Sreejiraj Eluvangal, Mumbai
DNA
Even as netbook lovers wait for ARM-based laptops that are expected to deliver 10 hours and more of battery time, Taiwanese computer maker ASUS has come out with a netbook with 9.5 hours of battery life.
To achieve the 'whole day' battery life, Asus has installed an 8700 mAh battery, with about four times the capacity of the usual 2200 mAh batteries sported by most netbooks in India. So far, the title for the netbook with the longest battery life in India had belonged to the Samsung N10, launched two months ago, with its 5,200 mAh battery lasting for around 6-6.5 hours of low intensity usage.
However, the high-capacity battery on the 1000HE has taken the total weight to 1.45 kg, against around 1.1 kg for the low capacity netbooks such as HP Mini and around 1.25 kg for the high capacity ones like Samsung N10.
A company executive said the new model, the first to sport the newer N280 Atom processor from Intel, will retail for around Rs 26,000 including taxes, in Mumbai. The Atom N280 is a slightly more advanced version of the highly successful N270 processor by Intel and gives slightly better performance. Nearly all the netbooks available in India are built around older N270 processor.
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