Asus EeePC 1015P and 1015PE revealed

Fanfare time: Asus has ripped the wrappings off a pair of new EeePC netbooks – and each boasts a marathon battery life of 13.5 hours. In a world of countless similarly-specced netbooks, that certainly grabs your attention.

The Asus EeePC 1015P and EeePC 1015PE appear to share the same specs, the only difference between these 10.1in netbooks being cosmetic (and being Seashell models, those cosmetics are rather lovely).

It’s a pretty standard loadout for each model, with Intel Atom N450 processor, 1GB of memory, N-standard Wi-Fi and a choice of 160GB, 250GB and 320GB hard disk drive.

But it’s that six-cell battery that’ll really get mobile-minded users salivating into their lattes. If it lasts the 13.5 hours Asus claims, that means you can whack an EeePC 1015P or PE in your bag and expect all-day web surfing, emailing and other basic stuff without having to hunt down a power point.

There’s no word on pricing or a launch date just yet.

Dan Grabham Editor-in-Chief

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Dan is Editor-in-chief of Stuff, working across the magazine and the Stuff.tv website.  Our Editor-in-Chief is a regular at tech shows such as CES in Las Vegas, IFA in Berlin and Mobile World Congress in Barcelona as well as at other launches and events. He has been a CES Innovation Awards judge. Dan is completely platform agnostic and very at home using and writing about Windows, macOS, Android and iOS/iPadOS plus lots and lots of gadgets including audio and smart home gear, laptops and smartphones. He's also been interviewed and quoted in a wide variety of places including The Sun, BBC World Service, BBC News Online, BBC Radio 5Live, BBC Radio 4, Sky News Radio and BBC Local Radio.

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