Sunday, January 8, 2012

ASUS Eee PC 1015PN Netbook (ep.8)

Netbook looks like a job!

Love this netbook!
Surprisingly, … I bought this to use for a mobile HTPC (home theater PC).
I currently have an old dual core laptop integrated graphics set up in my living room running Boxee by a VGA cable and audio, and I wanted to replace it with something that had HDMI and can be moved between rooms.
This netbook is great!, Feels more catchy than my M4400 mobile workstation while surfing the net quality of the film, and the graphics are fantastic, the long battery life for travel.
This makes my laptop slow Boxee others seem stupid.
Major improvements:
Windows 7 Home Premium or Ultimate (allow automatic switching between Intel integrated graphics Ion and Ion dedicated)
2GB of ram (Note the Crucial Memory buy all listed on Amazon is WRONG!, And will not work .. hope they will solve this problem, but check before buying)
I’m still only running 1 GB while I wait for the new memory to come, and still great speed
Questions: I struggled a bit to get the correct HDMI sound driver after installing Windows 7 Ultimate cool because it was not on the Asus or Nvidia site
… Supposedly it should be included in the drivers Nvidia Ion, .. but mine does not work.
Just look for Nvidia HDMI driver, Ion
I have not had a chance to test battery life yet, but show more and 9HR on integrated graphics and a brightness of 60% … over 6 hours with dedicated graphics performance and super ION selected
I still have not installed and games, or 3D design programs, but I’m sure he can handle it
So pros:
Fast enough to use computers on average you do not know that it is a netbook
Great graphics performance
Excellent battery life
HDMI output
sleek design
Less:
Windows Starter does not allow automatic switching graphics
can not be settled by the mouse sleep
Will run warm when running HD, but not bad
So good I want to use all the time for my main computer and have a hard time letting connected to a TV
I recommend it! … In fact I do not think I’ll ever buy a bigger laptop new

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