Eee PC 901 First Impressions - bit-tech.net Forums

CardJoe · 13th Jun 2008, 16:37

http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/200...-impressions/1

Asus have just dropped into the office with an extra special present - a brand new Eee PC 901 model with Bluetooth, an Atom Processor and a whole heap of new games, software and utilities. Take a look at our unboxing as we take a glance at the latest Eee on the market.

samkiller42 · 13th Jun 2008, 16:44

Oooh, shiney, does it come in black? And what sort of price is the XP varient?

Sam

ch424 · 13th Jun 2008, 16:48

Hopefully the online storage/backup will be faster and more reliable than their website!

Naberius · 13th Jun 2008, 16:52

I can see the purpose of these mini-laptops is, but theres far too much focus on them, im fed up with reading about them.

UncertainGod · 13th Jun 2008, 17:11

I'll be grabbing it as soon as the black one is available over here.

Jordan Wise · 13th Jun 2008, 17:25

is July 1st the launch date for all the new eee pc models or just the 901?

Bindibadgi · 13th Jun 2008, 17:28

I think all of them.

Firehed · 13th Jun 2008, 17:43

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Originally Posted by samkiller42

Oooh, shiney, does it come in black? And what sort of price is the XP varient?

Sam

If it's like the previous versions, XP costs the same but only includes 12GB of storage (the cheaper hard drive offsets the license cost).

If that translates to right around the 900's $549 price tag in the states... I'm tempted. Not incredibly so, but in the "it would be nice to have" sense.

Tile · 13th Jun 2008, 17:50

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Silver51 · 13th Jun 2008, 17:51

Does anyone know how this compares performance wise to the 900?

TTmodder · 13th Jun 2008, 18:06

gimme gimme gimme

Bindibadgi · 13th Jun 2008, 19:05

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Originally Posted by Tile

What I really want to see is the motherboard fully exposed and if Asus are still using soldered SSD chips to it then I car fully forget the existence of the Eee PC

Wait til Sunday when I get it back off TR

cosmic · 13th Jun 2008, 19:32

Would like to see a comparison with the HP 2133 Mini-note - once that gets an Alpha processor might be a better option given the better keyboard and higher screen resolution. Decisions decisions !

UncertainGod · 13th Jun 2008, 20:25

The mini-note looks a bit lack-lustre with it's generic, slow as hell suse desktop.

Tile · 13th Jun 2008, 21:50

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Amon · 14th Jun 2008, 03:34

Looks like a preschooler's laptop from TOYS R US. Unless it were offered in something like torch red or olive drab, I'd rather have the HP 2133 under my arm when walking around in public.

cosmic · 14th Jun 2008, 10:21

Amon

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Originally Posted by UncertainGod

The mini-note looks a bit lack-lustre with it's generic, slow as hell suse desktop.

It might be possible to replace SUSE with a different desktop. I like the idea of a larger keyboard - goes with my larger fingers - and higher res screen. Not decided yet, so still looking at the options, but as Amon says, that mini-note looks good.

shadow12 · 14th Jun 2008, 11:20

The good thing is there are many more options out there now than there were 6 months ago.

sotu1 · 14th Jun 2008, 14:42

still just a tad too expensive for me. gonna have to wait until component prices drop just that little bit more. i'm happy with the spec, that's about all i'll need for a netbook...just don't want to pay that much for it.

evanbraakensiek · 14th Jun 2008, 20:17

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Originally Posted by Silver51

Does anyone know how this compares performance wise to the 900?

Agree. It seems like an awful oversight on the part of bit-tech'. I paid £330 for the 900' a month of so ago, but I'd be curious to see if the Atom processor gave a significant boost to performance. I might see if I could offload this and pick up the 901.

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