Asus EEE PC S101 Netbook

Just had my hands on one of the sexy babe. The S101 is IMHO: SEXY! Simply EXpensive Yes but I still want one! We tested one of these in Parkway Harvey Norman. Check out these review links: –

http://www.itechnews.net/2008/10/07/asus-eee-pc-s101-live-shots/

http://www.itechnews.net/2008/10/20/asus-eee-pc-s101-unboxed/#more-14683

http://reviews.cnet.com/laptops/asus-eee-pc-s101/4505-3121_7-33357387.html

http://crave.cnet.co.uk/laptops/0,39029450,49299358-1,00.htm

 

Currently available in Singapore is the Dark Brown S101. Other than the price, we highly recommend this showoff piece with decent performance netbook to anyone who does blogging, typing, work on simple Excel worksheet, surf net, does emails etc.

Like:

• Nice screen, 10.2” WVGA(1024×600) – LED backlight. Some of you might concern about the 1024×600, well, it looks better than a 1600×1200 on a 12” screen. Comfortable to the eyes.
• Good keyboard! Much better than the EEEPC 701 we had.
• Thin, overall well balanced spec.

 

Dislike:

• The price: S$1,098??!?
• Battery, 4 cell only. Claimed 5 hrs… I am not too sure about it.
• 16GB with 11GB available ONLY!

 

Recommendation:

• Upgrade to 2GB RAM and throw away that 1GB RAM. Although some reviewer says upgrades does not work…weird!
• Clean up unnecessary XP Home Services to make it run faster.
• Add high speed SD card to store your files.