Netbooks get a lot of flak for having small screens and not being able to handle HD content that well. That is all going to change with Eee PC 1201PN-PU17 by Asus. It is a 12.1 inch netbook that has a WXGA (1366×768) screen and takes advantage of NVIDIA ION 2 platform to handle HD video content more effectively. Unlike the other 12.1 inch ASUS netbook, this netbook does not have a dual-core processor. But it does have N450 which is much faster.

Here is a summary of what’s included in this netbook:

• Nvidia ION 2 graphics platform
• Intel Atom N450 (1.66 GHz)
• 2 GB DDR2 RAM – Max 4 GB RAM (big plus)
• 12-inch WXGA (1366×768) LED screen
• 500 GB Free Web Storage
• HDMI and VGA out
• Bluetooth; Wi-Fi 802.11b/g/n
• 6 hours of battery

As you can tell, this netbook answers a lot of questions that have been asked about netbooks. The battery life could be better. A dual core CPU would not hurt either. But this is a good step forward as far as ASUS netbooks are concerned. Aren’t you glad you won’t have to deal with Windows 7 starter on this netbook?