Most current models, including Samsung's NC10, much of the Asus Eee range, the MSI Wind and the Acer Aspire One, use Intel's Atom as their central processor.
According to Hardware Zone, ASUS made this choice aiming to be the first to market with the next generation of Ion, but an Optimus version of the ASUS Eee PC 1201PN will be ready later this quarter.
ENGADGET: First wave of Ion 2 ASUS Eee PC 1201PNs lack NVIDIA Optimus
The tiny machine joins Dell's Inspiron Mini 9, the Asus Eee PC 900, the HP Mini-Note 2133 and the Intel Classmate PC among the new class of machines offering cramped keyboards, dinky screens and relatively pokey processors.
Second, while the Asus Eee PC may have been closer to a computing appliance or companion than a PC, the deluge of netbooks from large PC companies such as HP, Acer and Dell that have followed have overwhelmingly run Windows and have been embraced by consumers as small and cheap, if underpowered, laptops.
While we told you earlier this week that the Ion 2-powered ASUS Eee PC 1201PN wouldn't be arriving until late May, a number of European sites have gotten early review samples of the 12-inch "netbook" -- if you choose to call it that -- and have discovered that it doesn't use NVIDIA's Optimus automatic graphics switching technology.
ENGADGET: First wave of Ion 2 ASUS Eee PC 1201PNs lack NVIDIA Optimus
It struck us the other day as we were going over some back posts that since the launch of the ASUS Eee PC (and the numerous products that have followed, from the MSI Wind to the HP Mini-Note), to the best of our knowledge we've all yet to have any normalized, agreed-upon name for these kinds of devices.
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Well, the model number is a possible clue -- ASUS' Eee Slate B121 has a 12.1-inch panel, so P1801-T may point to this device having 18 inches of screen.
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There's been a longstanding rumor that Google liked ASUS' Eee Pad MeMO ME370T well enough to bestow it with an official Nexus badge and take it underground until it was ready to show its Jelly Bean face.
Asus introduced the Eee Pad just before the start of Computex, a major computing conference kicking off in Taipai.
ASUS' Eee Pad Transformer Prime has already suffered a few setbacks on its march to the US market and unfortunately, it looks as if another obstacle may be on the horizon.
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Asus first showed the Eee PC at Computex in 2007.
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It took Apple to realize the potential of the tablet, Asus (with its Eee PC) to blow up the netbook category, and MySpace and Facebook to create stable, mass-market social networks.
But after the breakthrough of the seven-inch Eee PC, Asus is looking for another lucky seven from their alliance with Google.
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But Shih confirmed that Asus will have Windows-based Eee Pads in 2011.
FORBES: Asus Betting On Android And Windows For Tablets, Not Chrome
Fan of ASUS' affordable, yet competitively specced Eee Pad Transformer, but still haven't committed your credit to its 10.1-inches?
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Asus also makes more than 20 kinds of Eee PC netbooks, in sizes ranging from 7 inches to 10 inches.
The touch-enabled Eee PC model(s) could come in the form of a convertible tablet although Shen wouldn't specify -- he only promised more details in Q1, presumably at CES. Unsurprisingly, ASUS has no plans to put Vista onto Eee PCs at all.
ENGADGET: ASUS CEO: Windows 7 touchscreen Eee PCs in mid-2009, $250 model on the way
It's only been a few weeks since ASUS went official with it's Tegra 3-packing Eee Pad Transformer Prime tablet.
We heard the rumor now ASUS' CEO, Jerry Shen, confirms in an interview with Laptop that ASUS will slap a touchscreen and Windows 7 into a new Eee PC sometime in the second half of 2009.
ENGADGET: ASUS CEO: Windows 7 touchscreen Eee PCs in mid-2009, $250 model on the way
In July, Asus appeared to drop Windows in favor of Android for its upcoming Eee Pads.
FORBES: Asus Betting On Android And Windows For Tablets, Not Chrome
Since January, Asus has announced multiple tablets, including the 10.1-inch Eee Pad Transformer and an unusual smartphone-tablet hybrid called Padfone, though it has not commercially launched all the devices yet.
Come on, you had to know that one of our first stops at CeBIT was going to be the ASUS booth to see if we could get a glimpse at the leaked 10-inch Eee PC 1018P and 1016P.
ENGADGET: ASUS Eee PC 1018P and 1016P quick hands-on Hands-on
It's confusing, and sometimes we cry ourselves to sleep at night, but the new ASUS N10 is hardly a netbook, and has earned the right to shed that completely confusing Eee moniker to try and be something more.
ENGADGET: ASUS N10 hands-on confirms Eee-free status Hands-on
At the time, Asus was a relative unknown in the U.S. cellphone market though its PCs, particularly its Eee PC netbooks, were popular among Americans, explains Lin.
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