Product Review
Price:
$529.00
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$599.99
Specs:
Intel Atom 330 (1.6 GHz), 2 GB DDR2 SDRAM, 320 GB Standard, NVIDIA ION, Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium / Microsoft Windows 7 Upgrade Option, Personal computer
The Good:
Nvidia graphics chip gives games and 720p video a helpful nudge; HDMI video input.
The Bad:
It's a Nettop; better, low-cost video and gaming options out there; atrocious general computing performance; labyrinthine online support.
The Bottom Line:
Nvidia's Ion graphics chip gives the Asus Eee Top ET2002 better-than-average video performance for a Nettop, but that does little to spare this system from its weak overall performance and the variety of competitive, more well-rounded alternatives for low-cost video and gaming. Nettops might be competitive someday, but for now this category as a whole is a disappointment.
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