Asus Ultra-Thin Netbook Goes Official, Under $200

[danwat1234]

[citation][nom]hardcore_gamer[/nom]Apple agreed to give it to you for $200 ?[/citation]

I know the air is over $1200 but I'm just saying that the Air is quite an engineering achievement versus this "ultra-thin" netbook that Asus is making.
The Air has probably more than 4x the CPU processing power than this netbook, given 1 more core and Sandy Bridge will pwn atom at half the clock speed any day of the week.

It's just not exciting.

 

[danwat1234]

Probably more like 8 times the processing power though because of Hyperthreading and Turboboost, plus you can actually do light gaming with Sandy Bridge's integrated graphic units, and maybe folding@Home.

 

[danwat1234]

[citation][nom]master9716[/nom]its a paperweight. Poor souls who buy this thinking its an actual computer.[/citation]
I 100% agree with you, 'cept it has a use for computer newbies that just want to use it for basic computing.

 

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@danwat1234

and you dont think that if they were targeting a $2000 price point the hardware be better, Asus is not making an ultra thin notebook, they making an ultra thin netbook, at a $200 price point this puts it in the range of disposable, there are folks who spend more on a phone every year, when Apple learns to 'Engineer' a disposable Sandy Bridge then we can talk

next time try comparing a Ferrari vs a Focus

 

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the heir of the A110!!! i was waiting for this.