ASUS joins hand with AMD to launch ASUS Eee PC 1201T with Ultra Thin CPU

ASUS unveils ASUS Eee PC 1201T with AMD Congo MV40 Ultra Thin CPU to support high-performance graphics and improved multimedia system use. Also, the ASUS Eee PC 1201T has modern and luxury appearance in order to suit highly-flexible working lifestyle.

Chukkrit Watcharasaksilp, country manager of AMD Far East Ltd. (Thailand Branch), stated that "AMD always seeks to deliver the most advanced, yet relevant technology to our customer as you can see in our AMD 2nd Generation Ultra Thin (2GUT) platform.  Our solution delivers a rich computing experience on a stable, consistent platform and I'm very confident that on ASUS Eee PC 1201T model consumers and businesses running Windows® 7 on AMD technology-based PCs can achieve an advanced visually dynamic, powerful, and rich computing experience on a stable and consistent platform.   More importantly, we congratulate with ASUS who is one of the first partners to roll out VISION Technology with AMD in Thailand to launch ASUS Eee PC 1201T today."

At the same time, Pornthep Watchara-Amnouy, Managing Director of ASUSTek Computer (Thailand) Co., Ltd., commented that "At present, ASUS is able to completely fulfill demands from all level of Thai customers with Eee Pc product line. It contains range of screen sizes from 9-12 inches and prices from Baht 9,900-15,900 within modern, light and thin appearance, such as ASUS Eee Seashell or twistable-touch screen ASUS Eee PC T91T."

"Lately, ASUS Eee PC 1201T with AMD CPU chipset is a performance combination of the 2 innovations. It has a bigger screen, which is 12-inch sized, together with AMD Congo MV40 Ultra Thin CPU, which consumes lower energy and work faster, in affordable price. I believe its attribute will reactivate netbook market"

ASUS Eee PC 1201T is developed to be thinner than 1 inch and light at only 1.46 kg for more comfort in portability. It contains a 12.1-inch (1366x768 mm) LED Backlight screen with Color-Shine technology and a Chiclet keyboard to make simple typing as notebook. Moreover, its appearance reflects luxuriousness and original style with 2 selectable colors, black and silver, on glossy surface. In order to support more type of usage, the ASUS Eee PC 1201T is powered by AMD Congo MV40 (1.6GHz) chipset to boast higher capability than any other netbooks, along with Superior HD-based graphics attribute and greater multimedia system than one has ever experience. It is valued-for-money at price Bt 15,900 only.