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Asus Eee 900 Review
The Asus EEE 900 is a small, portable computer that is a basic, affordable machine that doesn’t have to run the latest version of Windows. It is considered an ultra-portable machine that only measures 225×165×35mm. The screen is 8.9 inches and has 1,024 x 600 pixel resolution which allows you to view the majority of web pages perfectly without having to scroll sideways. Since the screen fills the lid of the computer, that gives you an idea of how compact this little computer is.
The Asus EEE 900 screen quality is superb with the widescreen aspect of most fully featured notebooks. It is evenly lit and has wide viewing angle with no dead pixels. It is functional and looks great! The keyboard is quite small, so it may not be suitable for those with bigger hands, but it works fine otherwise. There is a solid break after each keystroke.
The touchpad below the spacebar is wider than previous models and is multi-touch enabled. They’ve packed some of the cutting edge technology on a quite affordable computer. They can be bought for under $350, which makes them a bargain in the laptop world.
You can scroll from anywhere on the touchpad as long as you are using two fingers, which tells it you are not just trying to move the pointer. You can do vertical and horizontal scrolling this way.
The Asus EEE 900 comes with a 900MHz Intel Celeron processor in a 915 GM based motherboard, but the 1GB of RAM comes standard. The webcam is a 1.3 megapixel which makes it fun to talk with your friends. You can pick from two options on storage-either 12 GB or 20 GB. The main difference is that the 12GB comes preloaded with Windows XP, and the 20GB is Linux.
There’s a lot of performance built in and the computer responds quickly to commands. The Asus EEE 900 comes with a D-SUB port for hooking your computer up to an external monitor and has three USB Ports and a SD card slot for extra memory, if you need it. It also has an Ethernet port, as well as 802.11 b/g wireless built into the unit.
The battery life on the unit is around 3 hours depending on how many features you are using. While it is not a lot of battery life compared to the larger laptops, it is a small power brick, so it’s very portable as long as you are near a plug in.
The Asus EEE 900 is a great ultra portable computer with the features of many larger laptops. It’s small, lightweight and very affordable. It’s so small that many women carry them in their handbags, which makes it great for traveling and working in airports. It has a lot of value built into a wireless capable, notebook computer that is affordable for anyone and great for a gift.
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