Comments on: ASUS Eee PC 901 Mini-Review

By: Ben

Ben — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 02:08:29 +0000

I have heard some talk about the different memory types. 16GB is about right for me, but Ive heard that the type of memory it uses is particularly slow, and the 12GB is better. Does anyone know if this is true and if the 20GB suffers that same problem as the 16GB?

Many thanks

By: How to Get Six Pack Fast

How to Get Six Pack Fast — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 08:42:39 +0000

Not that I’m totally impressed, but this is more than I expected for when I stumpled upon a link on SU telling that the info is quite decent. Thanks.

By: Joel Abella

Joel Abella — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 01:03:27 +0000

Just purchased this mini-laptop this past Tuesday Nov.4, 08 from buy.com. Received it on Thursday 2 days later and i’ll tell yah….it’s the best $374.68 i’ve ever spent my money on! Asus nailed it & did everything right (in my opinion) on this laptop.Everything what a lot of people who bought this laptop was completely true. From browsing the net, bill paying on-line, to watching youtube to writing this blog to you, it’s one fantastic machine! Yeah; provided it doesn’t have a CD or a DVD optical drive, or this keyboard is a little cramped (i have small fingers so it was never an issue for me) or you can’t do major website designing on it BUT who does that anyway!? Majority of the folks that i know including me just browse & just surf the net.Plus; for $350.00 + tax & Free Shipping how could you go wrong!? Oh I forgot to mention the following: it comes w/ your choice of either Windows XP Home edition OR Linux/Ubuntu O S, it has 3 USB ports standard (1.0 /2.0 backward compatible), Screen Display is 8.9″ screen resolution is 1024 X 600, Battery is a 3 cell and it lasts 2.5 hrs. fully charged, it has a mike and speaker plug-ins, DVI plug-in & did i mention that it weighs only 2.25 lbs.!? I definitely recommend this mini-laptop to anyone who wants an inexpensive laptop for just for the very basics. I have been using it since thursday till now while i’m typing this & i’m in the commode….so buy one before they’re all gone!

By: Paul

Paul — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 02:07:17 +0000

I’m really interested in these small machines for teaching and also for running GPS software such as the Garmin PC Navigator. For this purpose I need a machine with Bluetooth because my GPS is Bluetooth. This means my choices are a little tight:

1. Eee PC 901 with the tiny 12GB split Flash drive
2. Eee PC 1000 with the nice 160 GB HD

I really like the idea of the 9 inch screen on the 901 because I will be using it in a car, but like the idea of the 160 GB because of the storage space.

I’d appreciate and comments or thoughts from people who have worked with both. My current laptop is a 13 inch Macbook so I feel I should look for something a lot smaller.

Thanks,

Paul

By: Maha

Maha — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 03:46:12 +0000

The 900 series was supposed to be a bridge to the 901 series which was not ready at the time. They wanted to get something out to market so that’s what happened.

By: GTR

GTR — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 17:36:37 +0000

Use the camera tripod next time

By: Mickey Blue Eyes

Mickey Blue Eyes — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 13:40:24 +0000

One of your questions was answered yesterday. The Asus Eee PC 901 w/ XP will be $600, above your $550 limit for “better than MSI” classification. I was all hot and ready to buy the 901, but with it’s high price tag and no Linux until the Fall, I’m ready to buy a MSI Wind on 16 June.

I was ready to buy the 901 w/ Linux despite any technical inferiority due to the large Asus user base to help me get it to be productive. But with the high price tag, good reviews of the MSI Wind — and that it runs SL — make me ready to just get the MSI Wind with familiar ol’ XP despite the small touchpad and wonky touchpad buttons.

By: kd

kd — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 02:00:28 +0000

you didn’t mention that the 900 had a 4-cell battery and the 901 ships with 6-cell battery.

this is significant because the extra battery llfe you are getting may not be very much related to the atom processor in theory, more testing needs to be done on that.

also, with a six cell, you’re talking about more weight with the 901 versus the 900, surely more than 1kg.

weight is more important in traveling than size.

i own the 900, and am glad i didn’t wait for the 901. this thing does everything i need it to do.

i’ll pick up an atom based eeepc (linux only, my windows days have been over for years) when they figure out that faster 4GB SSD is not enough for the OS, and start to make the primary SSD with around 8GB.

Bluetooth I don’t need.
GPS I don’t need.
HSDPA I don’t need.

I can palm a basketball but I don’t need a bigger keyboard either.

just keep the cost down, do something about the speakers being mounted underneath instead of on the sides near the fan and SD card slot, and then I’ll stop looking up reviews of this thing because it will be perfect at that point.

by the way, the 901 is ugly as h3ll.

By: jalian

jalian — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 13:30:36 +0000

so which is ultimately better in terms of performance and price, the eee 901 or the msi wind?

By: FooFighter007

FooFighter007 — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 09:59:36 +0000

Very interesting!

Does the EEE-PC 901 also use a Atheros chip for WLAN?