Home > Consumer Reviews > ASUS Eee PC 900 8.9-Inch Netbook (Intel Mobile Processor, 1 GB RAM, 20 GB Solid State Drive, Linux, 4 Cell Battery) Pearl White

Tis an amazing system, the larger screen is a delight. The Linux operating system is good and always works, great Coffee Cruiser... The native Linux operating system is fast and makes this computer less susceptible to drive by viruses now it is reported that 1 in a 1000 web pages are poisoned...

This computer is not a Desktop replacement, but it is lightweight and everything else for your mobile computing needs. This and the smaller unit are expensive and should be price for less, but presume there will be more competition for the consumer with adjusted pricing in the near future. I am guessing, but feel the falling dollar value can be blamed for 25% of the current price...

The new unit with the larger screen should have come to market at the $399 price and the older Asus EEE should have dropped to the $199 price point.

The first released Asus EEE unit was a fabulous success with Linux as its operating system, but add Microsoft XP to the unit and watch the system slow down and become almost non-usable with all the malware. This is a take with you system, and if you do not spend an hour each and every day keeping the system virus and advertisement free any windows XP system is going to be a problem... This is a wireless system, completely open to every predator in every library, public WiFi and school setting.

Only area I feel has been neglected at the current price level, where is the bluetooth & internat Cell phone that needs to be part of this $599 EEE PC 900... The size is approaching and above full laptops, and other systems are ready scheduled to arrive on market near or at the $400 price...

I love it the easy, safety and speed of the Linux operating system, and enjoy its amazing ability to locate a wireless signal and be web surfing while my on-line messenger and e-mail is ready almost in the blink of an eye...

Overall it is a very expensive small form system, maybe I stepped up to the counter a bit early to secure the best Coffee Cruiser for my after tax dollars...

The hardware Asus decided upon makes it easy to install almost any Linux operating system you enjoy using.

MT

i havent purchased a eee900 as of yet working on the funds. But its simply amazing how people treat tech toys like this. When u buy this yeah it has a small keyboard, but its alot better then say using a txt msg phone like the env2 from verizone. its a full blown computer that will do just about anything you want it to do i unlocked the xandros desktop on my 2g surf. That was so easy it wasnt funny and i am not even a linux person. There are so many forms and blogs that will walk u through the whole process all u have to be able to do is read. You can unlock it while u are useing it. the touch pad is a little sensitve and the clicks not very responsive. Thats an easy fix all u have to do is go in to the settings tab and adjust it just like a regular notebook.
Plain and simple if you want a machine that is easy light weight dang near indestructable this is for you.If you cant handle this the hope over to your local walmart they have the acer aspire with a 14.1 screen 2gb ram and 120gb h/d for about 500.00 and guess what it has windows vista which makes it a great paper weight.
All in all the eee pc is great for kids to adults to seniors simple and easy to use. shoot you can even hook it up to a pc monitor with a vga cable slap in a usb mouse and keyboard and go to town as if it was a full desktop. Nothing expensive required.
So stop your crying and stop expecting that this is something more then it is because it is exactly what is shows to be.
viva la eee revolution

ASUS Eee PC 900 8.9-Inch Netbook (Intel Mobile Processor, 1 GB RAM, 20 GB Solid State Drive, Linux, 4 Cell Battery) Pearl WhiteHonestly, I should be getting my ASUS 900 20g w/ linux, TODAY,so I haven't yet used it. But I wanted to ask, how do people compare it to the Acer Aspire One (8 gb SSD hard drive; 512 MB RAM; linux OS)?

I purchased this item hoping for a small, highly portable second laptop to take with me when I travel for business. What I got, however, is a PC that takes 20 minutes to boot, hour-glasses every time you move the mouse, and is generally completely worthless. Returned and went with the Eee PC1000 and it is a much better machine.

I would save my money for the next Eee PC or better yet for the MSI Wind. The Wind is getting great reviews and seems to be much better value for the money.

And, No, I don't work for MSI. It's just that i was doing a lot of research on these new mini notebooks, because I was thinking of buying an Eee PC. Then I came across the Wind and thought I would share this discovery with my fellow mini notebook shoppers.

Heres a review of the Wind.

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Now I'm just waiting for Amazon to get these things in stock so I can order one.