Asus Eee Netbook Will Have Desktop-like CPU

[back_by_demand]

[citation][nom]CTPAHHIK[/nom]Since there is no blu-ray drive I don't see how one can watch blue-ray movie.[/citation]
It didn't say BluRay, it said 1080P
Not all Hi-Def content is on rotating optical disks
Ever heard of H.264?

 

[jacobdrj]

I have found that by overclocking my eee pc to 1.92 Ghz, I get a HUGE performance boost with the little ah heck... I practically live with my Netbook now, for all the reasons mentioned by MDillenbeck. Unlike him, I have no issues with screen resolution however. I practically live with that thing now.

 

[snotling]

[citation][nom]cknobman[/nom]13W? Whats the point of this when you can get a CULV that will stomp it into the ground?[/citation]
price?

 

[snotling]

[citation][nom]andman22[/nom]Throw in blue-ray and I'm in!! This could make a nice little HTPC.[/citation]
Optical storage is soooo 5 five years ago!

 

[Guest]

You sure it's equipped with a desktop processor, and not the upcoming Atom netbook processor, the N550?

 

[priority1]

Sounds like a nice setup as long as it doesn't come with that stupid mouse with side buttons that was on the original model.

 

[priority1]

[citation][nom]cknobman[/nom]13W? Whats the point of this when you can get a CULV that will stomp it into the ground?[/citation]

What's CULV? It may seem like a dumb question, but I've never heard of that term.

 

[toolinthemist]

here's to hoping for a cheap laptop that can run some relatively light games like WoW. lol, or we can go the other direction and watch the poor thing suffer under the crippling wrath of crysis maxed out