Asus EEE PC 900 Netbook - Dining Room Table Reviews

LATEST NEWS: The full review of the 900HA, the successor of the 900, can be found at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASi_LvtvPAM .

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Review of the Asus EEE PC 900 mini-notebook from my dining room table.

The Ubuntu-EEE screenshots you see in the video are actually from the Ubuntu-EEE Live CD. I did install and thoroughly test Ubuntu-EEE for my review, but had already installed Windows 2000 when I realized I had completely forgotten to record any screenshots of the Ubuntu installation.

I can be such a n00b sometimes... :)

To install Windows 2000, you'll have to create a new installation disc with the nLite utility available at http://www.nliteos.com . You'll need to include the latest Windows 2000 Service Pack and the drivers from the EEE PC 900's Windows XP driver disc, otherwise the Windows 2000 installation will fail to start.

One of the best tweaks you can perform under Windows is to move the swap file from the primary to the secondary solid-state drive. You'll have more room for your applications, and there will be fewer read/write accesses to the primary drive.

A correction. One of the sample clips was mistakenly credited as "The Next Great Canadian Prime Minister. The title is actually "Canada's Next Great Prime Minister", which you can find at http://www.cbc.ca/nextprimeminister .

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• Asus
• EEE
• PC
• 900
• Mini
• Notebook
• Computer
• dining
• room
• table

[evan8837]

does is have a microphone on it or do i have to buy my own? If I buy this product should i buy the xp version or linux. I'm familiar with xp and linux looks like a phone.

[TheCanadianPublic]

Yes, there is a microphone, but it sounds like crap.

Get a 900 that's equipped with a proper mechanical hard drive, and not this model with the SSD drive unless you can purchase a better performing after-market SSD drive. Even with a better SSD drive, this model is still severely underpowered due to its Celeron processor. The models equipped with the mechanical hard drives use the better performing Atom processor.

[otharennaur]

man i'm so confused, my birthday's coming and i've been convincing my dad to buy me a netbook, after searchin everywhere, i found an Asus eee pc 900 for $ 200 and an Aspire One for $ 280, what should I buy??

i've been installing Ubuntu for a couple years and installing it and XP from a USB pendrive for months at my work. So, remobing Xandros or Linpus is not a problem.

Pleeeease, help me decide!!!

[TheCanadianPublic]

Get a netbook with a mechanical hard drive. AVoid netbooks with SSD drives, they're just too slow and too limiting.

Check out my 900HA and 1000HE reviews. You should be able to find the 900HA for about $300 or less. There has been a lot of price drops lately.

[totin734]

Francois you are the bomb at this stuff dude! Keep on rocking !!! Nice Job!!!

[an65001]

LOL they sell these Celeron versions in stores in india!

[volure1]

This netbook was in the 07 about. Now you cna buy this degraded netbook for only 149.99 not bad. If on sale it gose sometime for 99.99.

[xXxJakeLambBoyXxX]

How Big Is The HDD On It Please Reply ASAP

[Shotoran]

lol at 7:48

at the last minute the cutted the clip why didnt you show us lol XD

i wanted to see the destruction of it after all the things you said horrible

[otharennaur]

=) Thanks, but in my country it's impossible to find anything from Asus, the 900 i saw is from a man who just came from the U.S., so, i guess i better forget about Asus...