Asus EEE PC 900 Expert Reviews

Increasing the screen size does more than let you see a whole Web page; it changes the emphasis of the ASUS Eee PC 900 from portability to compromise.

One thing that hasn�€™t changed is the processor inside the Eee. It�€™s the same Intel Celeron 900MHz CPU on a 915GM motherboard. That�€™s where the Eee trumps the Via C7-M HP�€™s Mini-Note, which otherwise has

The second-generation Eee PC is worth the extra money because of its larger screen and beefier storage, but we wish it lasted longer on a charge.

Wider, higher-resolution screen, Multi-touch trackpad, Simple interface, Lightweight design

Cramped keyboard, Lackluster battery life, Automatic power-saving feature affects performance

The trackpad's standout feature is ASUS' new multi-touch FingerGlide capability. Similar to the Apple MacBook Air's touchpad, we could scroll vertically through Web pages by swiping two fingers up or down; scrolling horizontally was finicky. You can zoom

For the EeePC 900, ASUS added a few enhancements to the original model, and it's still a tremendous bargain.

Amazing bargain. Added an extra 16GB SSD drive. Wider screen. Designed like any other high-end laptop. Integrated webcam. Three USB ports. Good speakers. Xandros Linux is speedy and solid. Comprehensive software bundle.

Not powerful enough to stream audio and video from an external optical drive. Cramped keyboard. Terrible mouse buttons.

The EeePC 900 is now $550, but you get an extra 16GB SSD drive, a wider 8.9-inch screen, and 1GB of RAM.

This $549 mini-notebook is one of the first Windows laptops to offer a multitouch pad.

Multitouch pad actually works in Windows, Crisp, 8.9-inch screen

Small keyboard not suited for adult hands

(with models selling between $500 and $750) isn't looking too bad, either

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Decent battery life; highly portable; lots of useful software

Tiny keyboard is hard to type on; screen is very small; system is not for everyone

Asus's long-awaited 9-inch (well, 8.9-inch) version of its groundbreaking Eee PC 4G arrives with all the familiar trappings installed... only this time it's a little bigger - in more ways than one. Not only is the screen bumped up from seven inches to nin...

Positively pint-sized, just 3 ounces heavier (2.2 pounds) than the seven-inch model. Window XP model available (same price, but drops total storage from 20 GB to 12 GB). Excellent component upgrades over 7-inch model.

Price now flirts with full-sized notebooks. No 802.11n. Multitouch-like trackpad features are simplistic and underdeveloped. Some fan noise. Uncomfortably dim screen.

When we first saw the diminutive Asus Eee PC back in the fall of 2007, we were duly impressed by its capability to mix small size with a small price, and rightly predicted it would be popular with consumers and influential with other PC makers (although,

Bigger screen in same small package; new touch pad gesture controls; long battery life.

Not as much storage space as the Linux version; same old Celeron CPU as original Eee PC; keyboard just as cramped.

The 9-inch Asus Eee PC 900 adds a bigger screen and a larger capacity solid-state hard drive than its 7-inch precursor, but the new price has passed the point of an impulse purchase.