knorcedger says anyone planning to buy Asus EEE 901 ?

26 responses to this plurk.

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  July 09, 2008 at 15:54 Anilikos says is that the tiny itsi bitsi thing?
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  July 09, 2008 at 15:54 ://jay_ says I want to, but I think I may just save some cash and get a cheap lappy instead - at least that way I get a DVD player/burner with it.
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  July 09, 2008 at 15:56 knorcedger says Yes, its the tiny laptop with 8.9 inches screen. With the battery lasting 5-7 hours, and only 1.1kilos i think its ideal for me
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  July 09, 2008 at 15:57 Anilikos says There's someone at the uni that got it recently.I'll check out if I see him.
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  July 09, 2008 at 15:57 ://jay_ thinks Its perfect for wireless browsing... but a little too small for word processing maybe? I dunno. ><
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  July 09, 2008 at 15:59 knorcedger says I plan to use it for some basic work when im away from home, and reading stuff while laying on the bed
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  July 09, 2008 at 16:02 thePuck says I am gonna pick up a couple for a house file/media server
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  July 09, 2008 at 16:02 Rammi wants one as it's so cheap, but I'm in a predicament where I need a laptop that runs Vista.
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  July 09, 2008 at 16:02 rosiewosie says Maybe for my son, someday, but not now. So it'll probably be another one as well
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  July 09, 2008 at 16:03 teddymun says wow it's TINY! It doesn't run on Vista... which might be a good thing afterall
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  July 09, 2008 at 16:04 ://jay_ says the hard drive isn't big enough to support a vista install anyway I don't think. They come preloaded with linux or xp now...
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  July 09, 2008 at 16:04 ://jay_ says the first releases were linux only, but they were 4gb hard drives and a 7" screen
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  July 09, 2008 at 16:05 teddymun says and i heard the battery life is kinda so-so only
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  July 09, 2008 at 16:08 knorcedger says The battery life is 5-7 hours for the 901
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  July 09, 2008 at 16:11 thePuck says I need a machine I don't need for working if I am gonna run linux boxes...linux is too much a hobby OS for a main desktop machine
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  July 09, 2008 at 16:13 teddymun says oh i guess I'm outdated. I heard of battery problems with it from a friend in Singapore
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  July 10, 2008 at 11:13 shaf nope it's too slow. My 5 year old vaio dothan 900mhz with modded SSD is just as fast as the atom
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  July 10, 2008 at 11:14 shaf batterylife ? Extended battery gives me 5.5 hours at full LCD brightness and full CPU load
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  July 10, 2008 at 11:14 shaf weight ? 1.2kgs for me is still portable
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  July 10, 2008 at 11:15 shaf screen size ? you can't beat having a widescreen with 1280x800 pixels
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  July 10, 2008 at 11:15 cspiegl says no, I have my MacBook and thats fine
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  July 10, 2008 at 11:17 shaf is still looking for a new laptop
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  July 11, 2008 at 11:11 iliaskount says no. I am happy with my MacBook.
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  July 11, 2008 at 11:29 teddymun says iliaskount lol you should be everybody is killing to get a macbook
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  July 11, 2008 at 11:32 ❀dialecti i'd buy a macbook pro if they came in 13.3"
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  July 11, 2008 at 11:44 knorcedger says macbooks are too expensive for me