Jun 262009
Size 11.6” Makes a PC be a Netbook?
Posted by: adimoga in Asus
In May 2009 ASUS, a leading company in the new digital era, has announced to launch an 11.6 Eee PC in the series of its netbook production. It is a well-known fact that everything that is bigger than 10” is not representing a netbook, therefore no Atom processor will be incorporated to it. Even so, Asus predicts that releasing it on the market, with a right pricing it would constitute some threat to the traditional ultra-portables.
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Meanwhile the 11.6” netbook , the Eee PC Seashell 1101 HA is already on the market and the reviews of the product are pretty optimistic. Being a 11.6” device it is offering itself with a higher resolution display. Compared to 10” netbook, which has a somehow restricted resolution of a 1,024 x 600, the 1,366 x 768 resolution of Asus netbook enables a better screen real-estate to play with.
The Seashell nickname suggests a system based on a chassis resembling to Eee PC 1008HA. The color versions are white and black, and the white one seems to be more preferred because there is a nice contrast between the white body and the glossy black rim. What was there else to be noticed in the view of the appearance, it is the system on display which has imprinted the Asus brand on the lid instead of the Eee PC one. The only explanation would be that Asus preferred to write the its brand assuming that people already knew about Eee PC and didn’t know who was the “person” in charge!
As to the inside aspect, the 1101HA presents itself a little different than most netbooks do. Using the Intel GMA 500 graphics chipset allows the processing of HD video, excepting the case that you already have compatible software. This fact requires a CPU change, with the 1101HA predetermined to ship with an Intel Atom Z529, which is set at just 1.33 GHz. This is supported by the 160 GB hard drive and 1GB of RAM, and to complete the picture, there are other features that incorporate Draft-N Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 2.1.
One may think that a larger chassis would mean an improved keyboard, but here it is not at all the case, since the existing one resembles to the 1008HA and this appears to be quite all right so long as the key action is wavy and responsive. On the right-hand side there is a small right-Shift key bearing no relevance at all.
Connectivity is rendered by hidden ports behind the flaps. On the left side there are the power inputs, a VGA out and a USB port, whereas on the right side, there are jacks for headphone and microphone, 2 more USB ports, a port for Ethernet connection and a memory card reader. Compared to its predecessor, 1101HA is powered by a battery that can be removed. Next to the device there is present a 4,440mAh capacity battery known to last for 8.5 hours.
There is still no answer whether the size 11.6” makes a PB be a netbook, but definitely Asus’s new Eee PC Seashell 1101 HA offers extra good features (the price included) compared to its previous model.









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