ASUS Eee PC X101CH Cedar Trail Netbook Unboxing [Video]

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11 Dec, 2011 8:30 pm

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Cedar Trail netbooks are on their way end of January early February and an early preview of the ASUS Eee PC X101CH which is an updated version of the Eee PC X101. If you remember this is the netbook that launched during the summer for $199. It came in two editions one that supported the dead end operating system MeeGo and a thicker version running Windows 7.

The Eee PC X101CH is thicker than its predecessor because it sports a full-sized VGA port as well as HDMI and Ethernet. Under the hood the early sample had with 1GB of RAM, a 320GB hard drive, 802.11n WiFi, Bluetooth, and a 3 cell, 28Whr battery. It has a 10.1 inch, 1024 x 600 pixel matte display. The processor is the a dual-core Intel Atom N2600 CPU clocked at 1.6 GHz, new and more powerful Intel Graphics, 1 GB of memory. You’ll also notice that it has a hard drive over an SSD.

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We’re a little surprised at a few of the missing features that have traditionally come standard on most ASUS netbook’s. First, the battery is built in and there’s no RAM access panel. If you’re looking to give your netbook a performance boost you’ll have to take it apart through the keyboard which isn’t exactly a picnic.

Netbook Live shot a video that gives a quick walk through and unboxing of the device, we’re most curious about performance benchmarks, so we’ll be waiting patiently for that video.

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If you like what you see in the video you’re going to have to wait a while to pick it up since we hear that this unit won’t be hitting the streets until February.

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  • Not subtle at all

    Intel is supposedly going to push Ultrabooks in 2012/2013, which more than likely will be using Ivy Bridge i5/i7 (ULV) that will be more power efficient and more powerful.

    Intel is going to see heavy competition in the portable market, (ARM, MIPS, et al) and if Intel insist on pushing two different platforms they will not have the least of a chance.

    I suspect this is merely a money milking tactic and they will go all out on Ultrabooks and leave this product DOA.

    My incoherent two cents…

  • http://www.facebook.com/mr.e.cameron Earl Cameron

    the ivy bridge chips have pretty much the same tdps…so active power draw, I think  wont be much different

  • Anonymous

    Correction! The battery is not built in, watch the video and it clearly shows Mike inserting the battery during the unboxing.  It’s just a 3 cell like the previous models used.

    While being the low cost budget model though means it’s likely everything but the hard drive is soldered and thus no need to provide access to the RAM.

  • Anonymous

    Yup, incoherent!  ARM isn’t going to be competing with Intel on their higher end products for probably another decade at least, if ever.

    ARM chips are simply not designed for high end usages.  They’re still 32bit for one thing, 64bit architecture has been introduced but they’re still years from even sample products, and they’re only starting to support standards needed to properly run a desktop OS.  All while having to deal with a lot more hardware fragmentation than Intel has to deal with.

    Besides, right now neither ARM or Intel are even competing yet.  All of ARM’s next gen chips coming out next year will only be rivaling Intel’s low end ATOM line for performance.  While Intel won’t be introducing truly mobile products until next year as well.

    Additional handicap for ARM is it still lacks a mainstream desktop OS and MS has stated that Windows 8 for ARM could be delayed to as late as mid 2013.  Along with other handicaps like the inability to natively run legacy x86 software.

    While pretty much nothing provides as much as a netbook for the price yet.  Mostly because netbooks are sold with very small profit margins that most manufacturers can’t support for anything else.

    The rest of the ATOM line is being pushed by Intel to fill the mobile market needs that Intel wants to get into.  Intel’s Medfield ATOM for example may be the first to get into a Smart Phone next year.

    Ultrabooks though are more or less going to represent the line between Intel’s mobile offerings, which netbooks are leaning into, and their higher end offerings.

    Intel is also a generation or two away before they can even think of pushing Ultrabooks into the 10″ size range without significantly raising the price and netbook prices are only getting cheaper and will be getting a big update in 2013.

  • Wat

    >higher end
    He was obviously talking about portable devices, you gotta be fucking kidding me.

  • Anonymous

    Not that it matters but portable devices includes full size laptops.  Thus there’s a difference between portable and mobile, which Netbooks border between and thus appeals more to those who want a compromise between portable and mobile.

    The point though is ARM will not be directly competing against Intel’s higher end offerings, which includes Ultrabooks on up!  Being portable doesn’t change the differences between netbooks and Ultrabooks.

    Like it or not Ultrabooks are as low as Intel will be going with their higher end chips and won’t be replacing the niche that netbooks  fill.  Even the chips after Ivy

    Simply put, Ultrabooks will never be as cheap or as low powered as netbooks.  Ultrabooks are just ultra thin and light laptops intended for mainstream market instead of niche like those types of systems have traditionally been.

    Instead Intel will be expanding the ATOM market to make an eventual push into the mobile market that ARM presently dominates.

    While ARM, being low powered to begin with, can only provide low power solutions like netbooks on down.

    The only high end application ARM is capable of is in the server market and that’s only through parallel computing where the performance of multiple systems can be combined.

    Even those supporting the idea that ARM can take a good chunk of the PC market note they’ll only take the share of those who don’t need the performance of a regular laptop, and like netbooks will appeal to those who only need a basic and low cost system.

    While if Intel wants a piece of the mobile market they have no choice but to develop their ATOM line to provide more direct competition for ARM.

    A task that will take both ARM and Intel over a year from now to fully realize for each.

    Meanwhile, this Asus product is intended for those who can’t or don’t want to spend near a thousand or more on a laptop.  While still being portable and able to cover at least all the basics.

    Ultrabooks will only be a little more affordable starting next year and may not be till 2013 before people really consider them before more traditional laptops if the ultra thin and light design isn’t a priority for them.

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  • Ipolit Matveich

    Hello, would you recommend this one over asus 1015bx with AMD-c50. I am specially curious about graphics performance with Linux. The ATI catalyst is terrible for Linux and I wonder should I exchange 1015 for this one. 
    Thank you

  • http://www.netbooknews.com Nicole Scott

    I would go with the C-50 if you’re after graphics. The lack of hardware flash decoding in the ASUS makes the AMD a more solid choice.