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From: Bob Donald on 9 Aug 2010 01:00 Nice, Glennbo! I wish they had the 12" model available when I bought mine. It's an n450 proc dual 1.66 atom, and battery life is tremendous, but the 10.1" can be a pain sometimes, not to mention NOT having the ion chipset. I still havent put reaper on it yet, but the n450 didnt impress me with GR4. It may after I sit down and tweak it some more, but I'm in no hurry. The fact that it can handle HD video is awesome! I was extremely impressed with how it handled windows 7. Looking forward to your hands on review after you've had some time to break it in and give it a good run-thru. Bob "Glennbo" <vdrumsYourHeadFromYourAss(a)cox.net> wrote in message news:Xns9DCEDFDB1A74ABrownShoesDontMakeIt(a)81.169.183.62... > > So my kid's Eee PC 900 got ripped off this Summer and my wife suggested > that I get myself a new Eee and let him have mine for use at school. > > I jumped on that, and ordered the Asus 1201N. It has a 1.66GHz Dual Core > Intel Atom N330 CPU. Nvidia's HDTV capable Ion chipset with an HDMI out. > They also put a full size keyboard on this one, and a 12" 1366x768 HiRes > screen. It also has *two* 1GB sticks of RAM so you get the interleaved > performance boost of linear mode. > > The only real negative is the battery life is way shorter than the 6-8 > hours I get with my current Eee PC 901. The specs say 5 hours, but most > reviews I've read claim more like 4 when you are running HD video on it. > > That still works for me as about the only time I'm running on battery is > out on my patio, watching HD video, so if I can make it through a full > extended movie, or a couple 1 hour HDTV shows, I'll be totally happy. > > It should run Reaper very well too, and has a 250GB HD, so storage won't > be as cramped as it is on the 4GB and 8GB SSDs that are in the 901. > > http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2358375,00.asp > > -- > Remove YourHeadFromYourAss to Reply by email > ________ __ > / ____/ /__ ____ ____ / /_ ____ > / / __/ / _ \/ __ \/ __ \/ __ \/ __ \ > / /_/ / / __/ / / / / / / /_/ / /_/ / > \____/_/\___/_/ /_/_/ /_/_.___/\____/ > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Glennbo http://www.soundclick.com/glennbo > Non-Linear Sound http://www.soundclick.com/jambits > Hear My Music http://www.soundclick.com/ThePseudonyms
From: Max Arwood on 9 Aug 2010 17:18 Nice Photos! Max Arwood "Glennbo" <vdrumsYourHeadFromYourAss(a)cox.net> wrote in message news:Xns9DCF578042971BrownShoesDontMakeIt(a)81.169.183.62... > The killer robot "Bob Donald" <Bob(a)nowhere.com> grabbed the controls of > the spaceship cakewalk.audio and pressed these buttons... > >> Nice, Glennbo! I wish they had the 12" model available when I bought >> mine. It's an n450 proc dual 1.66 atom, and battery life is >> tremendous, but the 10.1" can be a pain sometimes, not to mention NOT >> having the ion chipset. I still havent put reaper on it yet, but the >> n450 didnt impress me with GR4. It may after I sit down and tweak it >> some more, but I'm in no hurry. The fact that it can handle HD video >> is awesome! I was extremely impressed with how it handled windows 7. >> Looking forward to your hands on review after you've had some time to >> break it in and give it a good run-thru. > > I'm expecting it to do very well for the tasks I plan top throw at it. > BTW, I just got back from vacation at a killer lake house / cabin and had > the Eee 901 with me. I put two full hour shows on it that my wife and I > hadn't watched at home, so we watched those on the deck at the lake house. > > Here's some pics from the lake house / cabin we were at last week. > > http://members.cox.net/glennbopix/Cabin2010/ > > I should have the new Eee by Wednesday or Thursday at the latest, and will > definately report back my findings on it. > > > >>> So my kid's Eee PC 900 got ripped off this Summer and my wife >>> suggested that I get myself a new Eee and let him have mine for use >>> at school. >>> >>> I jumped on that, and ordered the Asus 1201N. It has a 1.66GHz Dual >>> Core Intel Atom N330 CPU. Nvidia's HDTV capable Ion chipset with an >>> HDMI out. They also put a full size keyboard on this one, and a 12" >>> 1366x768 HiRes screen. It also has *two* 1GB sticks of RAM so you >>> get the interleaved performance boost of linear mode. >>> >>> The only real negative is the battery life is way shorter than the >>> 6-8 hours I get with my current Eee PC 901. The specs say 5 hours, >>> but most reviews I've read claim more like 4 when you are running HD >>> video on it. >>> >>> That still works for me as about the only time I'm running on battery >>> is out on my patio, watching HD video, so if I can make it through a >>> full extended movie, or a couple 1 hour HDTV shows, I'll be totally >>> happy. >>> >>> It should run Reaper very well too, and has a 250GB HD, so storage >>> won't be as cramped as it is on the 4GB and 8GB SSDs that are in the >>> 901. >>> >>> http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2358375,00.asp > > > > -- > Remove YourHeadFromYourAss to Reply by email > ________ __ > / ____/ /__ ____ ____ / /_ ____ > / / __/ / _ \/ __ \/ __ \/ __ \/ __ \ > / /_/ / / __/ / / / / / / /_/ / /_/ / > \____/_/\___/_/ /_/_/ /_/_.___/\____/ > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Glennbo http://www.soundclick.com/glennbo > Non-Linear Sound http://www.soundclick.com/jambits > Hear My Music http://www.soundclick.com/ThePseudonyms
From: Bob Donald on 9 Aug 2010 21:02 > I'm expecting it to do very well for the tasks I plan top throw at it. > BTW, I just got back from vacation at a killer lake house / cabin and had > the Eee 901 with me. I put two full hour shows on it that my wife and I > hadn't watched at home, so we watched those on the deck at the lake house. Yeah, these things have come so far. I was just talking to my buddy about how we've seen so many changes in such a short time, we've went from a commie 64 with fidonet to this in the blink of an eye! I doubt you'll run into any issues with those specs, but still really looking forward to how well the streaming of HD video does. > Here's some pics from the lake house / cabin we were at last week. > > http://members.cox.net/glennbopix/Cabin2010/ Ok, you did NOT need to show me this, I just turned green with envy! That place is gorgeous, and how you were able to leave it to come back to the real world is beyond me :) Glad you guys had a good time!
From: Bob Donald on 9 Aug 2010 21:07 > Hey Bob, I just noticed in the specs that the display on the Eee I ordered > is an LED backlit display. Now that you've had your Vizio LED for a > while, > what's your take on LED back lighting vs fluorescent back lighting? It's like night and day, to my eyes at least. Man, you are treading in dangerous waters, my friend. Dont be surprised if this $500 computer turns into an additional $2000 television adventure after a week of watching stuff on it!
From: Bob Donald on 9 Aug 2010 21:11
Yeah, I still have it open in my browser, looking and re-looking at them. I just went through them a 3rd time and I gotta say that as beautiful as the house is, the money shot is the last one with the sunset. Seeing that had to be worth the price of admission alone! "Max Arwood" <max(a)noneya.com> wrote in message news:i3prai$45n$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... > Nice Photos! > Max Arwood > |