Well, this is unhappy. While you told you progressing this week which a Ion 2-powered ASUS Eee PERSONAL COMPUTER 1201PN wouldn’t be nearing until late May, the series of European sites have gotten early examination samples of a 12-inch “netbook” — if you select to call it which — as well as have detected which it doesn’t make use of NVIDIA’s Optimus involuntary graphics switching record. That’s right, instead we’re told by NVIDIA which a dissimilar GeForce 201M GPU runs invariably as well as Intel’s integrated chip is never used — the pattern that sounds similar to it’ll positively kill a battery holdup upon this appurtenance. According to Hardware Zone, ASUS done this preference aiming to be a initial to marketplace with a subsequent era of Ion, though an Optimus chronicle of a ASUS Eee PERSONAL COMPUTER 1201PN will be ready after this entertain. It additionally appears which an Eee PERSONAL COMPUTER 1215N with both Ion 2 as well as Optimus is floating around, though you haven’t reliable what’s starting upon with which. We’re contemptible if you confused you even some-more, though we’ll be gripping the eyes out for a early reviews of a 1201PN to see if the likely dual hours of battery holdup is upon a symbol.

Update: The 1201PN cannot be updated with firmware to capacitate Optimus — a hardware isn’t there for a involuntary switching.