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Asus EeePC 901

By Rory Reid, CNET.co.uk on 20 June 2008 03:13 PM

Tags: asus, eeepc, 901, netbook, mininote, 900, battery life, atom

ZDNet Australia Editors’ Choice

Manufacturer: ASUS

Battery

  • Battery type included
  • Lithium-ion

Connectivity

  • Network interface
  • 10/100 LAN, Bluetooth, 802.11n
  • Dialup modem
  • No
  • USB ports
  • 3
  • VGA
  • Yes

Display

  • Natural resolution (max)
  • 1024 x 600 pixels
  • Diagonal screen size
  • 8.9 inch

Drives

  • Primary hard drive
  • 20 GB

General

  • Weight
  • 1.1 kg
  • Laptop type
  • Ultraportable

Memory

  • Amt of RAM
  • 1GB
  • Memory card reader
  • Yes

Other

  • Integrated webcam
  • Yes

Processor

  • Processor type
  • Intel Atom
  • Processor speed
  • 1.6 GHz

Software

  • Operating system
  • Linux

Sound

  • Embedded stereo speakers
  • Yes

Talkback 3 comments

    "the keyboard is too smal ...chewie -- 11/07/08

    "the keyboard is too small for our liking" - well boys and girls, don't buy a sub-notebook, small keyboards are sort of a need on miniature devices

    The key board may be small ...Steve C -- 31/07/08

    The key board may be small but typing with one hand isn't hard to learn.

    The good: Size and weight are excellent.

    I love it. Joel -- 20/08/08

    I love it.

    The good: Incredibly small, but seemingly able to do almost anything an average desktop PC can do.

    The bad: The SSD drive is slower than a HD when doing things like installing large programs.

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The good:
  • Intel Atom CPU
  • 8.9-inch screen
  • Battery life
  • High-speed wireless
The bad:
  • Fiddly, small keyboard
The bottomline:

The Eee PC 901 is better than its predecessor, the 900. It looks nicer, has a faster, more efficient CPU and better battery life. It's larger and 100g heavier and its keyboard is still too small for our liking, but in many ways it's the pick of the netbook litter

Editors’ rating:

8.8/10

RRP: AU$649.00

Related topics:

asus, eeepc, 901, netbook, mininote

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