CES 2012: New Asus Eee PC Netbooks Revealed

[Apoptosis]

CES 2012: New Asus Eee PC Netbooks Revealed

At CES 2012, amongst other announcements, ASUS laid out the goods for their new netbook lineup consisting of four new models that are eager for your desire. They come in a variety of color and there are Intel and AMD based hardware. We put together some videos to showcase them so have a look and see!

Article Title: CES 2012: New Asus Eee PC Netbooks Revealed
Article URL: http://www.legitreviews.com/article/1818/1/

[bachinchi]

Why the [censored] do manufacturers still include VGA ports!?

Also, the link to this thread in the article is wrong.

[KnightRid]

Why the [censored] do manufacturers still include VGA ports!?

I use vga connections for a lot of computers to lcd/plasma tv's, especially with video cards that only have DVI or VGA. As technology moves forward I think the vga port will disappear but for now, there are a LOT of reasons to keep it. One of the main reasons is all the lcd/plasma tv's that only have 1 hdmi port (yea, manufacturers were brain dead on that one)

[Major_A]

ASUS Eee PC 1225B Features and Specifications:

AMD® E-450 Dual Core mobile processor
1.6GHz processor speed
AMD Hudson Fusion Controller Hub
AND® UMA graphicsAMD HD6320 (DX11, 1080P output)

AND® UMA graphics? I thought netbooks were going the way of the dinosaur? Or is ASUS the only manufacturer left?

[Kaos Kid]

Why the [censored] do manufacturers still include VGA ports!?

I use vga connections for a lot of computers to lcd/plasma tv's, especially with video cards that only have DVI or VGA. As technology moves forward I think the vga port will disappear but for now, there are a LOT of reasons to keep it. One of the main reasons is all the lcd/plasma tv's that only have 1 hdmi port (yea, manufacturers were brain dead on that one)

I understand why on a small netbook space is at a premium, but I wonder why the larger laptops and the lcd/plasma tvs don't have DVI instead of VGA ports? The port isn't that much bigger than VGA and I would think you could get a better quality picture from those video cards that don't have HDMI. I have a vga port on my Sony 47 LCD but I've never even thought of using it, even before I built my HTPC with HDMI onboard. However, if for some reason my HDMI in the HTPC went out, it would be nice to fall back on a DVI rather than a VGA.