JKK and I spent a lot of time hanging around the ASUS stand and the in the ASUS press conference earlier this week ad I swear, if ASUS had taken credit cards on the stage, JKK would have bought one at any price. It’s certainly more appealing with a 1024×600 screen and the large touch-pad and the build quality, just like the 701, is fantastic. It certainly looks like it’s worth way more than 399 Euros!
Unfortunately, it’s still not for me. I had a 12GB Everun with me last week and after 3 days I was getting short on storage. I could have uploaded to an online storage service but I just didn’t have the time so for me, a mobile mini-note like this is going to have to have 20GB minimum free storage. It also needs the Bluetooth (for A2DP and file transfer from phone) HSDPA built-in and a touchscreen which I just can not live without these days. I would also like to take advantage of an Intel Atom processor which at 1.8Ghz would be as powerful but return much much better battery life. However, for its target market, the Eee PC has to be the best option out there right now. Hats off to ASUS for pushing the boundaries.
Anyway, the reason I started writing this post was because JKK has just written a great summary of everything he found out about the 900 at CeBIT through a number of conversations he had with senior people at ASUS. If you have any interest in the 900 at all, read it becuase there’s some good inside info there.
Eee PC 900 Specifications are in the database.
