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Jalbum app11/8/2023 Windows 7 Home Premium (64-bit) 1.3GHz AMD Athlon II Neo K325 4096MB DDR3 SDRAM 1333MHz ģ84MB (Dedicated) ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4225 320GB Seagate 5400rpm Windows 7 Starter 1.66GHz Intel Atom N450 1024MB DDR2 SDRAM 667MHz Ģ51MB (Shared) Intel GMA 3150 160GB Seagate 5400rpm Windows 7 Home Premium 1.5GHz Intel Atom N550 Dual-Core 1024MB DDR2 SDRAM 667MHz Ģ51MB (Shared) intel GMA 3150 250GB Seagate 5400rpm Is it worth it? We'd say yes, as long as you keep your expectations in check. The N550 is an incremental fix at an incremental upgrade in cost. Dual-core CPUs such as those found on the more expensive 11.6-inch AMD Athlon Neo systems produced faster overall results, but the N550 kept up with the dual-core Atom D525 CPU found on the pricier Asus 1215N. We did notice improvements on our multitasking benchmark test, but the results are still nowhere near what faster laptops can do. The difference comes in multitasking: if you like to download and Web browse and stream audio and do other things all at once, the 1015PEM will feel less chuggy. Most everyday tasks will feel exactly the same as they do on any other Netbook. Hulu and Netflix viewed full screen exhibited the same choppy-yet-somewhat-watchable video we experienced on the 1015P. This isn't a panacea enabling silky-smooth video on a Netbook. The real question here is, "How does that dual-core Atom perform compared with a regular, old single-core?" The speed of the included Atom N550 CPU is very similar to its single-core brethren, so there's no appreciable bump in any single tasks, such as streaming video or converting MP3s. This Eee PC does have Bluetooth and is, in fact, Bluetooth 3.0-compliant. Three USB 2.0 ports and an SD card slot pretty much round out the offerings there's only a VGA out for connecting to an external display. Netbooks rarely surprise when it comes to ports and features, and this Asus Eee PC doesn't break the mold. They're not musically extravagant, but they're definitely good enough for most needs. Stereo speakers, located on the bottom front edge of the Eee PC 1015PEM, offered louder-than-average audio that actually sounded quite good for video viewing. Pictures and videos looked crisp and viewing angles were reasonable for the size and hinge limitations of the Asus' lid, but Web pages feel cramped at this limited resolution. We've noticed 1,366x768 10-inch Netbook displays becoming increasingly common, but there's no such luck here. The resolution can be knocked down to 1,024圆00-common for Netbooks. The 10.1-inch LED matte screen on the 1015PEM has a maximum pixel resolution of 1,152x864, which is highly nonstandard and produces a squished look. Despite its faster boot time, we doubt many people will be satisfied with its performance and limited options most will opt to simply boot up Windows and keep the Eee PC in sleep mode between sessions. Asus' Express Gate Cloud quick-start OS is a pared-down environment with its own browser, photo app, and a few other features. A thin plastic button-bar beneath is a bit small, but has a solid click.Ībove the keyboard, a small plastic power button sits to the right and a quick-start button lies side-by-side with a Wi-Fi on/off button on the left. The trackpad felt wider and nicer than on previous models, though our thumbs tended to land on the pad when typing. A wide multitouch trackpad is composed of the same comfortable matte-smooth lid and palmrest material, and is delineated by thin silver strips on the left and right, a slight change from previous Eee PC models. In particular, the tiny wrist rests underneath feel too small for easy lap typing. The edge-to-edge raised chiclet-style keyboard features responsive keys and no flex, but the smaller-than-full-size keyboard felt cramped after a while. Having no protruding batteries or edges other than a slight bump on the rear bottom is a plus. The back lid is rather thick and the whole unit feels solid, even a bit dense, but the compact form felt easy to tuck away. This Eee PC line comes in red, blue, white and black our red model had an attractive coppery brownish glow. Smooth matte surfaces on the back lid and keyboard deck guard against fingerprints but still show some ambient gloss. It's largely the same tapered/curved design we've seen on most Asus Eee PCs over the last year or so, particularly the 1005PEB, and it's getting hard to muster excitement over yet another incrementally similar design. Like many of Asus' recent Eee PC Netbooks, the 1015PEM has a sleek, teardrop-shaped side profile, thicker at the back and tapering down to a sharp point at the nose.
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