Laptop Test: HP Pavilion TouchSmart tm2 and Asus Eee PC 1201NL

HP Pavilion TouchSmart tm2

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At a time when when everyone’s talking tablets, HP and Asus haven’t yet had their last say in terms of mobile devices and are still offering very interesting products: an ultra-portable touch screen that converts into a tablet from HP (the tm2) and a slim nicely designed netbook from Asus (1201NL).

With the HP Pavilion TouchSmart tm2, you can see that HP is no novice when it comes to ultra-portable touchscreen laptops. You can convert it into a tablet just by rotating the screen and this machine has plenty of advantages in terms of battery life and performance.

After the Eee PC 1201N which surprised us nicely, Asus has decided to bring out a lite (and cheaper) version of its ION model. The Asus Eee PC 1201NL retains the same design and has an Atom and ION based configuration in Windows XP.

> Test: HP Pavilion TouchSmart tm2
> Test: Asus Eee PC 1201NL


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