ASUS Eee PC 1015PN-PU17

I just recently put an order in for a new netbook, not that anything is wrong with the one I have (its fast and has windows 7 pro) but the ASUS Eee 1015PN series has a dual core atom processor(unlike my current single core atom) so it can run windows 7 or Vista 64bit editions. The netbook comes with 1GB of DDR3 RAM so I went ahead and bought a 2GB stick of DDR3 SODIMM from crucial.com which was only $25 dollars and both the crucial.com ram and the laptop had free shipping.

But the main reason I bought the netbook is because it has an nvidia ION 2 graphics chip although not top-end by any means but for a netbook it is. It also has nvidia optimus technology. They claim you can play WoW even though I do not play that game. It does have decent but not top end graphics. For a netbook however this is break through.

Product Highlights

• 1.5GHz Intel Atom N550
• 1GB RAM
• 250GB 5400rpm Hard Drive
• nVIDIA ION 2 Graphics
• 10.1" LED Backlit Widescreen Display
• Integrated Camera and Microphone
• Bluetooth 3.0+HS, 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi
• Windows 7 Starter (32-bit)
• 6-Cell Battery (9.5 Hours)
• 2.8 lb

I bought the netbook here for $359.95 after discount($20 dollar offer ends Feb. 28-2011): http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/736941-REG/ASUS_1015PN_PU17_RD_Eee_PC_1015PN_PU17_Seashell.html

Here is the correct RAM to get from crucial.com: http://www.crucial.com/store/listparts.aspx?model=Eee%20PC%201015PN

Nvidia Ion info: http://www.nvidia.com/object/sff_ion.html

New hardware goodies!

I recently bought an Alienware M15x Laptop and a new D-Link Xtreme G DGL-4500 Router that supports up to gigabit ethernet and up to 300mbps Wireless 802.11n. And has a cool display on top of the router itself.




The laptop has a quad core i7 processor (1.6GHz"2.8GHz Turbo Mode Overclockable), 1GB Geforce GTX 260M, 256GB solid state drive, 802.11n wireless, 5.1 surround sound processor, blu-ray burner/reader, 9Cell Lithium Ion Battery, 8GB Dual Channel DDR3 at 1333Mhz , WLED 1080P 15.6 Inch screen, Windows 7 Ultimate, 2.0 MP Webcam, Personalized name tag (mine says "ChErRy_NuTz" of course) and you can change the color lighting scheme on the fly from at least 6 different colors.