Eee pc 1001px technical specifications. Ports and communications

To each his own. Someone needs a laptop for work, someone is looking for a multimedia device for the home, for some the “filling” is important, someone is chasing appearance. Everyone has their own passions, everyone pursues certain goals. So, netbooks, as a rule, are needed by those who want to constantly stay online. They are easy to carry and can even fit into a handbag. Surfing the Internet is the direct responsibility of netbooks. But the best thing about netbooks is their affordable price.

A striking example of a mini-laptop is the ASUS Eee PC 1001PX. For 10 thousand rubles you will get a device with an Intel Atom N450 processor, an integrated Intel X3150 graphics card, a 160 GB hard drive and 1 GB of RAM. The main advantage of the netbook is the lack of gloss. Don’t worry about the appearance of the laptop – the developers have already taken care of this.

Design

Compact and lightweight. Perhaps these two words can describe any netbook. ASUS Eee PC 1001PX is no exception. But the device cannot be called particularly thin. While the mini-laptop looks sophisticated from the front, it's not noticeable from the rear. Dry numbers eloquently confirm this fact: 262x178x25.9/36.5 mm. The device weighs only 1.1 kg (with a three-cell battery).

The cover of the Eee PC 1001PX is made of matte plastic with a small square texture (carbon-look coating). The netbook can be black or white. In any case, the ultramobile PC will not get scratched or scratched.

Opening the laptop, you immediately find yourself in a “matte” country. The only glossy element is the double mouse button (it is made to look like chrome). Oh yes, there’s also the laptop’s power button, located in the right-left corner. The frame around the display, work area, touchpad, buttons are all matte. By the way, the display itself is also matte, but first things first.

There is no display lock. The lid is held in place by tight hinges. To make it easier to lift the display, there is a small protrusion on the front of the cover. The maximum opening angle of the netbook is only about 130 degrees.

Display

As noted just above, the surface of the screen is matte. This is the main advantage of the matrix. The display diagonal is 10.1 inches, resolution is 1024x600 pixels. You can work with a netbook even in the sun - the picture will not disappear or be distorted.

A few words about image quality. When compared with glossy screens, the display clearly lacks brightness, contrast and color. But a netbook, in fact, does not need a colorful picture - no one will work with graphics on the ASUS Eee PC 1001PX anyway. The horizontal viewing angles are not huge, but they are quite comfortable for work, which cannot be said about the vertical ones.

Keyboard and touchpad

The keyboard is located across the entire width of the topcase. It consists of 82 matte buttons, the size of which is close to standard. The keys have a soft and fairly long travel, are quiet when pressed, and the actuation moment is felt well. You don’t need to get used to the layout – all the buttons are in their places. The designers from ASUS did not work properly on the arrow block: “right/left” turned out to be large, and “up/down” turned out to be indecently small. Latin letters are highlighted in white, Russian letters are highlighted in green.

The matte touchpad has no texture, it is quite large in size and has excellent tactile properties. Fingers glide across the touch pad fluently and easily, the cursor is positioned perfectly. The touchpad supports multi-touch technology, which is good news. Under the panel there is a chrome double mouse button - the only place where fingerprints can remain. All available indicators are located on the left end of the base.

Processor and performance

The ASUS Eee PC 1001PX will not surprise you with its hardware. The configuration of the laptop is absolutely trivial. The heart of the netbook is the Intel Atom N450 processor with a clock frequency of 1660 MHz. This is a single-core CPU with 512 KB L2 cache, manufactured using a 45 nm process technology. The maximum power consumption is 5.5 W.

The netbook has 1 GB of DDR2 RAM (bus frequency 533 MHz). If this is not enough, the amount of RAM can be increased to 2 GB (this is the maximum).

The processor integrates the Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 3150 graphics core. This video card supports DirectX 9, Vertex Shader 3.0, Pixel Shader 2.0, and can take up to 256 MB of RAM.

All documentation and programs will be stored on a hard drive with a rotation speed of 5400 rpm. Hard drive capacity – 160 GB.

Ports and communications

As for functional preparation, ASUS Eee PC 1001PX contains only the essentials. HDMI, eSATA, ExpressCard interfaces are not worth looking for on the edges. Everything is very modest and stingy. But, in fact, a netbook doesn’t need more. On the left side there is a VGA video output, a connector for connecting a power supply, a USB 2.0 port and a built-in card reader (Secure Digital High Capacity and Multimedia Card). There is also a ventilation grille for the cooling system.

The right side contains a combined headphone and microphone connector, another USB 2.0 port, Kensington Lock and a connector for connecting to a local RJ-45 network.

For access to wireless networks there is a Wi-Fi adapter (802.11b, 802.11g). But there is no Bluetooth.

The package may include either a 3-cell or a 6-cell lithium-ion battery. With a six-cell battery, the netbook can work for about 9 hours.

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Conclusion

ASUS Eee PC 1001PX is a netbook in a practical matte case, with excellent ergonomics at a very reasonable price. Non-Glare display, long battery life, convenient information input devices - all these are the undeniable advantages of a netbook. But the model is not without its shortcomings. The device's disadvantages include low performance, lack of Bluetooth and WiMAX wireless interfaces, and a weak set of ports. But the model is certainly worth the money.

A shift away from glossy gloss towards practical and comfortable materials has become a trend for a series of netbooks ASUS Eee PC one of the main trends of the past year. If in expensive models the case is made of solid plates of polished aluminum, then in this model the case is plastic. However, even here there is a design trick - small squares of the coating texture give the impression that the lid is made of a carbon sheet. In white, this is not as noticeable as on dark (black or blue) models.

Otherwise, the form and functionality of the netbook case ASUS Eee PC 1001PX made in the same Seashell style - increased base height on the back side, thin leading edge, smoothed edges. Two hinges along the edges securely hold the screen cover in any position; a small tide in front helps to open it. The opening angle of the screen is about 130 degrees, the wide frame around the display is also plastic, but its texture is already stylized to resemble a polished coating.

It would not be amiss to mention the light weight and convenient location of the ports - in principle, this is a quality characteristic of netbooks, but the triangular base of Seashell cases has always contributed to comfortable work at the computer.

A few words about the technical stuff - the representative of the Atom Pineview platform (N450), although not the newest mobile processor, is widespread and has already proven itself. Despite maintaining the general principles of the previous generation of Atom, in the PineTrail-M structure the transition to a combined configuration of the processor core and the northbridge was made for the first time. The graphics core and memory controller operate on the same substrate as the CPU. This solution does not provide a dramatic increase in system performance, but improves power consumption.

This netbook has an Intel Atom N450 processor. This is a single-core solution, but the use of Hyper Threading technology allows calculations to be carried out in two threads, which slightly increases performance. The N450 processor is made using a 45-nm process technology, the volume of the first level cache is 64 KB, the second is 512 KB. Supports extended command sets SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3. It has low power consumption - 5.5 W, and the total TDP of the system is 7.8 Watt, while for netbooks based on N270/N280 this figure was 11.8 Watt. The declared clock frequency of the Intel N450 is 1660 MHz, but thanks to the Enhanced Intel SpeedStep and Intel Enhanced Deeper Sleep technologies, the Atom N450 operates at half the frequency most of the time, which significantly increases battery life. The amount of RAM preinstalled in the slot is 1 GB (manufacturer - ASint Tech., model SSY2128M8-JGE3B).

The 10-inch matte display (HSD03E9) has an aspect ratio of 16:9, which indicates the working nature of the computer. The complete absence of glare, combined with the good brightness of the LED backlight, eliminates the problems of using a netbook in bright light.

The camera (0.3 megapixels) at the top of the frame does not have a protective shutter, which has become a new feature in the latest Eee PC models.

The Western Digital hard drive (model WDC WD1600BEVT-80A23T0) holds 160 GB of data, its spindle speed is 5400 rpm. This is the minimum volume among modern models using SATA hard drives, but for office work even this volume is enough - and taking into account the low cost of external drives and flash cards, the problem of finding free space will not be critical.

Expansion ports ASUS Eee PC 1001PX distributed over the surface of the case as follows: on the front edge at the bottom there are LED indicators for wireless network and battery operation; on the right side there is a combined audio jack, USB 2.0 port, security port, LAN network connector; on the left is an input for the power cable, a VGA video output, another USB 2.0 and a universal card reader. The back side in the opening between the screen hinges is entirely devoted to the battery slot.

The membrane keyboard evokes a strong sense of nostalgia for the very first models of the Eee PC series - t from the same modest plastic, wide keys with almost no gaps. But some work has still been done, the current input device can no longer be compared with the cheapest model (for example, Eee PC 701), the key stroke has become softer. There are no additional keys - at the top right there is only a small button to turn on the device, metal with blue backlight.

The touchpad is highlighted on the general surface of the base with a small rim and has a different texture. Support for multitouch technology helps you zoom or rotate objects in the program window with simple gestures. Double-click emulation works perfectly both on the panel itself and on the solid rocker key.

The laptop is equipped with a gigabit network card and a Wi-Fi module (802.11a/b/g) on ​​an Atheros AR2427 chip.

The set of netbook programs, following the general budget orientation of the model, is not amazing, but contains much more than the required minimum. In addition to the trial version of MS Office, the MS Works calendar, TrendNet antivirus, and a full package of proprietary EeePc Soft utilities are installed (which will help in adjusting system performance and power consumption, screen images, etc.). The operating system is simple MS Win XP Home Edition.

The battery life from a 4400 mAh lithium-ion battery is more than 6 hours in reading mode, this is the expected figure for netbooks on the PineTrail platform, which is characterized by its efficiency compared to the first versions of Intel Atom.

The overall performance of the single-core Atom N450 processor is at a level sufficient for office use - as demonstrated by the overall results of synthetic benchmarks. Of course, the power of the built-in Intel GMA 3150 video adapter is not enough for 3D games, but passing the 3DMark'06 tests itself with a result different from zero - already speaks about the stability of the configuration. Considering the small amount of memory and its low operating frequency by today's standards, we can conclude that it is practical to merge the RAM controller with the central chip - but replacing the module with 2GB (removing the bottom cover) will not hurt.

The package package of the budget model ASUS Eee PC 1001PX includes: the netbook itself, a miniature power supply with a cable, a warranty card and a short manual in Russian.

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Everything flows, everything changes, the development of electronics in our turbulent age simply cannot stand still, the emergence of some technologies pushes the birth of others. In unison with the revolutionary changes in the model ranges of desktop and mobile Intel processors, which absorbed the north bridge of the system logic set (graphics core, memory controller and PCI Express controller) and thereby made the platform a two-component one (processor - south bridge), changes followed in the ranks of “ atomic" processors aimed at economical, inexpensive, but not very productive systems - netbooks and nettops.

The new 45-nanometer Atoms (codenamed Pineview) fit the processor graphics core (Intel GMA 3150) and memory controller into one package, thus eliminating the northbridge of the chipset, reducing the size of the printed circuit board by 60% and simplifying its manufacturing process (four-layer layout instead six-layer, used in the previous generation platform). In addition, thanks to getting rid of the hot chipsets of the previous generation, the overall consumption of the updated “atomic” platform should be noticeably reduced.

Testing of the new platform became possible thanks to the hero of our today's review, which is the 10-inch representative of the ASUS Seashell line - Eee PC 1001PX, in whose chest the Intel Atom N450 “beats”.

In addition to the configuration, which is based on the new “atomic” Pine Trail platform, the laptop is notable for its absolute matte finish, contrary to the glossy design trends that have been so popular in recent years among laptop manufacturers. But more on that later. First, we traditionally examine the contents of the box in which the ASUS Eee PC 1001PX is packaged.

Packaging and delivery

In accordance with the relatively low cost of the laptop (at the time of writing this review it was about 12 thousand rubles, ASUS Eee PC 1001PX is packaged in a simple cardboard box of rather modest size, from which it is easy to determine the form factor of the portable computer itself. On the side edges there are white wavy lines and the unchanged designation of the ASUS netbook family - “Eee PC”. There are also two stickers on the box: one indicates the presence of a trial (60-day) version of Microsoft Office 2007 in the list of included software, the other informs about the configuration of the netbook.

ASUS Eee PC 1001PX: packaging box

Minus the ASUS Eee PC 1001PX itself, a laconic minimum was found in the box, which for ASUS products means a “very budget solution”: a rechargeable battery with a capacity of 4400 mAh (6-cell), an AC adapter with a blue indicator light on the case and a power cable, one year warranty card and user manual in Russian.

ASUS Eee PC 1001PX: delivery kit

In more expensive models, the manufacturer often includes a mouse and a carrying case, but the Eee PC series, with the exception of some older models, did not receive such an honor.

Pre-installed software

ASUS Eee PC 1001PX comes with 32-bit Microsoft Windows 7 Starter pre-installed. In case of unstable operation of the operating system or other serious troubles and failures, the manufacturer traditionally equips the netbook with a Recovery system, which can be launched in two ways: using a hidden recovery partition on the hard drive (pressing the “F9” key when turning on the laptop computer, after which you must follow simple instructions), or using a pre-recorded USB flash drive (at least 16 GB in size). It is easy to see that ASUS Eee PC 1001PX is the first Eee PC class laptop in our laboratory that does not use DVDs as a recovery tool. This decision seems correct, since netbooks are extremely rarely equipped with optical drives, and therefore, to restore from DVD you will need to purchase an external drive. The advantages of a flash drive are obvious: cost about a thousand rubles, less time to restore the system compared to resuscitators on optical disks and the ability to bring the operating system to its factory state even if you changed Windows 7 to another OS. The process of writing a flash drive is simple: when starting the netbook, you need to press the “F9” key, as when restoring a computer from a hidden hard drive partition, and then select “Backup” (“Archiving” - backing up files). To resuscitate a netbook using a flash drive, at the moment of turning on, press “Esc” and select the USB drive, then the recovery process is similar to the process of resuscitation from the Recovery partition on the hard drive, only it takes a little longer.

Due to the low cost of the ASUS Eee PC 1001PX and its rather modest capabilities, the set of pre-installed software is not at all rich. Let's start with the “ASUS Eee Docking” program, characteristic of the Seashell family, which is a control center for a set of proprietary utilities.

ASUS Eee Docking

The software package includes several modules: Access, Sharing, Experience and Tools. The “Access” panel is designed to gain access to the built-in manager of casual games Game Park (which includes a number of demo samples), multimedia storage of digital content ASUS @Vibe, software resource ASUS AP Bank and free online data storage ASUS WebStorage.

Game Park

“Sharing” includes only E-CAM - a program for working with the built-in webcam, much simpler than what is familiar to users of ASUS LifeFrame laptops.

E-CAM: main window

The utility includes the ability to use special effects (distorting and mirror effects, filters, funny frames and animation), the shooting resolution is 320x240 pixels. There is a function of continuous photography of up to 10 frames with an interval of 1 to 5 seconds and a delay in photographing set by the user. To view the footage, the program has a special E-Player, which is completely devoid of any editing capabilities.

E-CAM: Footage Player

Typically, “Experience” contains applications for optimizing sound quality, but in the case of ASUS Eee PC 1001PX, the panel contains a simplified version of ASUS Splendid Video Enhancement technology. Using the utility, color reproduction is controlled by selecting from predefined modes that change color saturation and color temperature. In addition to the five modes provided by the manufacturer (“Normal”, “Splendid”, “Vivid”, “Soft” and “Theater”), you can also create your own for watching videos. To do this, you need to select the “Video Splendid” tab in the application, and then use the proposed settings to achieve the desired image.

ASUS Eee Splendid Video Enhancement Technology

The last module, Tools, is a set of useful tools, including Live Update (automatic update), Font Resizer (font size management) and settings for ASUS Eee Docking itself.

ASUS Font Resizer

The Eee Docking shortcut can be located on any side of the netbook screen; when not in use, it automatically hides, leaving only a small tail on the display. The settings allow you to set its transparency, as well as adjust the list of programs included by default in the corresponding panels.

The netbook is very generously endowed by the manufacturer with programs for working with text documents. As with any other laptop, the ASUS Eee PC 1001PX comes with a free Adobe Reader 9.3.0 application for working with pdf files.

Adobe Reader 9.3.0

Microsoft Works 9.0 is also available. The program includes a text editor, spreadsheet processor, database, calendar and PowerPoint presentation viewer.

Microsoft Works

Plus, as already mentioned above, the ASUS Eee PC 1001PX comes with a trial version of the Microsoft Office 2007 suite with a license limited to 60 days of use.

To protect against viruses and prevent various Internet attacks, ASUS offers a trial version of Trend Micro Internet Security. The application scans incoming email messages, detects and removes spyware, and limits user access to sites that, in the program's opinion, contain data that is dangerous for the computer.

Trend Micro Internet Security

The last of the software pre-installed on the netbook is the Super Hybrid Engine utility, which manages energy saving. The application has three operating modes: “Super Performance”, “High Performance” and “Power Saving”. Two more modes, “Auto High-Perfomance” and “Auto Power-Saving”, are also possible, available only when the power supply is connected or disconnected, respectively.

Exterior: design and ergonomics

ASUS Eee PC 1001PX: case color palette

ASUS Eee PC 1001PX is one of the miniature representatives of the “sea shell” family. Due to the thickening in the middle, the profile of the netbook vaguely resembles a real shell. Contrary to nature, “shells” with the index 1001PX come in three colors: white, black and blue. Instead of the well-worn glossy coating that portable equipment manufacturers have recently used, the lid has a matte ornament consisting of a huge number of small squares imitating a carbon coating.

ASUS Eee PC 1001PX: coating texture

All corners have smooth contours, making the ASUS Eee PC 1001PX look more compact and sleek than it actually is. Despite the small size of the cover and its apparent rigidity, when pressed lightly it easily bends, and streaks appear on the LCD matrix.

ASUS Eee PC 1001PX: front view

There is no display lock. The lid is held at the required angle or in the lowered state due to tight hinges, which are located in the protruding parts of the lower part of the frame around the screen. To make it easier to lift the display, there is a small protrusion on the front of the cover. The protruding elements of the hinges cut quite deeply into the base of the case, due to which the maximum opening angle of the netbook falls well short of 180 degrees, amounting to only about 130°.

ASUS Eee PC 1001PX: opening angle

Having opened the “shell”, we find complete harmony with the external design: everything is black and everything is matte (even the surface of the matrix!), with the exception of the chrome touchpad button. The ornament on the areas under the wrists exactly repeats the design on the lid. The frame around the screen is stylized to resemble rough polishing, and there are six rubber pads along its perimeter.

ASUS Eee PC 1001PX: open

In the center of the upper part of the frame around the screen there is a built-in 0.3-megapixel webcam, framed by a chrome rim and deprived of the ability to rotate independently (where the lid looks is where the “look” of the lens is directed). To the left of the “eye” there is a blue activity indicator, almost invisible when the LED is not lit. The camera is surrounded symmetrically on both sides by a pair of microphone holes.

ASUS Eee PC 1001PX: webcam and microphones

ASUS Eee PC 1001PX is equipped with a widescreen (16:9 aspect ratio) 10.1-inch matrix with a maximum resolution of 1024x600 pixels. The horizontal viewing angles are not huge, but they are quite comfortable for work, which cannot be said about the vertical ones: raising the lid too much turns the picture into a negative image; when looking at the matrix from above, the picture noticeably brightens. But no glare was found on the matte surface of the screen; the netbook is ideally suited for working on the go and in any lighting - unlike popular glossy models, which too easily catch glare with their screens. The number of brightness gradations in the laptop under study is non-standard for ASUS - eleven. The lower levels make it possible to work comfortably not only in the dark, but also in dim daylight. The brightness is adjusted by pressing the “Fn” and “F5” or “F6” keys together.

Despite the fact that larger “shells” actively use nowadays fashionable keyboards with free-standing keys, the inexpensive and miniature ASUS Eee PC 1001PX is equipped with a conventional input device, albeit with keys as close as possible in size to adult laptops. There are only 82 buttons, all of them are black with a slight roughness and without any recess in the middle. The keys have a soft and fairly deep stroke, are quiet when pressed, and the moment of operation is clearly felt. The design of the buttons itself is quite non-standard; about a millimeter from each edge they have a cut in the form of a small step, thereby increasing the distance between the keys. The bottom row of the keyboard is equipped with buttons that are slightly increased in height; it also accommodates a cursor block, which hurts the eyes even before touching the arrows. The thing is that the left and right “arrows” are large, and the “up” and “down” ones are half-height, which may be an unpleasant surprise for many users.

In addition to standard functions, the “arrows” also have the powers of the “Home”, “Page Up”, “Page Down” and “End” keys, activated via the “Fn” button. It is easy to guess that the vertical column of voiced keys, due to the small width of the base, has been abolished. As always, there is a conventional (combined with the main) numeric keypad and one special Microsoft Windows button. The function keys are greatly reduced in height and slightly in width; on the right they are closed by “Pause”, “Print Screen”, “Insert” and “Delete”. Latin letters are highlighted in white, Russian letters are highlighted in greenish (smaller font), the keys for which you need to press and hold “Fn” to use hidden functions are colored pale blue, like the “numeric keypad” buttons.

ASUS Eee PC 1001PX: keyboard

The ASUS Eee PC 1001PX does not have unnecessary clutter with additional keys; the netbook has only one chrome-plated laptop power button with blue backlight, located directly under the right hinge.

ASUS Eee PC 1001PX: power button

The surface of the touchpad is black, lacking the texture of the surrounding surface of the base, but located flush with it. The exit of the finger from the touchpad is tactilely felt thanks to the slight roughness and a barely noticeable rim located along the perimeter of the panel. The response to finger touches is excellent. The touchpad supports “MultiTouch”, and therefore, touching the touchpad with one finger performs the standard functions of moving the cursor, pressing the left mouse button and entering (quick double-click), using two fingers simultaneously allows you to scroll vertically and horizontally, and three imitates pressing the right button mice. There are also functions for zooming, for which you need to close or spread your fingers diagonally across the panel (from the lower left corner to the upper right) and rotate objects by scrolling with two spread fingers on the touchpad surface. At the base of the touch panel there is one chrome-plated rocker key with a shallow travel when pressed and a clearly noticeable response moment with a characteristic click.

ASUS Eee PC 1001PX: Touchpad

All available indicators are located on the left end of the base (from left to right):

ASUS Eee PC 1001PX: system indicators

Power indicator (lights blue when the laptop is turned on; blinks when the PC is in standby mode; when the computer is turned off the indicator does not light up);
Battery charging indicator (lights orange when the battery is charging; off - completely discharged; flashes orange if the battery charge is less than 10%, lights green when the battery is more than 95% charged and the laptop is plugged in);
Activity indicator (shows the computer's access to the hard drive, lighting up at the moment of access);
Wireless interface indicator.

There are no indicators for caps lock and numeric keypad; instead, when the function is activated, a small information window lights up on the screen.

The lowered top cover does not interfere with the visibility of the LEDs, hiding only their symbols.

ASUS Eee PC 1001PX: indicator visibility

The following components are located on the left side of the ASUS Eee PC 1001PX (from left to right):

ASUS Eee PC 1001PX: left view

Connector for connecting a power source;
15-pin D-Sub connector for connecting an external monitor;
USB port (USB 2.0);
Built-in 2-in-1 card reader that supports Secure Digital High Capacity and Multimedia Card memory cards.

On the right side of the netbook is the following:

ASUS Eee PC 1001PX: right view

Combined headphone/microphone jack;
USB 2.0 port;
Kensington lock port;
Connector for connecting a laptop to a local network (RJ-45).

There is nothing on the back of the laptop.

ASUS Eee PC 1001PX: rear view

ASUS Eee PC 1001PX is equipped with a battery with a capacity of 4400 mAh (6-cell). The battery is designed for a voltage of 10.8 V, which, when converting the capacity into watt-hours, gives us 48 Wh.

ASUS Eee PC 1001PX: battery

At the bottom of the laptop there are: two battery latches (spring and mechanical), a compartment of RAM modules where one stick is installed, a sticker with the operating system number and a pair of quiet stereo speakers playing “on the table”. To get to the rest of the ASUS Eee PC 1001PX components, you need to completely remove the bottom cover.

ASUS Eee PC 1001PX: bottom

Internal content

As mentioned at the beginning, ASUS Eee PC 1001PX is built on a single-core Intel Atom N450 processor with a clock frequency of 1.66 GHz, which is based on the Pineview-M core, produced using a 45 nm process technology and having a 512 KB L2 cache . The typical heat dissipation of the new Atom processors is 5.5 W.

Intel Atom N450 in two test power modes

The Atom processor supports Enhanced Intel SpeedStep (EIST) energy-saving technology, which allows you to reduce the multiplier and, accordingly, the operating frequency during idle moments. Thanks to the presence of Intel Hyper-Threading technology, a single-core Atom processor appears in the operating system as two virtual cores and, in some cases, is capable of processing two data streams simultaneously. The Intel Atom N450 supports 64-bit operating systems.

The processor has an integrated graphics core Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 3150 supporting DirectX 9, Vertex Shader 3.0, Pixel Shader 2.0, with a core frequency of 200 MHz and a maximum amount of RAM of 256 MB (this is not local video memory, it is allocated from the main system memory of the netbook ). The RAM controller built into the Intel Atom N450 supports modules up to 2 GB in size.

The chipset in ASUS Eee PC 1001PX is Intel Tiger Point NM10. The NMC has support for USB 2.0, up to two SATA ports and up to four PCI Express x1 lines, through which additional peripheral controllers can be connected to it, and also has a built-in Intel High Definition Audio sound core.

The netbook is equipped with an Atheros AR2427 Wireless Network Adapter, which supports 802.11b/g/n data transfer standards, and a WDC WD1600BEVT-80A23T0 2.5" hard drive with a spindle speed of 5400 rpm, a SATA interface and capacity 160 GB.

The only RAM slot of the laptop is occupied by a gigabyte DDR2 module with a frequency of 800 MHz.

ASUS Eee PC 1001PX: RAM compartment

According to the technical specifications, the installed amount of RAM can be increased to two gigabytes by replacing the existing module.

Testing methodology

Before testing, the ASUS Eee PC 1001PX had its hard drive formatted with the NTFS file system, then the Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate x64 operating system (English version) was installed. Drivers were taken from manufacturer's website.

During testing, the following parameters were set:

Screen Saver – disabled;
Windows Defender – disabled;
System Protection – disabled;
Windows Update - disabled;
Scheduled disk defragmentation – disabled;
Enabled deletion of files immediately after placing them in the trash;
Screen brightness is set to maximum;
The resolution of the liquid crystal matrix is ​​maximum, 1024x600;
Aero interface – activated;
Desktop theme – Windows 7;
Volume level – 10%.

The test package is divided into two parts:

Part 1: tests to measure the performance of both the system as a whole and its individual components:

Synthetic tests for general performance (PCMark Vantage 1.0.2 and SYSmark 2007);
Gaming performance tests (3DMark 2006 1.2.0, Half Life 2: Episode Two, F.E.A.R.).

The 2nd part is focused on determining the battery life of a laptop computer; measurements are made using the MobileMark 2007 test application.

MobileMark 2007 contains three operating modes:

Productivity mode – intermittent but serious load on the system;
Reader mode – emulation of reading a pdf file (in the “Read” test mode, rewinding is done one page at a time every 2 minutes);
Movie viewing mode (DVD).

In addition to the above, 3DMark 2006 1.2.0 scenes were repeatedly run on the netbook, after which, using an infrared remote thermometer, the temperatures of the LCD panel, keyboard, bottom surface, “exhaust” (the point with the maximum temperature was looked for on each surface) and the processor (using CPUID Hardware Monitor program). This test was carried out twice: when working on a hard, smooth table surface and on a soft, fluffy fabric surface.

Performance testing

As always, testing opens with the synthetic Futuremark PCMark Vantage application. The overall test result is calculated using the formula: PCMark Score = 87 x (Geometric Average of Main Tests), where the geometric mean is (result 1 * result 2 * ...)^(1 / number of results). In the Vantage version, the results are presented in relation to typical operating scenarios, and not to computer components:

The “Memories” scenario evaluates the performance of systems when working with digital media archives, including amateur photographs and home videos.
The TV and Movies test uses high-definition video playback and transcoding as a load.
The Gaming test measures the suitability of platforms for running 3D gaming applications.
The "Music" script is mainly devoted to transcoding audio files of various formats.
The “Communication” test simulates visiting web resources, working with email and using IP telephony.
“Productivity” is another simple scenario that simulates working with typical office applications;
And the last one, “HDD,” evaluates the performance of the hard drive only.

The power of the single-core Intel Atom N450 cannot be called enormous; the processor shows low results corresponding to the family. After changing the power supply to the battery, the energy saving circuits built into the Atom N450 are activated, and as a result, the final indicators are reduced in proportion to the core frequency.

The SYSmark test package is aimed at determining comprehensive system performance under various load conditions. SYSmark 2007 simulates the user experience aimed at solving specific problems in several of the most common applications. At the output, the package produces several indices showing system performance demonstrated under various activity scenarios, measuring system performance in real applications when solving specific problems.

Surprisingly, the inclusion of the SpeedStep energy-saving technology was not noticed in the SYSmark 2007 package; the test indicators remained virtually unchanged after removing the plug from the socket. However, the performance level of the Intel Atom N450 can be described as quite low; in fact, it does not differ from the level of the previous generation Atom processors.

The 3DMark test program is a set of three-dimensional scenes based on its own graphics engine that load the video subsystem in various ways.

It is difficult to call the Intel GMA 3150 a gaming graphics adapter: the results shown in the synthetic 3DMark 2006 package are too weak. To be more convincing, here are the results of the GMA 3150 in the old games Half Life 2: Episode Two and F.E.A.R at maximum and minimum quality settings:

It seems that comments are unnecessary: ​​the new Intel GMA 3150 video adapter is not even intended for old games, its maximum is solitaire.

Battery life and temperature characteristics

Battery life is one of the key characteristics of a laptop computer, sometimes even more important than performance. Therefore, the measurement of this particular value is carried out in a test block separate from productivity. Testing was performed using the MobileMark 2007 package. During the tests, the laptop's transitions to the “Stand-by” and “Hibernate” states were disabled.

The first scenario (Productivity), which was used to measure the battery life of a laptop, is based on simulating the user's work in typical office applications. The load is not constant, the user is constantly interrupted from doing work. The second test is to measure the battery life of the laptop while simply reading text. Adobe Reader was used as a program that displayed the document on the screen. The third and final scenario used in our tests simulated the use of a mobile computer to play video in DVD format using the InterVideo WinDVD player.

For testing in the “DVD viewing” mode, an Optiarc AD-7633A external optical drive in an Agestar IUB5SA container was used together with a laptop computer.

The new “nuclear” platform does not look revolutionary, but it looks very decent. At full screen brightness, the ASUS Eee PC 1001PX lasted almost six hours. However, it did not set a record: we expected significantly better results from a netbook on a new, more economical platform - at least eight hours of battery life.

To complete the testing, we present the temperature readings of the netbook during idle operation and after running 3DMark 2006 for half an hour, on hard and soft surfaces. The temperature was measured using an infrared thermometer; the room at the time of testing was 23 degrees Celsius. On each surface, a point with maximum temperature was sought. The processor heating was measured using the CPUID Hardware Monitor utility.

The hot air exhaust system of the ASUS Eee PC 1001PX is built excellently; the netbook heats up quite moderately without making any noticeable noise. The processor temperature, even on a soft fleecy surface and under heavy loads, is far from critical values.

Advantages and disadvantages of ASUS Eee PC 1001PX

Advantages:

Effective design, despite the low-cost product;
Matte body and matrix coating;
Long battery life;
Access to Eee Storage online storage;
Good operating system recovery system (including the possibility of resuscitation using a flash drive);
Moderate cost.

Flaws:

Low level of productivity;
Poverty of the delivery set;
Small screen resolution;
Limited opening angle;
Inconvenient keyboard cursor block;
Lack of a number of wireless interfaces (Bluetooth and WiMAX);
No optical drive or HDMI port.

Conclusion

Although the ASUS EeePC 1001PX can hardly be called a bright netbook - the manufacturer assigns this role to more expensive models of the Seashell family - but it is much better suited for the role of an inexpensive “workhorse” than the glossy models that are now so common. The lack of gloss on the case, coupled with the original ornament on the top cover and the area under the wrists, is a very practical solution from the point of view of soiling: the case looks clean and neat even without regular wiping with a special cloth, what about glossy models that collect all the dust and fingerprints? it is forbidden. The matte coating of the matrix allows you to conveniently use the laptop in almost any lighting. Six hours of battery life give its owner the opportunity to use the netbook for a long time in the field. Unfortunately, the manufacturer saved on the WiMAX and Bluetooth wireless interfaces that are very relevant today, the presence of which would make the netbook even more wireless and autonomous. In general, the disadvantages are completely outweighed by the rather modest cost of the netbook. So, if you don’t need the performance of “adult” laptops and you fit well within the needs of the average office user, then the ASUS Eee PC 1001PX is an excellent choice as a companion that accompanies you everywhere, capable of working on your knees for a long time without burdening them too much with kilograms your weight.

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