ASUS Eee PC 1215B-MU17-BK 12.1-inch Netbook PC
18.05.26
- ASUS has embraced the new AMD Fusion processor lineup for their Eee PC 1215B product lineup. While the new E series essentially provides a budget laptop experience, the C series is more fitting of the Eee PC netbook lineage. The least expensive of these models is the Eee PC 1215B-MU17-BK uses the AMD C-50 dual core processor. This provides it with performance that is nearly on par with what can be found in the Intel Atom processors found in the majority of netbooks. What is surprising for the configuration is the inclusion of the Windows 7 Home Premium yet only 1GB of DDR3 memory which is typical of netbooks. This will really hamper the performance unless users take the time and money to upgrade the RAM .
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Time For A PC That Runs Only Off RAM?
06.09.11
Google's newly announced Chromebook comes with 2GB RAM and a 16GB SSD drive, the first netbook, the Asus Eee PC 701 came with 512MB RAM and a 8GB SSD Drive. With the price of RAM at an all time low ( you can pick up 24GB RAM for under £100 ), it might make sense to build a computer that relies on RAM exclusively both for long term storage and system memory.
The advantages of moving to RAM only are multiple; much faster read/write speeds compared to SSD and hard disk drives, simpler layout (basically just multiple memory module slot), no fragmentation, very little heat dissipation, and much easier upgrade path.
The only hardware issues would be long term data retention, although that can be solved by re-engineering the battery circuitry that's on every computer motherboard as well as the ability to dynamically alter the amount of memory dedicated to the system.
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Is MeeGo doomed? (And what does that mean for the Eee PC X101?)
02.09.11
Https://wiki.ubuntu.com/HardwareSupport/Machines/Netbooks
but most of the entries are a version or two behind, and besides, there are annoying hassles involved in the “transplant” even for the machines they rate as “Tier 1.”
A couple of years back I tried this with an HP Mini 1000; this actually came with a Linux variant installed, HP’s “Mobile Internet Experience,” so I thought its hardware wouldn’t give me hassles with another Linux distribution. However, Ethernet would only work if the computer was plugged in to A/C power at bootup; to fix this I had to add a kernel argument in /boot/grub/menu.lst, and every time I upgraded the kernel I had to make the change in that file again. Nothing insurmountable, but it’s a PITA to have to have to track down the wisdom of the Secret Masters of Linux and learn the right incantations for the fix. So I don’t have a lot of confidence that I can wipe the X101 and install, say, Lubuntu without dealing with more of this kind of voodoo.
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