Hardware Eee PC 901 First Impressions

http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/2008/06/13/eee-pc-901-first-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.

 

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

Sam

 

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

 

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.

 

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

 

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

 

I think all of them.

 

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.

 

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

 

gimme gimme gimme

 

Wait til Sunday when I get it back off TR

 

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 !

 

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

 

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.

 

Amon

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.

 

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

 

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.

 

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.

 

suse, is the OS its more the installer and default packages, and its possible to change the desktop i believe the mini-note was using gnome desktop enviroment

 

I'm going to be in Ohio in July... Apart from having to find an adapter for the power brick, would there be any major issues with buying one there and bringing it back to the UK? Been a while since I had the opportunity to enjoy the exchange rate!