Hello and welcome to the forums. I haven't heard anything about the Nvidia chips in Asus netbooks (or any other computers) being faulty as of late. They had a big issue back quite a bit of time ago that they recently settled but I believe it was about 4 years ago. I currently have a full ION (not the ION LE) in my nettop and it has been chugging along without issues for ~6 months.
Personally, I wouldn't worry about it. Forums are rampant with rumors/false information being presented as facts, you have fanboys, and you are always going to see more people complaining that giving positive comments. People hardly ever register on forums to state how nice they like a product. Most register as they have a problem or complaint.
The Asus is definitely more feature packed than the Toshiba. The Toshiba netbook is nice but it runs the same hardware as everyone else and they charge a premium for it. The Asus is also pretty expensive representing the top tier of netbook prices.
I think you might be better off getting an ultra portable notebook instead. Ultra portable notebooks often have netbook-like battery life with more powerful processors and graphics capable of HD video playback. For example, a basic Dell Inspiron 14 with a dual-core Pentium processor, Intel HD graphics, DVD+-R/RW DL drive, 14" display, 250GB hard drive, and 2GB of RAM costs $490 and that is without any coupons (which you can easily find). You can get a dual-core packing Inspiron M101z for $550.
The Pentium processor might be lowly when compared to the Core i series but it is still better than an Atom. The dual-core AMD Neo processor (as in the M101z) is more powerful than the dual-core Atom in the Asus Eee PC. So I think there are better options if you are going to spend $500 or more. In my opinion, netbooks make their mark at around $300-$400. Anything higher than that and you might as well get an ultra-portable notebook.
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