
Folks who benchmark for a living (anandtech.com, techreport.com etc) will often try and isolate processor performance from the rest of the system. This means when they’re comparing one version of a Core 2 Duo vs a new version of the processor- they try and keep everything else the same. Same motherboard; same RAM; same Hard Drive etc etc. The Crave review pitted three very different systems with different guts against one another. There was no real way to isolate processor performance from the rest of the system components.
Ah yes.. the art of benchmarking..
In any case, what I find most interesting about this test is the relative poor showing of the Athlon Neo processor – not so much what the Atom or Nano did.. Makes me wish I could have three different systems to compare against!
