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Testseek.co.uk have collected 77 expert reviews of the Asus Eee PC 901 and the average rating is 82%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Asus Eee PC 901.
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The editors liked

  • Screens still lovely
  • Six cell battery as standar
  • Stylish new chassis
  • Five hours of battery life
  • Very quick reading from flash memory
  • Large touchpad
  • Several color options
  • Whole package (netbook charger) is very light
  • Better processor and more memory than previous models
  • Battery life
  • Excellent battery life
  • Neat Linux operating system
  • Bluetooth
  • Bluetooth. Atom processor. Improved OS. Monstrous battery life
  • Better battery
  • Uses Atom CPU
  • New trackpad and mouse buttons
  • Intel Atom CPU
  • 8.9-inch screen
  • High-speed wireless
  • Intel Atom processor
  • 8.9in. screen
  • Good battery life
  • Highspeed 802.11n WiFi

The editors didn't like

  • Unresponsive touchpad
  • Retains external powerbrick
  • Much chunkier than the 701
  • Very slow writing to flash memory
  • 12 GB is not a lot of space
  • Maximum of 120 cd/m²
  • Awkward keyboard for people with large fingers
  • Quite expensive
  • Fiddly keyboard
  • Heavy. Tough price point. Bigger than 900
  • Heavier
  • Same keyboard as 900
  • Fiddly
  • Small keyboard
  • Small

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  Published: 2009-01-06, review by: maximumpc.com

  • Five hour battery life.
  • Limited storage capacity, cramped keyboard, and slow benchmark results.

 
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  Published: 2008-12-10, review by: v3.co.uk

  • Better processor and more memory than previous models; battery life
  • Awkward keyboard for people with large fingers
  • The 901 brings the improvements many were asking for but now there are many competitors ...

 
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  Published: 2008-11-04, review by: rbmods.com

  • Small, Good battery time, Good screen, Well packed
  • Performance, Price
  • If you need a small laptop maybe a EEE is a good choice although I would recommend a faster one than this. It came with WindowsXp installed which was nice and it did not seem to slow down the EEE at all although the hardware is not the fastest on this ...

 
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  Published: 2008-10-22, review by: notebookcheck.net

  • With the Asus Eee PC 901, Asus improves its 8.9" netbook 900. A faster chip set graphic, the sparing Intel Atom CPU, WLAN in Draft-n Standard, Bluetooth 2.0 and a refined design are the most important denouements. Especially the sparing Intel Atom N270 in...

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  Published: 2008-09-05, review by: Techreport.com

  • The original Eee PC was an intriguing device because it was just a step above a Blackberry, a basic web client device for about $400. The Eee PC 901, meanwhile, is something else: With Windows XP installed, its a strikingly complete little laptop PC. ...

 
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  Published: 2008-08-27, review by: phoronix.com

  • Abstract:  While we love the hardware and build quality that makes up the ASUS Eee PC 901, we are not exactly fond of the Xandros Linux operating system that powers this notebook. The improvements done by ASUS to this Linux distribution make it very easy to use, ...

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  Published: 2008-08-12, review by: infoworld.com

 
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  Published: 2008-07-31, review by: notebookreview.com

  • Small and light, Reasonably well built and durable, Flashbased storage, Intel Atom processor surprisingly capable, Surprisingly acceptable battery life
  • Impressive, but ASUS already has several superior Eee PC models on the market, 12GB of storage isnt a single drive (one 4GB drive and one 8GB drive), White plastics feel nice but "look" cheap, Keyboard too small/cramped, Temperatures a...
  • Last year our editorial staff was absolutely amazed by the original Eee PC. The original Eee PC finally delivered something that many consumers have wanted since laptops first arrived on the market: an extremely portable laptop with reasonable performa...

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  Published: 2008-07-25, review by: crn.com

  • Abstract:  Earlier this year, a new class of computers called netbooks started to appear. Looking like miniature laptops, they were designed to be an affordable alternative for those who only needed to surf the Internet, check email, and write or read an occasion...

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  Published: 2008-07-11, Author: Rene , review by: absolutegadget.com

  • Abstract:  With storage you have two option and these depend on the operating system provided. As Asus wanted to keep the price similar for both Windows XP and Linux versions, the XP iteration comes with a 12GB solid state disk, while the Linux one comes with a 2...

 
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