Asus Eee PC 1005P and 1005PE netbooks officially announced

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First Dell. Then MSI. You knew it was only a matter of time until you heard about Asus's offering with Intel's new Pinetrail Atom CPU under the hood. And here it is, though not quite live and in the flesh, the Asus Eee PC 1005PE. Announced alongside the Asus 1005P in Italy, this new netbook comes with Intel's new Atom N450 processor and offers no less than 12 hours of total battery life (or so Asus says). And it is quite believable considering how the new Pinetrail processors from Intel offer about 20% less power consumption by virtue of design.

As usual with Asus netbooks, the 1005PE will come with free online storage/backup space that goes up to 500GB and something new: ASUS Express Gate, a feature that enables a user to boot and operate the netbook in mere seconds, though not into Windows, but to a limited pseudo-OS which shows a user's photo gallery, e-mails and an option for a quick Internet search.

The new Seashell netbooks are expected to become available in January 2010 in five different colors (white, black, blue, red and pink) for 279 Euro or about 18,500 Pesos before taxes and subsidies.

Source: [Eee PC Italia]

[Press Release] ASUS Shatters Conventions with High Performance Eee PC 1201N Multimedia Netbook

Multimedia-minded consumers who prize the portability of netbooks but lament the typical lack of processing muscle now have a reason to rejoice. ASUS has launched the Eee PC 1201N, a multimedia netbook sporting an Intel Atom 330 dual core processor and an NVIDIA ION graphics processor that delivers a level of performance never before seen on netbooks. The stylish Eee PC 1201N also offers exceptional typing comfort through a full-sized ergonomic chiclet keyboard, and comes with a total of 750GB hybrid storage to house and host massive multimedia collections.

The Eee PC 1201N marks a radical departure from other netbooks that usually feature single core Atom processors. With its Intel Atom 330 dual core processor, NVIDIA ION graphics, and two-DIMM, dual-channel DDR memory architecture, the Eee PC 1201N will set new netbook performance benchmarks. More importantly, this combination shatters today's netbook conventions by delivering a rich multimedia experience.

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