Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #44707 in Consumer Electronics
• Brand: Asus
• Model: 90OA0BB53211431K224Q
• Released on: 2008-08-18
• Platform: Windows XP
• Dimensions: .0" h x .0" w x .0" l, 2.42 pounds
• Hard Disk: 12unknown-units
• Display size: 8.9

Manufacturer's Description
The Eee PC 901 offers even more options to users for unique user experiences. With the shockproof Solid State Drive (SSD) design, users will be able to enjoy stable and reliable computing on-the-go; while up to 8 hours of battery life and high speed 802.11n connectivity make it the ideal travelling companion for outdoor activities. What´s more, the Eee PC 901 now comes in 6 different designs to fit your unique personality. And if that's not enough, the Eee PC 901 comes with free 20Gb online storage space. Using a 'drag and drop' interface, Eee Storage makes sharing your data with family and friends even easier than before.

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Customer Reviews

I love my EeePC!
Good
Ultra compact & cool - Everybody who has seen it has commented!

Fast - 1GB of RAM seems to be perfectly OK - Copes well with the programs you would realistically want to run .Mega quick start up & shut down.

Keyboard - perfectly OK with keys are obviously small but I only type with two fingers so it doesn't really bother me

Battery life - I regularly get 6 hrs+ on a full charge

Forums - There is an incredible amount of info on every conceivable question you may have about EeePcs on the web - They seem to have a cult following

Bad
No CD/DVD drive - If you haven't got an external one it's a real pain to restore without it (you have to create a windows bootable flash drive from the restore disk - not as easy as it sounds!)

Bloatware - for a PC with only 12GB of storage there is a lot of rubbish pre-installed - it takes about 1hr to remove all the unnecessary programs that you don't really need.

Speaker Hiss - There was really annoying crackle (not a hardware issue) with my 901 - to fix this you have to update the Bios to 1001 from the ASUS website (thanks forums)

Small C drive - As this drive is only 4gb you have to be careful otherwise it gets full & causes problems - Make sure that any programs you install are installed on the D Drive otherwise you might be sorry. Once you've installed all the updates for windows your C drive will be nearly full. You find yourself using CCleaner nearly every day.

Overall these small negatives just give the EeePc more character & I would give it an overall 4.5
stars.

Great, but not perfect
So I am typing this on my new eee pc. It is fantastic - about 5hrs battery life, light as anything, it comes with me everywhere. It is not for long term use though - the screen hurts your eyes, the keyboard feels cheap and is unresponsive and the touchpad is rather fiddly. Also the storage space is annoyingly partitioned into a 4gb and an 8gb drive which means that windows update often fails due to lack of space. In actual fact I am planning on buying an external hard disk, which then adds to the weight/size. Hrm.

On the plus side, it is very nifty for the internet, and the fact that it is so small and light does mean I almost always have it with me. It is fantastic for catching up on emails or paperwork whilst sat at your favourite cafe, and it alwys gets attention - everyone is envious! So all in all I love it, and am very glad I made the purchase. Highly recommended, but be aware of its limitations - it is not the right choice for everyone.

Hope this helps!

Beware delicate screen !
I had one of these on trial from work and I loved it, however, while it was open on the desk I tried to move it by getting hold of the top corner of the casing; the heel of my hand was resting on the edge of the screen and it cracked ! I absolutely did not have hold of it tightly or anything, so although its innards maybe shockproof, its screen is a bit delicate.
Otherwise liked it very much (and I'm not a gadgety person at all).