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From: (PeteCresswell) on 23 Apr 2010 19:21 .... Or whatever it takes to render 1080 without overloading the CPU. Are we there yet? -- PeteCresswell
From: (PeteCresswell) on 24 Apr 2010 19:46 Per (PeteCresswell): >Are we there yet? FWIW, I tried to answer my own question by going to http://usa.asus.com/ Had forgotten how bad Asus's web site was the last time I visited it and this time it seems to have gotten even worse. I write computer applications for a living and make the majority of my purchases from web sites - so I'm not exactly a virgin. Without ranting on and on... I just can't find out what I want to know from their site. -- PeteCresswell
From: (PeteCresswell) on 24 Apr 2010 19:53 Per (PeteCresswell): > >Are we there yet? After a little trial-and-error, it looks like this is the one for watching HD movies: http://promos.asus.com/US/EeePC_1005PR/ASUS_1005PR.html True? -- PeteCresswell
From: Paul on 24 Apr 2010 22:00 (PeteCresswell) wrote: > Per (PeteCresswell): >> Are we there yet? > > FWIW, I tried to answer my own question by going to > http://usa.asus.com/ > > Had forgotten how bad Asus's web site was the last time I visited > it and this time it seems to have gotten even worse. > > I write computer applications for a living and make the majority > of my purchases from web sites - so I'm not exactly a virgin. > > Without ranting on and on... I just can't find out what I want to > know from their site. The problem I have, with your whole concept, is how do you know that a manufacturer's claim is real ? Say I were to point you to an Asus web page that says "plays 1080p while being easy on batteries". What are the odds that the claim is truthful ? An acid test, for example, is to do PIP on 1080p, and perhaps that is what you as a consumer have in mind, while the manufacturer knows the hardware barely does 1080p for a single stream. Or perhaps the manufacturer tested with some variant that is "easy" to do, while your content has a higher bitrate or whatever. Even if we find such a claim, it could be bogus. VIA recently introduced a new chipset, with the ability to accelerate video, but they're VIA after all. There is no way to know, based on their fluff claims, whether it works or not. I concur on your opinion of the Asus site. Asus, are you listening ? "Asus, your site is simply dreadful! There, that's two votes. ******* 1201N Atom 330 Dual Core (1.6GHz?), Nvidia ION (first generation) http://www.asus.com/product.aspx?P_ID=sZ0sI6WqjnCHGFta 1201PN Atom N450 Nvidia ION (second generation) ??? (I think that is a single core 1.66GHz processor, so maybe not the best choice.) http://www.slashgear.com/asus-eee-pc-1201pn-ion-2-pine-view-netbook-official-0276292/ http://translate.google.co.uk/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.netbooknews.de%2F14132%2Fasus-eee-pc-1201pn-mit-n450-prozessor-und-ion-2-grafik%2F&sl=de&tl=en&hl=&ie=UTF-8 1201T AMD MV-40 CPU (dual core 1.6GHz) , ATI RS780MN (I cannot get the product page to appear! I can't verify this is the link. I was able to see a page for this yesterday, but not today.) http://www.asus.com/product.aspx?P_ID=ls15lhnDPup9y6Uh Another article - apparently they've reviewed a few different models, so you could use the links on this page, to compare them. http://www.notebookcheck.net/Nvidia-Next-Generation-ION-ION2-in-review.29021.0.html Paul
From: (PeteCresswell) on 25 Apr 2010 10:16
Per Paul: >The problem I have, with your whole concept, is how do you >know that a manufacturer's claim is real ? That is part of the reason I am asking the question here. -- PeteCresswell |