Testseek.com have collected 30 expert reviews of the Asus Eee PC 901 XP - Intel Atom and the average rating is 83%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Asus Eee PC 901 XP - Intel Atom.
July 2008
Experts 83% 30 Reviews
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Users - 0 Reviews
Average score from owners of the product.
The editors liked
Small and light
Reasonably well built and durable
Flashbased storage
Intel Atom processor surprisingly capable
Surprisingly acceptable battery life
Much-improved battery life
new mouse and quick-launch buttons
still highly portable and reasonably priced.
Excellent battery life
spiffy performance
multitouch touchpad
solid state storage
Draft-N wireless radio and Bluetooth
built-in CPU overclocking/underclocking application.
Extremely portable
Great battery life
Decent screen size
Comes with either Linux or Windows XP
Better processor and more memory than previous models
battery life
The editors didn't like
Impressive
but ASUS already has several superior Eee PC models on the market
12GB of storage isnt a single drive (one 4GB drive and one 8GB drive)
White plastics feel nice but "
look"
cheap
Keyboard too small/cramped
Temperatures a...
Slightly bigger than the Eee 900
price is creeping up to the full-size laptop range.
Keyboard still hard to use
a little more hefty than the Eee PC 900
glossy finish attracts fingerprints.
Keyboard is still too small
Linux still a bit unwieldy
Drive partitioning could cause issues for Windows users
Abstract: It is fairly apparent that each machine has been built for a specific user base, and that they don’t really collide with one another in anything other than high portability. The first conclusion that I would draw from analyzing the four netb...
Abstract: Although the 901 scored low marks for its cramped and fiddly keyboard, it just about excelled in every other department.The netbook is light and tough enough to lob in your bag and take it around all day, the screen is big and bright enough for everyda...
Abstract: With the Asus Eee PC 901, Asus improves its 8.9" netbook 900. A faster chip set graphic, the sparing Intel Atom CPU, WLAN in Draft-n Standard, Bluetooth 2.0 and a refined design are the most important denouements. Especially the sparing Intel Atom N270...
The original Eee PC was an intriguing device because it was just a step above a Blackberry, a basic web client device for about $400. The Eee PC 901, meanwhile, is something else: With Windows XP installed, its a strikingly complete little laptop PC. ...
Small and light, , Reasonably well built and durable, , Flashbased storage, , Intel Atom processor surprisingly capable, Surprisingly acceptable battery life
Impressive, but ASUS already has several superior Eee PC models on the market, , 12GB of storage isnt a single drive (one 4GB drive and one 8GB drive), , White plastics feel nice but "look" cheap, Keyboard too small/cramped, Temperatures a...
Last year our editorial staff was absolutely amazed by the original Eee PC. The original Eee PC finally delivered something that many consumers have wanted since laptops first arrived on the market: an extremely portable laptop with reasonable performa...
Abstract: Earlier this year, a new class of computers called netbooks started to appear. Looking like miniature laptops, they were designed to be an affordable alternative for those who only needed to surf the Internet, check email, and write or read an occasion...
Overall, I really liked the Eee PC 901 - but there are definite areas that can use improvement. The 8.9" 1024x600 LCD is a HUGE improvement over the 7" 800x480 screen of the Eee PC 701 - so much so that I would have difficulty using a 7" display going...
Published: 2008-07-02, Author: Darius Chang , asia.cnet.com
Excellent battery life; spiffy performance; multitouch touchpad; solid state storage; Draft-N wireless radio and Bluetooth; built-in CPU overclocking/underclocking application.
Keyboard still hard to use; a little more hefty than the Eee PC 900; glossy finish attracts fingerprints.
With an excellent battery life and spiffy performance, the Eee PC 901 has matured into an exceptional Netbook capable of all-day computing.
