IT PRO's Quick Take: the Asus Eee PC 900

[chromepl]

how about its performance running skype (using built in camera) ????

does it run smooth or are there any issues (celeron 900MHz instead of atom 1,6GHz) ????

[ryanbycraft]

Guy's... a bit of advice please... I want a small Mini Laptop for College this year to use every day. But i don't know whether to get this but with a 20Gb SSD or do i get the base model ACER ASPIRE ONE. Thanks for your help... Ryan xxx

[Gnothean]

Go with the Asus Eee 900 w/20Gb SSD (avoid the 16GB, it is very slow). Get your 900, invest $35 for a 2GB RAM stick, and then another $50 or so for a 10,400Mah extra battery - and Vola! You will have a premium little computer.

Stick a 128mb SSD in it next year when they become affordable, and maybe a bigger RAM stick also when they come out.

Otherwise, an external 120Gb USB HDD is also a good idea to carry around lots of extra data.

[jasa00]

The 20gb is also slow.

[colesprouse111]

can it use a mouse

[rastamahn11]

yea a usb mouse

[rushour78]

Is the new Asus Eee PC 900 has a data card slot?

[Anthony1995mills]

I dont think the new Asus Eee PC 900 has a data slot, but im posiive the old one does. Im using the old one now.

[pjx]

multitouch has been on mactops before the air...

[stonefry]

I can't take anybody seriously if they call themselves IT PRO and screw up the aspect ratio in their YouTube vid.

[Games5522]

LOL.

[sottodo]

is it posible to download MSN on Asus Eee PC 900 with Lunix?

[Dot2TheLock]

no u cant but there are other programs you can use i use pidgin its like tillian for windows u can use most im progs

[LaiWongBao]

yes it is.

[lycan305]

The Asus Eee Pc 900 With Linux comes with MSN installed to the eeepc.

[sottodo]

is it posible to download MSN at Asus Eee 900 With Lunix?

[SiliconRover]

Thank you for an informative overview of the PC 900. I appreciate the levity with which it was done.

[steve171274]

levity?

[SiliconRover]

I meant the humour. For example the tongue in cheek strategy for getting your IT department to buy you an Asus eee because it costs less than 25% of an upscale Lenovo Thinkpad.

[steve171274]

sorry it's just in the my world if i used the word 'levity' i'd probably beaten up, and i'd probably deserve it.

[Andy1644]

Is he running linux or xp?

[tipoomaster]

i want the EEE 900, but the problem is for the price they ask, you can get a full-featured laptop for just a bit more. they should drop the price.

[i1bydfalt]

do what i am doing a 701 4g surf from ebay for 250ish and a 16gb sdhc for another 80 then you get to charge it the small simple charger and if you really want i have seen hacks to get the bigger (900) screen into the smaller (701) body

[tipoomaster]

yea, but to get the 900's screen i would first need a 900, eliminating the need to buy a 700, lol.

[i1bydfalt]

or ebay, plus the 700 can be a touch screen

[mitko1984]

Why not with a touchscreen?!?!

ASUS! WE WANT A TOUCHSCREEN!!!! god damn it!

[CMLovejoy]

Hp mininote 2133 has a larger hard drive and larger keyboard for the same price.

[Zereniti77]

For $549 you can get an EEE with 20GB HD. For $499 you can get a 2133 with 4GB HD. Of those two EEE has faster CPU, twice the RAM and 5x the HD-space. 2133 has more professional appearance, better keyboard and better screen. It's not so clear-cut between the two

[reeffish2]

ya but a 20 gig ssd drive is nice for the price and withe the charger theres a pound and a half direness with charger

[Nefariouz]

the price isn't the same when you add wifi, extra ram, webcam and XP O/S to the HP 2133. I don't believe running Vista on a mini notebook is efficient.

[aaaaaras]

good review

[happytodd]

Nicely done, im interested in getting a asus eee pc 900. However you can't afford one if you just brought a top notch gaming pc thats on the market. Im in dept for buying it too. Owe my parents 2 grand still. However I'll try and nag my parents too get one hopefully within the month.

[webjthefirst]

lol, I'm in almost the same position as you, except I had most of the money for my gaming PC, and I've nearly already paid off my debt, so... :P

[happytodd]

damn you suck :P another reason why its expensive is you cant get a windows xp installed asus eee pc 900. You will need to buy a external cd drive which cost heaps... I just one want too maintain my storage etc

[webjthefirst]

You can get an XP EEE PC 900...

It just has 12GB SSD instead of 20GB SSD/

[RoverFover]

LOL at those in debt because of gaming PC. Learn to built your own. I have a Intel quad with 8 gigs of ram and a HIS IceQ 512MB videocard, all for 700 bucks!!!

[webjthefirst]

I did build it myself, it still costs money...

You finance an intel Q6600, 4GB of DDR3, 1 Terabyte of HDD, Vista Home Premium (32 bit), a Sounblaster X-Fi Xtreme Gamer, a 22inch Widescreen monitor, a Thermaltake VA8000SWA, an Asus P5E3 AND an ATI Radeon HD 3870 x2 1GB with $700...

[Spacemonkeymojo]

Hahah look at how big that stupid Thinkpad is!

[alexisthebestin]

good video! thax a lot

[Vtec01]

FUCK YEAH!!! finally...a real video review! you rock!

[fftb123]

how good is the memory on the asus eee 900?

and can you view web pages like normal laptop?

[F355]

1 gb ram

[cloud858rk]

Web pages display like they should, since the screen is now 1024 pixels wide.