Is one of the most powerful NETBOOKS still worth it? Asus Eee PC 1215N.

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While smaller, more powerful laptops certainly existed, the Asus Eee PC 1215N with its Nvidia ION graphics was one of the most powerful NETBOOKS in 2010. So, is it still worth it today?
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@johnmadison3472 2 жыл бұрын

I still have a soft spot for these type of machines. Cheap, portable and can get most jobs done, albeit very slowly. Dated now.

@endless.thirty 4 жыл бұрын

This was my dream netbook back in its hay day, thanks for revisiting it and bringing back old memories of those times 😊

@attilaszamosfalvi5749 3 жыл бұрын

Back in the day, most netbook users could only have dreamed of such performance. If this thing is a meh, what about single-core Atoms with just those integrated GMA potatoes? Yeah, never mind... Very nice video btw, you've earned a new subscriber!

@GeekTherapyRadio 3 жыл бұрын

If I'm ever a big enough gluten for pain....I may put a single core atom through its 2021 paces......I shutter to think! I did try Ubuntu 20.04 LTS on this but it still didn't run great, mostly due to driver issues, just like W10. I think W7 with an SSD and 4GB RAM is the sweet spot for this old machine :)

@camthesaxman3387 2 жыл бұрын

I had such a potato netbook with a 900 MHz CPU and 1 GB of RAM. Windows XP was okay on it, and it ran older games like Quake 3 and N64 emulators at acceptable performance, and could even play HD videos from my camcorder. However, web browsing on that thing was unthinkable, even 5 years ago.

@SoupyPupper 3 жыл бұрын

I swear to god this processor did emulation better when I was a kid. I even had an intel atom without a GPU and seemingly got Ocarina of Time and Majoras Mask working as well as being able to record them with for a lets play with audio.

@johnmadison3472 2 жыл бұрын

I used mine mostly for emulation and it did pretty well, especially the SNES & Genesis era, even some N64 games. Depends on which emulators.

@camthesaxman3387 2 жыл бұрын

I had a netbook with a 900 MHz Celeron, and it had no trouble at all with N64 emulation.

@valley_robot 2 жыл бұрын

@@camthesaxman3387 yep same here , I had the ASU’s eeepc 701

@camthesaxman3387 2 жыл бұрын

@@valley_robot Yep, it was absolute trash for web browsing, even back in 2015, but it ran Ocarina of Time well, and I used it for programming and writing papers in college.

@RichardEdwardWard 2 жыл бұрын

Fun review. I happened to pull my 1215N out of a bag today and wondered if I could still do something with it. This was such a dependable machine for me. Travelled all over China with me for a couple of years. As well as Toronto, Halifax, and Montreal. I was basically living out of a suitcase for 10 years. Buy an external monitor & keyboard in each city and off I went. Thanks for the fun review.

@wirlogx 3 жыл бұрын

I have the 1215B (AMD), I still use it for my graphics I do on CS paint and it's still awesome. I have an SSD and 8GB Ram, still can run some games very good.

@Mange070 2 жыл бұрын

I have both and the 1215B is much faster in most cases. If i remember correctly, the nvidia-graphics on the other was only running on 1x pci-e speed. Huge bottleneck to the performance.

@freedom_fighter12 2 жыл бұрын

nice.. can i have it?

@radekradecki3187 Жыл бұрын

Hey you put in 8gb ram and it's working ok??

@taka2098 3 жыл бұрын

Have one of these. I recommend testing this on Windows 8.1. It does a lot better in performance than on 7 and 10.

@xani123123 8 ай бұрын

@taka2098 please share your drivers win 8.1 i have the same netbook

@SilverX95 29 күн бұрын

yeah from what i understand windows 8/8.1 has better resource management but its about as lite as windows 7.

@ApolyonTheSoulRender Жыл бұрын

I wanted one of these back when i was a college student. Thanks for the retro review ❤

@TheRealJohnHooper 28 күн бұрын

These little machines are loved by users.. It is about the fun..

@tobz186 Жыл бұрын

Amazing video, thanks :-) I got a 1215N and lend it out to my mother like 8 years ago and now got it back (it was their backup laptop, last time used two years ago). I had to buy a new battery tho and was thinking of installing an SSD and upgrading to windows 10, but your video saved me a lot of trouble I guess. Thanks for that :-)

@speedy11131 3 жыл бұрын

Damn, this video brings back memories. I remember using this thing while traveling back in 2011.

@kacpi4567 5 ай бұрын

nice review, i got one of these lately for school, surprisingly capable little machine; according to the release notes from asus website a bios update can make it work better with more than 4 gigs of ram

@franzahollinger2979 4 жыл бұрын

I'm running one with Linux Mint 19 64bit and it's working fairly well. 8GB of Ram and SSD installed. Had it laying around since 2010 and I wanted to check it with Linux 😉

@editeurlediteur9789 5 ай бұрын

Does the full 8 gigs are used and has no performances issues It is specified that the limit of memory is 4gb ;^;..

@RyeRyeL 3 жыл бұрын

I had one of these. This is why I now have a Ryzen 3900x and a laptop with a Ryzen 4750u. As soon as I had enough cash to run away from these types of machines I did. I did recently encounter this style of machine with 32GB of EMMC trying to run Windows 10 which was....entertaining

@pavy415 3 жыл бұрын

There's a dual core ion version I saw at a computer store way back in the day which I wanted to buy but never did

@stormgirl09 2 жыл бұрын

i remember thinking the netbook was one of the coolest things ever. super tiny laptop that is super light and you can take pretty much anywhere and wasnt bulky like most other laptops! i remember wanting one so bad and eventually got one. now i realize how slooooow and under powered they are.. i still have my netbook somewhere sitting in bin in my closet...

@EcksGamer 3 жыл бұрын

I actually used to own that netbook back in the days and arcade emulation like Killer Instinct 1 and 2 played pretty smooth compared to the later Atom systems that would use their own iGPU's and yes while the later one's are quad cores the Asus 1215N was actually smoother for arcade emulation. Also like to mention that there is another 1215 system which is the 1215PN but that one uses a 1 core 2 thread Atom processor instead which i assumed ran a lot more crappy.

@chillinfartdotcc 2 жыл бұрын

Even worse, most Atom systems only had space for one single 2GB RAM slot.

@larrythehedgehog 2 жыл бұрын

I had an old acer aspire one I managed to get l4d2 to work on with modded intel graphics drivers. It was awesome.

@averagedude15 2 жыл бұрын

My parents found one in the attic it was the closest thing I’ve ever gotten to a laptop and always wanted one but didn’t have the money so now we just need to find a charger for one

@MegaTerryNutkins Жыл бұрын

Acer Aspire One 522 was the one to get, retained the standard 10" size but packed an AMD C50 or C60 and a 720p screen. Still have mine with 4gb ram and an SSD.

@TheNutshaq 4 ай бұрын

I have the version of this netbook without the GPU, I’m waiting on a power adapter, ram and an SSD to come in the mail. I’m really only gonna use it as a Linux and late 90s/early 00s gaming PC. I haven’t been able to find a 1215n but I might try to do a motherboard swap if I can find the mobo anywhere Edit: I paid $20 for the EEE PEE CEE

@HD-Gaming-Zero-Them-Down 2 жыл бұрын

I gotten this for 10 dollars in a yard sale. That why I look it up on KZfaq.

@minignoux4566 28 күн бұрын

For a "powerhouse" of a Netbook, it's only barely above average 2011 specs. Honestly, the best use for them is as a retro gaming machine. Emulation is okayish (PSP runs extremely smoothly on an atom n455, which is pure sorcery) but it really shines with old PC games. Though if you go that route, expect lots of pain and applying fixes, because those computers are just recent and basic enough to exclude features that were required in the 90s/early 00s like cdda playback or even Glide support. And that's without even talking about OS issues.

@geometrikselfelsefesi 3 жыл бұрын

Damn this is better than my pc

@lazychad8182 3 жыл бұрын

@guyonabudget5209 2 жыл бұрын

I’m using a Dell latitude 2120 netbook with windows 7 starter. For the most part it runs! I use Firefox for online browsing, 2013 Office, and KZfaq at 1080p! Although I did install a HD Blue Crystal card to get the 1080p playback. But that was 12.99 on eBay. Overall not a bad little computer 💻

@pt8306 3 жыл бұрын

Perfect Dark chugging is possibly due to the emulator itself. Perfect Dark ran terribly on the N64 and emulating the hardware accurately will make it run terribly in emulation, regardless of the power of the machine. This is why my super gaming rig sometimes chugs when playing SNES games in certain conditions - the SNES itself had issues running these games, and emulating the system itself is the bottleneck.

@teknoman117 2 жыл бұрын

KZfaq wouldn’t have been as bad then as it is now. They mostly switched over to heavier video codecs with better compression ratios in the years since. Even H.264 would be considered heavy to an early Atom. Forget about VP9...

@wongpantai9710 3 жыл бұрын

Mine 9 years, but th 1215b amd model, still capable for office. I want to upgrade the 2gb ram to bigger size but im not sure the max capacity bios allowed, and is it mountable for ssd?

@GeekTherapyRadio 3 жыл бұрын

SATA SSD works great and max stable RAM is 4gb.

@Doing_Time 3 жыл бұрын

I've had 8gb (2 x 4gb chips) corsair value select in my 1215b for 9 years without any instability. I wouldn't even try to load windows in a netbook without an ssd.

@Mitsuoxx 2 жыл бұрын

Are you sure is this one of the most powerful? I mean, I had a HP Pavilion with AMD E1-1200 and I really missed it. It can run Minecraft 1.6 at low 30fps in those years (2013, awesome frametime for me)

@blueferret21 3 жыл бұрын

Have one of these, running peppermint OS on it is still fairly usable as it does not have all the background processes as windows does.

@rudyddee29 3 жыл бұрын

Hxjd

@blueferret21 3 жыл бұрын

@@rudyddee29 are you ok?

@UltraCenterHQ Жыл бұрын

I miss those portable mofos. I remember when I got my first laptop. It was an XP laptop upgraded to 7, I hated how big and heavy it was. I always wanted a small one like netbooks

@Praylv 2 күн бұрын

I remember playing tekken 6 on psp on a single core Pentium M 1.8 ghz and a Mobility radeon 9600 . Ran good

@exhmchannel2876 3 жыл бұрын

can it run obs streamlabs...?

@zenny1884 Жыл бұрын

4:53 that cinebench result look really similar to my laptop... XD

@demirkany 7 ай бұрын

I am using it with batocera, GBA,SNES,GENESIS, and neo geo is very well. PSP fair performance after some configuration.

@GeekTherapyRadio 4 жыл бұрын

Anyone here still have or use a netbook? If so, which model? Have a great day!

@bigbogs01 4 жыл бұрын

I use one, same model. Actualy I'm typing from it... LOL

@GeekTherapyRadio 4 жыл бұрын

@@bigbogs01 Really? Awesome!

@bigbogs01 4 жыл бұрын

@@GeekTherapyRadio Yeah, it´s true!. To make it usable (my little daughter plays roblox on it), I overclocked it to 2.0 Ghz, (and ION is set to (535, 900 and 1400MHz), always using an external monitor on HDMI out to ensure that ION is in use.

@GeekTherapyRadio 4 жыл бұрын

@@bigbogs01 How'd you overclock it? Throttlestop?

@bigbogs01 4 жыл бұрын

@@GeekTherapyRadio I use setfsb. If you wish, I can email it to you.

@televiciousgoober Ай бұрын

Mine died from bad hinges, lasted a while and played farcry 2 and mass effect 2 tho. You had to specify programs to run in high performance mode otherwise they would only use the intel integrated gfx.

@oldchannel9911 2 жыл бұрын

something is wrong with that netbook, back in 2010-2014 i had an hp mini 110 which is one of the old 32-bit atom ones with gma 950 and 1gb ram, and i played rigs of rods, roblox, minecraft, as well as running virtual machines and emulators with no issue. i seriously doubt that a high end model like this should struggle with gba emulation & basic 3d games, as i know for sure people were playing tf2, cs:source, and other more intensive games on them back in the day

@luizzaction 3 жыл бұрын

Have one. Bought it in 2010. Needed to changed the keyboard 3 times (too fragile) and charger one. But, still works with win7 32bits with ssd. the screen has white spots growing on the edges. A pity the video card is pciexpress limited to x1, gaming in this is like a...booring fps..

@xani123123 3 жыл бұрын

Ola Luiz tenho um netbook desses atualizei pra 8gb de ram e está com win 10 porém vou por um ssd qual drive da Nvidia vc usa?

@luizzaction 3 жыл бұрын

@@xani123123olá! Tem que ser driver para placa Ion da Nvdia v296.10 Depois escreva se deu certo. Pois tentei um tempão atrás instalar win10 mas ficou ruim. Pode ser que agora dê para instalar

@boxthememeguy 2 жыл бұрын

the EeePeeCee

@sourg3294 3 жыл бұрын

i feel like mw3 and cod 4 should run fine since they both ran good on a p4 i mean they showcased cod 4 running great on an ion device still a bit stuttery but it ran and mw3 is optimized enough so i can play it on native res max settings on my mid 2009 imac and still get 60 fps or more

@NoHandleToSpeakOf 2 жыл бұрын

Low latency is what people expect out of quick devices. Modern Linux with some kernel tuning can still provide snappy experience on this hardware.

@dozhadeville444 2 жыл бұрын

I found this video a day after I tried to download The Godfather game & ps3 emulator....

@ulle85 3 жыл бұрын

I had a Asus 10” with a N550 dual core and a Nvidia ION 2 - I upgraded it to 2 GB RAm and an SSD but unfortunately it was stolen :-( If you were running win7 it supported nvidias graphics switching, switching between its two graphics systems

@ravyyyyyyy Жыл бұрын

I think trying it with windows xp and more period correct games would've been more ideal

@GeekTherapyRadio Жыл бұрын

That's a good thought, but unfortunately the best driver support for this device is for Windows 7. Support for the ION gpu is lacking for XP on this device.

@jimnzhasme 2 жыл бұрын

i have 2 atom netbooks a dell mini 9 i got free has 2gb ram and 8gb pata ssd and a cheap no brand name atom d425 160gb hdd 2gb ram netbook running xp and the modded gma drivers i can run most games 2003 or older playable on lowest setting and get like 30fps or more depending on game wish i owned a netbook with nvidia graphics

@damian9303 2 жыл бұрын

Where did you find those modded drivers? Also got myself a Mini 9 that I upgraded to Vista

@linorebolo2934 3 жыл бұрын

And still Played Crysis and ME1-2-3 :)

@legendp2011 2 жыл бұрын

I ALMOST bought one of these back in 2010..........I ended up going with a macbook pro 13 in 2010 (which I loaded with windows 7 for dual boot. as the cpu and gpu in the 2010 macbook pro was much faster.....was much more expensive at $1100 ish though)

@ophanim1245 Жыл бұрын

I used to have this laptop back when I was like 11. Although I think mine was the model 1005P. It had a black blob on the right side of the screen so that's why my mom got it for me cheap from a liquidation store for like 70 bucks. The thing was crap lol, I tried using it to run emulators back then cus I wanted to play videogames but It couldnt run anything below N64 and SNES. It eventually bricked up when I used to visit websites and it caught a nasty virus. R.I.P. Asus Eee PC, my first computer. Now I own a super tablet that runs windows and a gameboy that is still more powerful than the Eee PC.

@MrZakuRetro 2 жыл бұрын

i miss mine it was stolen years ago i still hunting one in Argentina but the price that is selling here is stupid.

@Kspcs909 11 күн бұрын

Try installing a super light version of win 10 or 7, that would make a big difference

@Sm00k 3 жыл бұрын

As someone who owns both M11xR3 and a 1215n, I have to say, I've had more fun using EEE over the Alienware. It simply was smaller, lighter and for daily usage, better. And mine did came with Nvidia hellhole that was Optimus.

@familyguyhdtv 6 ай бұрын

i used to have one of them when i was little and i played a bunch of plants vs zombies on it

@godfatherade 2 жыл бұрын

The Eee Pee Cee

@Polarvect 15 күн бұрын

thats wild cause now u can run playstation 1 on a nes mini no problem plus gba etc

@zarathustrayo2646 Ай бұрын

Gran Equipo! Lo prefiero a los actuales!

@abbeytim22 3 жыл бұрын

i have an atom n270 and it does snes emulation fine but his isnt working cause he doesnt have display drivers installed

@GeekTherapyRadio 3 жыл бұрын

It works perfectly under Windows 7 in the video, but buggy under Windows 10.

@bondjovi4595 Жыл бұрын

Mine even made it through a spectre overheating virus.

@sophiethecat9256 3 жыл бұрын

well then what about Linux?

@bondjovi4595 Жыл бұрын

Rock solid Heart touching

@radekradecki3187 Жыл бұрын

Hey 8gb ram don't work?

@GeekTherapyRadio Жыл бұрын

It just wasn't stable. Perhaps other brands of DDR3 could work better.

@MUZUKUN-YT 2 жыл бұрын

Roblox at 640 x 480p runs your game around 20 - 60FPS depending on the torture.

@Protog3n_pd2 Жыл бұрын

Netbooks doesn't even need loonix: they run fine even with windows 7.

@Kylo_Ren_2033 4 жыл бұрын

Can this thing run Skyrim? (I didn't ask Crysis)

@em3876 4 жыл бұрын

He would be able to, nvidia ion is equivalent to 9400m which can play skyrim, if he overclocked the gpu and maybe repasted the laptop this netbook could play just at low settings

@carbsrm Жыл бұрын

I had this and once i updated Nvidia ion drivers it got slower.

@GeekTherapyRadio Жыл бұрын

Yup. Apparently there's a magic update number not to upgrade past....but I don't know which off the top of my head. I believe you can Google it and find it in an Nvidia forum.

@andrewchia1996 Жыл бұрын

Why can't any manufacturer make the same netbooks today with the latest AMD Ryzen. Not tablets or ultrabooks with those Pentium or Celeron processors, but a literal 10.1"-12.1" netbook with powerful Ryzen processor, upgradable SSD & Ram, and replaceable battery, that I can bring around and do some heavy gaming.

@GeekTherapyRadio Жыл бұрын

GPD Win Max 2. 10 inch screen, Ryzen 6800U. It's incredible. BUT it's expensive.

@andrewchia1996 Жыл бұрын

@@GeekTherapyRadio Oh yeah, totally forgot about GPD. Too bad other mainstream companies like Dell/HP etc never venture into this.

@Yes-jw4vp Жыл бұрын

this was my first laptop when I was 12 lol. I played wiz101 on that shi all the time bruh😭

@familyguyfunnymoments34 3 жыл бұрын

It's a netbook it's for web browsing and stuff like that

@lucky_lol 3 жыл бұрын

I have Windows 7 Pro on this(but its small in size and only works on Charging, and it doesnt have security slider of camera), Should I upgrade to Windows 10 Using Media CREATION tool, PLease reply

@GeekTherapyRadio 3 жыл бұрын

No. Windows 10 is horrible in this machine.

@lucky_lol 3 жыл бұрын

@@GeekTherapyRadio ok thanks

@GeekTherapyRadio 3 жыл бұрын

@@lucky_lol It "could" be good, BUT there is absolutely no driver support for W10 on this machine.

@tutomarketing 3 жыл бұрын

Try linux like lubuntu or bodhi linux or puppy linux your netbook is going To work great Forget windows for this type of netbook

@chadwickhell 3 жыл бұрын

Install Chromium or attempt Chrome Samus on it.

@portalpat42 2 жыл бұрын

It's the Eee Pee Cee!

@another3997 2 жыл бұрын

I'm not sure what people expect of ANY older technology. It's old, so it runs older versions of software. My netbooks have the 32 bit Atom, single core, integrated Intel GPU and 1.5 or 2Gb of RAM. They run fine. Web surfing isn't great, but web pages today are bloated piles of crap. "Slow" is a relative term. I grew up with 8 bit machines, and my first 'PC' had a mid-range Intel 486 DX2 66Mhz, DOS 6.2 and Windows 3.1, the original Pentium chips were about to be released and dial up modems were a thing. That netbook is a super computer in comparison. 😁

@GeekTherapyRadio 2 жыл бұрын

It is definitely a super computer compared to my 286, 386, etc. And just like those, the perfect OS is what it was designed for at the time. Windows 7 in this case. My 286 can't run 95, 386 "can't" run 98 (without workarounds), etc...

@axlet Жыл бұрын

Acer aspire one amd please 🥺

@ahmadkhaled7497 3 жыл бұрын

What about trying Linux?

@GeekTherapyRadio 3 жыл бұрын

I tried 20.04 LTS and it wasn't great. Mostly driver issues. Definitely ran better than W10 though.

@angelrivera8013 2 жыл бұрын

@@GeekTherapyRadio AV-Linux MX Edition 32bits and 64 bits very possibly will do wonders with this netbook. If you manage to switch the hdd with a ssd then you can upgrade those wonders to possibly miracles. All in all great project! 💪🏼😉Cheers!

@Something-cb5mp 2 жыл бұрын

A machine like this is meant for linux if you want to use it now.

@Detectivebirb 2 жыл бұрын

Fyi its called the eeepeecee

@user-kr6vv2yl7g 2 жыл бұрын

I have a ATOM D525 ITX board with single ram slot and installed 4GB ram. The performance of it is sucks( with Intel GMA).

@user-kr6vv2yl7g 2 жыл бұрын

It’s seems that there’s may not have 8GB compatibility issues with Intel GMA

@chillinfartdotcc 2 жыл бұрын

Bus is the bottleneck. 200Mhz for the CPU. About the graphics, is just like the Geforce 6100 but with 512MB.

@chillinfartdotcc 2 жыл бұрын

i guess the Windows 10 issue is due to lack of libraries

@adamator88 3 жыл бұрын

*EEE PEE CEE*

@Auugh69 2 жыл бұрын

oh well this thing was powerful enough to make me run tf2 at 720p

@rover908 3 ай бұрын

Conclusion: Windows 10 is a major bottle neck in ultra low end gaming 😂 So glad I can run steam on windows 7 oh wait...

@RoGameReview Жыл бұрын

windows xp is best for this laptops, windows 7 and up makes it slow

@GeekTherapyRadio Жыл бұрын

The only issue is that the Nvidia ION graphics require special drivers that require W7. Otherwise, yes, XP is great for this era of netbooks.

@ThomasHolbrookII 2 ай бұрын

Windows XP.

@KOSMOS1701A 2 жыл бұрын

eh, i'd use it over my Acer netbook, that thing is proper garbage.

@nathaniel_jpg 3 жыл бұрын

@Mabeylater293 2 жыл бұрын

You think we bought this to play games?????????????? WRONG!

@Constantinus_Apollyon 3 жыл бұрын

Dude wtf? You installed an x64 os on a 32 bit processor? You shitting me bro? Plus I think at least you should know the deference on x64 Vs x86 chipsets and memory comparability Cheers bro nice video tho! Try running Linux mint or something with xfce I think you can rock some games like Doom /Doom 2 /Brutal Doom / Diablo 1&2 quake 1&2 etc etc also give it a try with android x86 who knows you may see the light. Anyways Cheers bro!

@GeekTherapyRadio 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks brother! Just a heads up that the D525 is a 64-bit processor ark.intel.com/content/www/us/en/ark/products/49490/intel-atom-processor-d525-1m-cache-1-80-ghz.html And heck yeah I plan to tinker with alternate OS's on this thing! :)

@Constantinus_Apollyon 3 жыл бұрын

@@GeekTherapyRadio ok my bad then just checked it and you right my source was wrong. Try 8gs of ram with 64bit os but if it's ddr3 and crushes go down to dd2 or instead of 800 try 667 don't forget to change things on the bios . I instead on Linux tho plus doom quake etc are source based and you can play awesome till today with a big active community . This could be a nice emulation machine and light programming gig . Try retropie , retroarch and android on it I own a 1101ha my self, got it for free back in 2009 broken screen and keys missing contently being on Linux as a backup bank , thinking on putting it on active mode again the battery with some tinkering can last up to 14 hours with 30% over clock on 1gb of ram and 6-8 hours on 2gbs haven't try it with SSD tho. Plus on Linux you can find battery consumption optimisers as apps or scrips that can boost your battery life even more . In general yeah a Samsung s2/3 from back 2017 or Nvidia k1 can kick it's ass even a zenpad s8 with x64 too but in overal it's a nice nostalgic piece of shit we all look love to hate ^_^ cheers m8 keep up the good work