Asus Eee PC 4G ( 701 ) Expert Reviews

Price, Portability, Price, Portability

Tiny screen, Tiny keyboard, Tiny storage, Tiny screen, Tiny keyboard, Tiny storage

Get less, pay more-- that's been the rule for ultralight notebooks whose price and size are inversely proportional. Miniaturizing state of the art components (or nearly state of the art) costs money in terms of design time, dealing with thermal issues and...

Light, small (but not too small) and sturdy. Very affordable. Good connectivity with WiFi, Ethernet and a modem. Can run Internet, productivity and even video apps respectably. Familiar OS, can run Windows programs. Flash drive is fast, quiet and durable-...

4 gig hard drive is too small for Windows XP, Office suite and a small collection of additional programs without nearly running out of space. Low resolution means windows and dialogs sometimes run off screen making the OK and cancel buttons elusive. Track...

, but the Shift costs 4x more. Though some clearance 15" notebooks can be found for $500, they aren't nearly as portable as the Eee PC, and we applaud ASUS for bringing the UMPC or ultra-portable to the masses. At $399 many folks can afford one, and it ma...

As it stands now the Eee is good, but we can't wait to see it get better with future updates..

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

On one of the legs of a recent trip that criscrossed Australia four times (that`s 12,000 kilometres in total), I was attempting to type a story on my 15-inch Acer Ferrari laptop. I prefer the aisle seats but on this trip however, the person in the middle

On the upside, it's silent, doesn't heat up much, although it does get quite hot in certain areas while charging. It's lightning fast, boots up and powers down in mere seconds. That's about it for now, a thorough test is coming soon and I wouldn't like to...

Looks like Asus will have to be on their guard as Acer has plans to unleash an Eee PC killer sometime in Q2 or Q3 this year. Apparently, this will not interfere with Acer's other low-cost, entry-level notebook known as the Packard Bell EasyNote XS (Packar...

Tiny and light; full suite of preinstalled software; easy-to-use Linux OS; inexpensive

Cramped keyboard; small screen; little storage space; no Bluetooth or optical drive; limited performance capability

With a tiny keyboard, small screen, and stripped-down OS, the Eee PC isn't for everyone. But it delivers unmatched portability at a bargain price.

The Eee PC -- named for "easy to work, easy to learn, easy to play"; you may also enjoy the Asus motto "Rock Solid, Heart Touching" -- is a two-pound traveling companion for anyone who'd like basic office productivity and WiFi Web and e-mail access in a s...

We might sing a different tune after a seven- or eight-hour stint, but working for two or three hours with the 4G was never a strain even to our middle-aged, bifocal'd eyes. One complaint, however, is that we did more horizontal scrolling than we're used