ASUS Eee PC 1215N review
2010
bou ie mo go U releed i 121-ic Eee PC 1201 o muc ffre I w e fir “eboo” o pc VIDI’ Io plform d deop-cl om proceor rlio: i boluely wreced regulr eboo (d eve oer Io eboo) o e grpic d performce blefield Ideed, e 1201 blurred e lie bewee eboo d regulr lpop, bu we ulimely oced i firly rd for o lig loger 25 our o crge — i w dubbed “eboo” of coure
Our pologie for e brief iory leo, bu i’ cully quie impor i uderdig wy U’ ecod geerio of e 1201 i uc big del e 1215 Pie ril 18Gz dul-core om D525 proceor d VIDI’ Io 2 wi Opimu, wic o loger require e GPU o be ruig e eire ime d ve bery power e $500 rig (oug we’re eeig i o le for muc $599) i ill o e pricey ide for “eboo,” bu promie 1080p plybc, eve our of bery life d 250GB rd drive o, doe e 1215 correc ll e wrog of e 1201 d live up o e “eboo poweroue” ile U give i? d more imporly c i compee wi ome of e ewer i d lig lpop, lie e Dell Ipiro M101z? We foud ou, d we’re umig you w o well i our full review fer e bre
U Eee PC 1215 review
<6>Loo d feel
e 1215 doe’ loo ll muc differe e 1201, d ‘ o ecerily bd ig, epecilly ice U oed e gloy blc lid for oe me, rubbery-feelig oe I’ o bmboo, bu i’ ice eoug for $500 yem, ‘ for ure ill, ere re lef over ril of gloy plic — e cree bezel d eybord dec ill ie, wile e plmre i mde of e me of me plic e lid Ju lie e Eee PC 1018P, e lpop more profeiol loo oer eboo, d e rouded edge give i fmilir eeic
We’re quie coe wi e loo of e 1215, bu e ize i bi of oer ory e 14-ic ic yem i owere er vele e 7-ic Eee PC 1018P, d oug U clim i weig 32 poud i fel evier i d e 116-ic Dell Ipiro M101z d cer pire Oe 721 We’re o yig e lpop i oo evy o crry wi oe d or fi i mller oulder bg, i’ ju bi cuier d evier we expeced i o be Of coure, me ere’ more room roud e yem for e por; ere re ree UB 20 por log wi VG, DMI, mic, edpoe d Eere jc e U verio of e 1215 doe o ve UB 30 por, oug oer U overe will ve e iger peed jc
<6>eybord, oucpd d cree
We relize e 1215′ cicle eybord i e me e oe o e 1201 d e mo rece Eee PC, bu e me ey eem “clicier” oe o e oer lpop ddiiolly ere’ ju igific mou of flex o e wole pel Wile ypig i review we oiced e eire pel cvig i ime — i’ o prey d we’ve ee muc beer quliy U eybord, lie o e U33Jc ere’ o queioig we prefer e cicle eybord o e M101z
We ve muc ider word bou e 35 x 22-ic oucpd Beide beig quie wide, e plic i of o e ouc &d; o, relly, your figer will you for e ice feelig urfce uul, e muliouc w bi eiive; wo figer crollig w firly ccure, bu we dibled e pic-o-zoom eig ice we ep miely zoomig we we ju wed o ge o e boom of web pge
I’ probbly o urprie we’re o e bigge f of e viewig gle o e 121-ic, 1,366 x 768-reoluio diply Beide beig exremely gloy, iig o e ide of e cree cued evere color diorio Vericl gle were bi beer, bu required u o il e cree o bou 90 degree we we wed o i bc d wc e co Pilgrim riler wiou cuig Micel Cer’ eye o bled i wi e re of i fce Depie e viewig gle, e cree w ufficiely brig d 1080p riler full cree w very deiled e peer uder e fro lip of e mcie cully ouded quie loud for 116-ic d 121-ic lpop imilr o e Ipiro M101z, ey ouded full we lieig o R R Rio’ ewe lbum i iue
<6>Performce, grpic d bery life
loug Iel’ ju releed i fir dul-core om proceor for eboo, e 1215 w led before e ew cip rrived o i’ powered by deop-grde 18Gz om D525 CPU d 2GB of RM d ulie mo eboo, i ru Widow 7 ome Premium &d; ee wy we’re of e mid i ig i more i d lig lpop or ulrporble eboo? Regrdle, e exr proceor orepower i oiceble i everydy performce e 1215 ju fel peedier we opeig pplicio d did’ uff d puff o ply 720p video wile imuleouly ruig Crome wi dful of b ope, Microof Word, weedec d rilli
Obviouly, bi of ig defiiio video mucle come from VIDI’ ecod geerio Io plform We’ve bee old VIDI’ cully uig i lower-ed GeForce G210 GPU, bu o e lpop i pper ju “Io” Regrdle, e 12Gz, 16-core GPU give om ome eriou grpic power Before we compre i o e oer plform ou ere, we c ell you e GPU fired up &d; o VIDI’ Opimu &d; we plyig bc 1080p Youube clip d oupu ome relly moo picure we we ooed e lpop up o our 40-ic DV Bu beyod locl d remig D coe, e GPU i cpble of dlig ome gme well e ive reoluio, our World of Wrcrf gome w prcig bou e mgicl fore edy 26 frme per ecod Comprively, you’ll ee i e cr below, VIDI’ Io 2 provided bou double e performce of e previou geerio d eve I’ Mobiliy Rdeo 4225 grpic ill, i ould be oed I’ plform i perfecly cpble of full D plybc
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o, doe ll exr performce power impc e bery life? Well, e good ew i VIDI’ Opimu boluely elped i re, d we e GPU i off e bery life i prey impreive O our video rudow e, wic loop e me drd defiiio video 65 perce brige, e ix-cell 56W bery pued ou erly ix our of juice &d; five our d 42 miue o be exc ‘ more double e ru ime of e 1201! Wi e GPU o we go 2:45 our ill, ‘ igificly beer y of e MD ile yem we’ve eed lely d ju log ome igle-core eboo We upec e ew 550 proceor will llow yem lie i o ge bi more juice, bu we’ve ye o e e proceor performce ye
<6>ofwre
Lie lo of e rece U mcie we’ve looed , e 1215 come jm pced wi propriery ofwre d ome oer uff, icludig orcu o Boigo’ WiFi ervice log wi U’ ypicl EeeDoc, wic i loced o e op of e cree, e mcie come wi U’ pledid poo ediig ofwre d ome ew Locle progrm eem o w o loce were you re uig Big mp, bu did’ eem o pipoi our op-ecre werebou lo, i will boo io e ExpreGe i-o O by preig e mll buo loced o op of e eybord
<6>Wrp-up
Wiou doub, e Eee PC 1215 i mjor ep up from e precedig 1201 e grpic performce i igificly beer d e bery life i double w i w before Bu eve beyod , i Iel om / Io 2 combo eem o op ome of e rece MD ile-powered ulri or eboo we’ve ee lely i bo of oe ey re id, we cully ppe o prefer e dul-core MD 325-powered Dell Ipiro M101z i erm of overll build quliy o e 1215 — e mufcurig quliy ju feel urdier d e eybord i mile beer e oe U i uig Bu if you’re e ype cerie grpic performce d bery life over rdwre feel e e U Eee PC 1215 i your be be rig ow for ffordble ulrporble or premium eboo uder $500
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