Asus Eee PC 900

Note: This is a review of the ASUS Eee PC 900 16G - XP . Unfortunately, this is not Pricewatch listed separately, but it is a performance than other 900s. Overall Rating ASUS EEE 900 is a 8.9 "systeempje, mini laptop, netbook, sub-notebook, UMPC, give it beesje but a name. I got this 2nd hand tapped on the head by a fellow tweaker. A normal HP laptop I have, so I had some specific requirements. important was that he was obviously small, but had a screen with horizontal least 1024 pixels, and I also wanted a system with an SSD. I have long weighed up, but the MSI WIND but also the ASUS EEE PC 1000 series I found or too expensive, or are already too big. 2G and 4G fell off due 800 pixels horizontally. Ultimately it is thus a 2nd hand EEE PC 900 16G become. This probably comes from a deal that you will join a new broadband. The 16G is in my opinion not much to find. The only review I 've found is quite negative about the slow (16G) SSD that would sit herein. The specs: . Celeron M 353 630MHz battery, mains 900MHz 1GB of RAM (2GB in order) to 16GB SSD, SD (HC) slot available (16GB in order), is another physical disk Touchpad (multitouch!) with left and right mouse button Left RJ45 (Ethernet, 10/100Mbps), Speaker & Microphone jack, 1xUSB Rear: Power Plug, battery (in my case a 5200mAh model, would sometimes differ) Right: lock-hole VGA connector, 2 x USB, SD (HC) slot for: LEDs for ON (green), battery-low (flashing bright orange), Drive (Green), WIFI (Blue ) Screen: 1024x600 LED backlight. Is a very bright screen. Top Screen: 1.3Megapixel webcam between screen and body (hinge on, say): On / Off button Keyboard: Has quite normal layout. Obviously a special FN key, which can be eg sound, WiFi on / off, screen off / up / down put brighter / darker, Sleep. Numlock. You have to love it, a small keyboard. I can reasonably types but save regularly the wrong key. The only annoying thing is that in addition to the /? key is not the shift key, but the up arrow. The first few weeks I hit it frequently wrong. Underneath: hatch for SSD and Memory. Speakers (Stereo) There is no bluetooth on! Various configurations EEE PC 900 The eee 900 is made ​​in different config's. The version with XP had a 4GB SSD and 12GB. The Linux version was 4GB and 16GB. The savings in costs for linux (vs WIndows XP) yielded a larger SSD, said. There is also a version 900HD (unknown to me). And this 16GB. This means in this case that there should be a slot for an SSD free (not checked, unimportant to me). The 16GB would be very slow. I will test myself again and publish the results here. I have no experience with other models, but I do not suffer from this so-called inertia. Batterijk / battery The battery is a 5200mAh model. In combination with the Celeron gives me a few hours. I can not specifically say how long, have never kept a timer because I use it on the train, put it into sleep mode when I have to get out when I'm at work. And the same again on the way back. 2.5 hours can easily. What is unfortunate is that if the light is battery-low begins to flash (bright orange, not to be missed) can easily get even 20-30minutes. 's important to know that the Eee 900 series suffer from a (hardware) bug in the motherboard, leaking power if it is off. People with 900HD say that model does not suffer from it. Apparently tochwel somewhere between 20-30% per day. Because I use every day and night charging, I do not. Mark him But still .... sorry that this error is inside. Appearance The UMPC is like saying terrible light and small. ASUS there provides a berschermingstas at. Quite thick, black foam material. Which is easily tatty, but it is very useful and provides the necessary protection in the (back) pocket. I do not like white beautiful, but for me that's unimportant. software so I got him with an official XPHome version (license sticker on the bottom, quickly shoot what he wears quickly). Installed with Opera, JAVA, Zone Labs Free Firewall, Office XP (W / E / PP), no swapfile few small utilities that gives me a 11.5 GB free (the 16GB is shown as 15GB in file explorer). Usage / Speed ​​I like using quite astonishing. With 630MHz is the ordinary things work fine. Incidentally, I did not have virus. Just do not do too much at once, then it is heavily annoying. Windows starts amazingly fast. When you start Word, is the main it may be said for Amsterdam incredibly fast (same goes for Excel and Powerpoint). Opera uses a lot of memory, quite nice, I think that does not work, but a virus scanner I prefer this than IE. Incidentally, it does work, let that be clear. msnen I do almost not, but just tried the webcam with it. At 630MHz (battery) CPU is almost 100%. Quality CAM is fine. WIFI Quality WIFI connection (adapter) is the same as my other Toshiba, HP, Lenovo, PSP, WII White Goods, ie fine. I have 2 layers of reinforced concrete between them is almost always a VERY GOOD connection, sometimes a GOOD. Again, you can read many different stories. Compounds that do not recover ed on my configuration no problem. But I have this otherwise it usually stand out. Update: I would also note that if I remove it from sleep (WIFI when it will), I sometimes have to put on WIFI off. That does not take a FN button very easy. Screen I have the brightness of the screen (under the options menu where I can set the note) are at around 25-30%, and the screen is still bright enough to read. desk lamps / light rail During the day (in direct sunlight). From reviews read that this screen is very good compared to other UMPCs. I can only agree. I'm so glad I did 1024px horizontally, vertically 600 .... well, it has to come from somewhere, right? I have no problems, at least. Touchpad I have (had) a number of laptops and all of them had a touchpad. This is at least as good as the more expensive ones I've had from IBM, Lenovo, DELL and HP. He is multi-touch, very handy that you so with two fingers down ironing, you scroll down. There are more, but I forget them (so they do not seem necessary). A separate mouse is and remains useful. Must say that I sometimes got a mouse in the beginning in the train, but only with the touchpad work. It works as said fine for a touchpad. Overclocking Eeectl There is a utility to find where you can overclock. eea 's Stuck with me. 900MHz on the battery fails. 830MHz (between 630 and 900) I have not tried on. , the battery voltage is 7.2 volts and power (30watt) 12V supplies. Apparently there is some hardware at a low voltage, which should be higher if running at 900MHz. , I do not think it's fascinating. The ATOM CPU would have been better in this respect, but the performance under load are equal. The ATOM CPU was also a lot more expensive (2nd hand & new). Filmpie look I tried some fimpjes with VLC player. Divx, MPEG2, it goes well. Battery will not last over, but it can. The sound from the speakers (bottom tucked away) is much more than I expected of it but headphones are also fine. Update: I just looked at the CPU while I went to an MPEG2 stream from a SVCD (no high bandwidth) : 230 to about 2-8% CPU. At about 8-12% battery rocking. So pretty neat (I had not noticed before). Windows or full screen, hardly makes out. So what do so: if you're going to switch to other programs, then everything goes even (temporarily) jerky. Dragons Well ... I like the games and Dune2 Dune2000 tried, and that is perfect. The 3D-shooters, as this system is not designed for, although you sometimes read on the Internet that there are reasonable FPS met (8-25). Personal conclusion I'm in love with mn ASUS EEE PC 900 16G XP. Jaaaren had to do :-) rather He (uhh, THEY should say, of course) does more than I expected, but beware: so I had low expectations. I miss bluetooth, connecting to the Internet, in particular the train via phone, but that may still via adapter. Word / Excel etc: perfect. Internet: awesome. Simple games: perfect. EDIT Accessories After having used a short 2 months I upgraded my little machine with the following: - 2GB (corsair VS2GSDS667D2 G) - 16GB (Class 4 SDHC KINGSTON - SD4/16G) > Due to a lot forums (fora?) reported problems, I have chosen to follow it. the memory wizards on the Internet Said statements are therefore guaranteed by the manufacturers. - Additional charger (recommended, see pictures, Loader at DealExtreme ) - Finger-mouse, easy for the train (see photo, Finger Mouse at DealExtreme , finger mouse wireless ). On the moment, there I am using Microsoft Visual Basic 2008 Express it: works perfectly! Should you have any questions, ask me to complete the review.