ASUS Eee PC 1015PN-PU27-WT 10.1-Inch Netbook (White) Review

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(More customer reviews)Loving this netbook!!
Suprisingly, ...I bought this to use for a mobile HTPC (home theater pc).
I currently have an old dual core integrated graphic laptop set up in my living room running boxee through VGA and audio cable, and wanted to replace it with something that had HDMI and could be moved between rooms.
This netbook is awesome!, feels more snappy than my M4400 mobile workstation while surfing the net, movie quality and graphics are fantastic, long battery life for traveling.
It makes my other boxee laptop seem stupid slow.
Important upgrades:
Windows 7 home premium or ultimate (allow for Ion auto graphic switching between intel integrated and Ion dedicated)
2GB ram (Note the Crucial memory listed on Amazon buy together is WRONG!!!, and wont work, ..hopefully they will fix this, but verify before buying)
I still am only running 1 GB while I wait for the new memory to come in, and still great speed
Issues: I struggled a bit to get the correct HDMI sound driver after fresh install of Windows 7 Ultimate as it was not listed on Asus website or on Nvidia
...supposedly it should be included in the nvidia Ion drivers, ..but mine would not work.
Just search for Nvidia HDMI driver, Ion
I have not had a chance to test the battery life yet, but show over 9hr while on integrated graphics and 60% brightness, ...over 6hr with dedicated ION graphic and super performance selected
I still have not installed and games, or 3D design programs yet, but I am sure it can handle it
So Pros:
Quick enough for average computer use that you would not know it is a netbook
Great graphics performance
Great battery life
HDMI out
slick design
Cons:
Windows starter does not allow for auto graphic switching
cannot be tuned on by mouse from sleep
Will run warm when running HD, but not bad
So good I want to use it all the time for my main computer and have a hard time leaving it connected to a TVI would recommend it!! ...in fact I dont think I will ever buy a bigger laptop again
Update:
Netflix uses Microsoft Silverlight to play content, ..which does not support the Ion graphics card
..HD is choppy and un acceptable
Though watching youtube, amazon movies and hulu content in full screen HD works great (uses Flash not silverlight!)
if you are buying this to watch netflix, ...you are out of luck as long as microsoft silverlight powers the content


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