Office 2007 Asus netbook includes optical drive

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(Click image for additional data) Asus netbook includes optical drive Apr. 01,Office 2007, 2009
Asus has announced a netbook that includes an integral optical disk generate. The Eee Computer 1004DN (left) has an Intel Atom N280 processor, a 10-inch show, a 120GB challenging disk drive,Windows 7 Professional 64, up to 2GB of RAM, and weighs 3.19 pounds having a six-cell battery,Office 2010 Standard, Asus says.
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At 10.9 x seven.fifty five x one.33 inches,Office 2010 Professional Product Key, the Pc 1004DN just isn't the smallest computer to include an integrated optical generate -- we believe that honor may visit the <a href="Kohjinsha SR8KPO6S pictured at right, which measures 9.2 x 7 x 1.3 inches and includes a touchscreen that folds into tablet mode. However, the PC 1004DN is the first such device in Asus's Eee netbook line, according to the company.
The optical push would definitely come in helpful for effortless loading of Linux distributions around the netbook. The organization didn't detail running technique support, however the Atom-based method really should support equally Linux and Windows.
Asus says the Laptop 1004DN's optical generate reads and writes info from and also to common CD/DVD media, allowing movie playback, info backup, and software installation. Concurrently, the netbook's battery, packing 6 cells for any whole of 5200mAh, supplies approximately five hours of operation, it really is claimed.
In yet another novel move, the Computer 1004DN incorporates not simply Intel's one.66GHz Atom N280 CPU, but in addition the chipmaker's GN40 northbridge/southbridge mix. Before N280 netbooks, the Asus PC1000HE as well as the Laptop 1008HA, have apparently employed Intel's 945GSE (945GCSE northbridge and 82801GBM southbridge), which normally accompanies the chipmaker's before Atom N270.
A roadmap showing Intel's foreseeable future Atom CPUs
Source: HKPEC.com
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Unlike the 945GSE, the GN40 permits products to provide Hd video clip, but bumps overall strength consumption as much as sixteen.5 Watts, in accordance to a purported Intel roadmap (higher than) which was leaked to the HKEPC site and widely reproduced elsewhere. Intel still has not supplied public facts from the GN40, nor does Asus elucidate, although the manufacturer does say its Personal computer 1004GN is able to 720p playback, "for more vibrant and vivid visuals."
According to Asus, the Pc 1004DN also includes a fingerprint reader, visible with the correct from the device's palm rest in the photograph at the leading of our story. The reader, a characteristic typically discovered on company laptops, although not on netbooks, enables users to log on and encrypt/decrypt folders using ADSM (Asus data protection method) computer software, the company says.
Other facts cited for Asus's mini-notebook are a lot more common for that breed, which includes a keyboard "with a typing surface 92 percent of a typical desktop," a multi-touch keyboard, along with a one.three megapixel webcam. In contrast to many netbooks, the Computer 1004DN also has an Express Card expansion slot, compatible with USB two.0- and PCI Express-based cards, the company says.
Features and specs furnished by Asus for the Personal computer 1004DN contain the following:Processor -- Intel Atom N280 clocked at 1.66GHz
Memory -- one SODIMM socket for up to 2GB of RAM
Display -- 10-inch display with 1024 x 600 resolution
Camera -- 1.3 megapixel webcam
Storage -- As much as 120GB PATA, 4200rpm difficult disk generate, as well as optical generate that reads/writes CDs and DVDs
Networking -- n/s, but may well consist of 10/100 Ethernet port
Wireless:802.11b/g/n
Bluetooth 2.1
Two "support antennas" (may possibly be intended for potential WiMAX and cellular options)Other I/O -- n/s
Expansion -- Express Card slot
Battery type/life -- 5200mAh, six-cell battery offers approximately 5.9 several hours of battery life
Dimensions -- ten.9 x seven.55 x one.33 inches
Weight -- three.19 poundsAvailability
Asus didn't release details on pricing, availability, or running program assist for your Eee Computer 1004DN.
-- Jonathan Angel
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