Apple iPad vs. ASUS Eee PC 1001P Netbook

Friday, April 9th, 2010...11:52 pm

Cnet, in the States, has pitted Apple’s new iPad against one of Asus’s budget netbooks – the Eee PC 1001P (available for £229). A few things were compared – an obvious win for the iPad was start-up, or boot time. The iPad was up and runing in 23.1 seconds vs. 50.1 seconds for the netbook. That’s largely due to the optimized OS running on the Apple, and the solid state hard drive vs. the spinning type in the netbook. The little Asus, however, did win in overall processing power, running the Javascript benchmark in 2,272ms vs. the iPad’s 12,591ms.

The iPad was praised for it’s intuitive touch interface, and general ease of use. Battery life on Apple’s device is great too – at about 10 hours. Pricewise, the netbook comes in at about half the price of the iPad. Check out the comparison video for yourself here.