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TrustedReviews Jun 14, 2008

Brimming with features and with a new CPU and better battery, the Eee PC 901 personifies exactly the spirit in which the original was created. It may be a bit more expensive than the original and lack a more comfortable keyboard, but for a balance of features, size, usability and value, the 901 has...

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9.0
thedarkangel thedarkangel

This model is a powered up EeePc901, with a new 16-SSD (one single SSD ASUS-JMS41 100 MB/s tested) and a different wireless card (Atheros AR2425 mini-PCI-E, instead of Ralink wireless module) and it is only wifi without bluetooth(that I think it is not so useful). More it integrates a...

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9.0
ryangilmore ryangilmore

I love having my 901. The battery life is outstanding, with 6-7 hours of real world use. The keyboard does take some getting used to, but now that I have used it for a while (had this since Christmas '08), I have no problem typing on it. The resolution (1024*600) is a tad low for my tastes,...

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7.0
tatsumaki tatsumaki

Worst thing about the 901 is that if you get the XP edition, you end up with a 4 GB SSD and an 8 GB SSD...and guess which one they chose to put XP on! Not bad for a netbook, in terms of performance, but you'd never mistake it for a real computer. Video playback (something I predominately...

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9.0
hardingbn hardingbn

It was early in 2008 and the military had me scheduled to travel to Afghanistan for three weeks, move to Germany on 11 Sep (what a date) and ultimately deploy to Iraq by year's end. Not having a laptop at the time, I was keenly aware of the up and coming netbook community. Seeing how ASUS...

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