ASUS Eee PC 900 8.9-Inch Netbook (Intel Mobile Processor, 1 GB RAM, 20 GB Solid State Drive, Linux, 4 Cell Battery) Galaxy Black | 
| Brand: Asus
List Price: $549.99
Buy New: $417.99
You Save: $132.00 (24%)
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Rating:  65 reviews
Sales Rank: 574
Color: Galaxy Black
Media: Personal Computers
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Operating System: Linux
CPU Manufacturer: Intel
CPU Speed: 900
System Bus Speed: 400
System Memory: 1
Memory Type: DDR2 SDRAM
Floppy Disk Drive: None
Native Resolution: 8.9
Modem: None
Display Size: 8.9
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.2
Dimensions (in): 6.7 x 8.9 x 0.8
nv:Condition: New
Lifestyle: Internet & Email
Operating Systems: LINUX
Platform: Netbook
Display Type: WSVGA
Viewable Screen Size: 8.9"
Maximum Resolution: 1024 x 600
Processor Brand: Intel
Processor Class: Mobile CPU
Memory Type: DDR2
Memory Size: 1GB
Graphics Description: Integrated Graphics
GPU/VPU: Intel UMA
Capacity: 20GB
Optical Drive Type: N/A
Supplemental Drive Type: Media Reader
Media Types: SecureDigital
Media Types: Multi Media Card
Audio Description: Integrated Audio
MPN: EEEPC900-BK028
Model: EEEPC900-BK028
UPC: 884840258094
EAN: 0884840258094
ASIN: B001AJNA02
Shipping: Eligible for Super Saver Shipping
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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| • | Easy to Learn | | • | Easy to Work | | • | Easy to Play | | • | Excellent Internet Experience | | • | Excellent on the go |
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Product Description
Netbook Eee PC 900 offers you more options for your mobile computing needs. Incorporating with the built-in Solid State Drive (SSD) technology provides shockproof computing, less power consumption, fast boot up, less heat, less RMA, less noisy and lighter weight, you will find it "Easy to learn, work and play" - making it your best outdoor companion anywhere, anytime. New perspectives with 8.9 inch display - large 8.9" screen size for more screen space, making it more comfortable on eyes when in use. 1024 x 600 resolution allows you to view a single A4 page without the need to scroll left or right for easier reading and editing of documents. 8.9" screen does not affect the overall weight of the Eee PC 900, which remains below 2.18lbs, making it your ideal mobile Internet device. It also offers Rapid Start in less than 15 seconds with full range of applications to enhance communications and computing experiences with no extra costs. Content includes Eee PC, battery, AC Adapter, Sleeve Case, Manual and Recovery CD.
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 I Really Wanted To Like This Thing, But... June 19, 2008
George
109 out of 132 found this review helpful
I love the idea of the Asus Eee PC. I've long wanted a nearly full-featured laptop in this size.
So after reading so many positive reviews for this I decided to go ahead and get one. Sadly, after a mere two days playing with it, I have an RMA to get a refund.
So what's my gripe with it?
Several things. Firstly, though this machine has "20GB" of storage, its 20GB is spanning two storage devices, it's not a single drive. The formatted capacity here is 3.74GB for the main faster SSD that the OS runs from, and 15GB for the slower secondary storage.
I purchased this version and installed XP Pro on it (since the XP version only comes with 12GB). 4GB is simply too small. After installing and updating XP, there was just no room left to install any apps I wanted, even after cleaning up the drive.
Secondly, the touch pad and buttons. The touch pad is WAY too sensitive and finicky, frankly it's just terrible. Even knowing this and trying to carefully tap click, it would way too often instead perform an extremely fast double click, and it would often repeatedly/consecutively do this. This gets extremely irritating very fast. Updating the touch pad driver had no effect for me.
As for the touch pad buttons, they are way too stiff. Perhaps they wear down after a lot of use, but I'd go insane before ever finding out.
Lastly, and the least excusable, is the battery life. For a device like this it's simply inexcusably awful. This is with the 5800mAh battery: with wireless OFF (FN + F2) and the screen dimmed down to its second most dark setting (which is really unacceptably dark for all but the very best-lit environments), this thing barely lasted over 2 hours. One more battery cycle to confirm this pathetic performance and I was ready to box it up and send it back.
I can forgive a lot of things regarding a tiny laptop, the small screen, small keyboards that are tricky to type on, etc. That is totally excusable.
But what a tiny laptop with a small screen, no optical drive, and a solid state hard drive should absolutely excel at is battery life, and this fails horribly. Less than 2.5hrs with a darkened screen and disabled wifi is just inexcusable.
If you're still really intent on a micro laptop, I still wouldn't recommend the 900, I'd highly recommend you just wait a few weeks for the Eee PC 901. It features the new highly efficient Intel Atom which uses far less energy and therefore improves battery life (hopefully Intel will develop a new efficient chipset to go along with it).
I still love the idea of an Eee PC and look forward to what Asus and other companies will have to offer over the coming year or so. If this had a minimum 8GB primary SSD, a far better touch pad and buttons, and the battery lasted 4+ hours with wifi enabled and the brightness halfway up, I'd love it.
 Asus EEE PC 20G = Perfection May 14, 2008
A. E. Golder (MD,USA)
94 out of 114 found this review helpful
I had the EEE PC 4G and once I found out the 20G 900 was coming out, back to the store it went!! If you are on the fence between this and the 4G 701 for $399, I would say the extra $150 for this one is money well spent as you get a bigger screen, which is awesome, allows you to view a web page without having to scroll left or right, 5X the storage, 20 Gigs compared to only 4 Gigs on the EEE PC 701 and twice the ram. Same form factor, and definitely is a head turner. Only caveat is Linux was just not for me, so I slapped on Windows XP very easily using the instructions provided in the user manual and the driver disk provided by ASUS.
The Eee is great and it came with the 5800mah battery May 19, 2008
C. Pichner (Mpls, MN USA)
75 out of 78 found this review helpful
I have to say even though I have only had the Eee 900 for a few days I love it! I plan on coming back and giving updates as I have them but out of the gates it works as advertised. One thing amazon does not say is that it comes with the bigger 5800mah battery which is great. I haven't done an actual timed battery test but we can surf for about three hours on a charge. Also I tested out video skype(which comes installed) and that works well too. For the more advanced users you can enable a full desktop mode for KDE Linux which as a more familiar windows feel. It takes some work but once you get it installed its easy to switch from the standard tabbed interface to the full desktop interface when you need more flexibility. If you are looking for a very portable laptop with good battery life and a great screen this would be a great choice.
*Update*
Having had the Eee for a while I have to admit that it is difficult to touch type on. I find myself making a large number of typing errors, but given the overall size of this laptop I didn't assume this would be like a full size keyboard. If you are planning to use this as a primary laptop just keep in mind this is a small keyboard. Go to your local retailer and see if they have one of the older models as a display and give it a try. That should give you an idea of what it is like to type on the 900.
*Update* (July 2008)
The battery life seems to be about 2 hours, that is with wifi enabled and 90% of the time spent surfing the net (email, Firefox etc). We realized early on that you cant really charge up the battery with the Eee turned on so every night we shut it down and charge it over night, it is always ready to go 1st thing in the morning, but I think it takes about 4 hours to charge the battery from 10% to 100%. My wife uses it as her primary email and internet machine, it is used at least 5 days a week draining the battery almost everyday. We have yet to see any decrease in the life of the battery
*UPDATE* (Nov 2008)
Well the Eee had to be sent in to Asus for service, the webcam just stopped working and the left mouse click stopped working. The webcam is just not recognized by the Eee and the mouse button still clicks but only registers about 10% of the time. I called up Asus and they gave me an RMA number to send it in. When we get it back I will post how long it took to fix and what that actually did to resolve my issues. At this point I would give it 4 stars, we use it daily as we would a normal size laptop so it is showing signs of wear.
The best laptop I've ever touched May 21, 2008
Igor Mendoza (Shakopee , MN Usa)
44 out of 44 found this review helpful
I just got this 900 Asus laptop and love everything about it.All the talk about the keyboard size is lame. After 30 minutes of typing I don't even notice the difference in size from a regular keyboard. Linux works great- especially after unlocking full desktop mode(which takes only a couple of minutes)It works much faster than my Dell laptop with windows on it that has twice the memory and faster processor. And like somebody mentioned above- I don't have to worry about viruses wiht linux( it's been known to have only 20 written viruses for the OS verses millions for windows)And I got almost 3 hours battery life on my first test drive, downloading music,listening to music and surfing the net at the same time.
I recommend it to anybody.
Do the MATH! May 23, 2008
Micah Hays
38 out of 38 found this review helpful
I've been waiting for years for a laptop like this one to come around and from the huge success of the first model I can see I was not alone. I didn't buy the first model because I wanted to hear how well this little laptop held up to daily use - plus the second generations of products usually fix most of the shortcomings of the first one.
Then the Eee Pc 900 came out.
At first I was one of those people that thought the 900 was way overpriced. I had decided that the 4G model for $399 was a much better deal...
and then I did the math!
After you spend 400 bucks on the 4G model (with web cam) the first thing you do is spend another $30 to get a 1G ram stick so you can upgrade the unit. (I've read that if you don't upgrade the ram videos are choppy sometimes). Next you spend another $80 to $125 to get a 16G SD card because the 4G supplied in the machine is worthless. When you are done you've spent around $500 and end up with a unit with pretty much the same specs as the 900 - only you still have a 7" screen and tiny trackpad. For me, the 900's bigger screen and trackpad are worth the extra 50 bucks!
I just got my 900 and I love it! I'm sticking with Linux I already own a laptop with XP and I don't plan on using my 900 as my main machine. Linux will do everything I need for travel.
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