Asus N10 Review

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The N10 currently fills and important gap in the evolution of the netbook, it marks the transition of the netbook from a content consumption device to a standard laptop. No matter how Asus would like to blur the lines between netbooks and notebooks the N10 should fall squarely in the netbook category. Equipped as it is with the Intel Atom processor and an overly small screen for the chassis size the N10 is not capable of serious content creation. It is however the most capable of handling a wide array of tasks of any of the current generation netbooks available at the time of this publication.
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The ASUS N10 is a 10.2-inch widescreen notebook featuring an Nvidia 9300m GS graphics card. Based on the Intel Atom chipset, the N10 is technically a netbook, but ASUS claims the N10 is a notebook due to its large keyboard, track pad and power. Dropping the Eee PC tag was the first step but does this netbook deserve to be called an ultra-portable notebook?
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Review by mobilecomputermag.co.uk
Since it’s small, light and has an Intel Atom N270 processor, we’re sticking with calling the N10 a netbook, but Asus has different ideas about this entry-level model in its new N-Series range of portable PCs. Like the three Centrino 2 models in the range, the N10 is actually the product of Asus’s laptop division rather than the one that developed the Eee PC, and so Asus is classing it as a laptop rather than a netbook.
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How do you approach the Asus N10? With its 1.6GHz Intel Atom N270 processor and 10.2in screen, it’s a netbook. But it’s not small, it’s not cheap and it runs Windows Vista Business. So is it a notebook? There’s no question, however, that this notebook-not-netbook is a very sexy laptop that has ‘premium product’ stamped all over it, even though it’s not priced like one fresh out of the box and unwrapped, the N10 immediately appeals with its glossy gunmetal-look lid, a covering that’s used to deck out the wrist-rest area and keyboard surround too.
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Asus N10E is one of the lastest additions to the broad range of Asus notebooks. It’s an unusally well equipped mini-laptop and thus almost qualifies for a luxury netbook. Although one could simply call the N10E another Eee PC in a more splendid package, such a generalization is not justifiable, because it does not cope with many aspects, which are covered in detail in this article.
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ASUS is one of the key drivers of the netbook arena, at least in the sense that they are often the first to bring new features and platforms to market. Not only did they launch the very first commercially available netbook, the Eee PC 701, they can also lay claim to having the first Intel Atom powered notebook, the Eee PC 900A, as well as the first 10″ netbook, the Eee PC 1000. Since the first Eee PC hit the market just over a year ago, we have seen a relatively constant stream of new products flow out of the Eee PC team at ASUS; both a blessing and a curse.
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It seems that Asus has finally decided to spice things up lately. Traditionally Asus would release a certain ‘chassis’ and then build out model after model changing the internals slightly here and there. Now it seems that Asus is transitioning and trying to play with new models and designs. Trying to find the medium between subnotebook and the netbook craze that we are all so familiar with here at eeeNetbook.com.
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