Advantages: Size, Ease of Use Disadvantages: Small keyboard, small screen
This review looks at one of many netbooks to be released in the UK over the past few months, ASUS's EEE PC 701 SD. The model I have is fitted with Windows XP and has an 8Gb hard drive. I bought it on special offer for £155.
Appearance
The 701SD is absolutely tiny. It weighs around a kilogram and is roughly the same size as a hardback reading book when in the closed position. It comes in a neat box along with instructions,a mains charger, a protective case and a system CD. It has a 7 inch screen which is absolutely tiny but is still perfectly functional. The unit has three USB sockets, headphone and microphone jacks, and SD memory card slot, a small webcam above the screen and a microphone positioned just underneath the keyboard. It has a small touchpad which is small but works in exactly yhte same way as a normal sized laptop ...
Future77 27.07.2009
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The ASUS EEE PC 701 model is an extremely affordable, small and portable netbook with a 7" screen and built in wifi card designed primarily for internet use.
The standard model comes with a built in 2 gigabyte solid state hard drive and comes in a variety of colours and finishes ranging from matt white through to pastel pink. The white ones are probably your best bet as in my opinion they are slightly more stylish, echoing shades of the Macbook Air.
The EEE PC comes with a built in microphone on all models and webcam on most models and runs on a Linux based operating system although it can be configured to run on a Windows based system. Windows based versions are planned for release by the company shortly.
The Linux distribution is extremely stable with a Windows like user interface although for those not quite used to Linux you ...
milliontoone 25.02.2009
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Advantages: Small and Portable, Cheap Disadvantages: Small HD, No CD drive
Well I just love this laptop. It is everything I want in a laptop. It does have a few minor flaws but the pros totally outweigh them.
Appearance
This laptop is a great looking laptop. Only the size of an A5 notepad, it is small and yet it still manages to look smart yet fun. I chose the baby blue cover for my asus eee but any colour looks just as good. Inside, the layout is neat and tidy with reasonable sized keys for this small laptop. The sides of the laptop look clean in simple as is to be expected with a small laptop like this. Without a CD drive, it allows more room for the 3 USB ports and SD slot allowing the back of the laptop to be left clear bar the power port. Overall, a great looking laptop.
Function
With such a small hard drive of only 4gb and a small amount of memory of 512mb, this laptop surprised ...
Jammie1000000 21.11.2008
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1 x network - Ethernet 10Base-T/100Base-TX/1000Base-T - RJ-45
Compatible Slots
1 x PCI
Miscellaneous
Works with Windows Vista
Software and devices that carry the Works with Windows Vista logo have been tested for baseline compatibility with PC's running.
Compliant Standards
Plug and Play, CE, VCCI, C-Tick, MIC, FCC
Software / system requirements
OS Required
Microsoft Windows 98, Microsoft Windows 98SE/2000/ME/XP
Peripheral / Interface Devices
CD-ROM, PCI slot
System Requirements Details
Pentium - 200 MHz - RAM 32 MB - HD 30 MB
Environmental parameters
Min Operating Temperature
0 °C
Max Operating Temperature
55 °C
Humidity Range Operating
5 - 95%
Manufacturer's product description
ASUS - Innovative Solutions for a Limitless Tomorrow. ASUS is devoted to providing leading-edge technologies, and best-value solutions of the highest quality to all its customers. ASUS provides innovative technology solutions to consumer, corporate and top-tier OEM customers. PRODUCT FEATURES: Integrated 10/100/1000 transceiver; Plug-and-Play compatible; Support IEEE 802.1q VLAN tagging; Transmit/Receive FIFO (32K) support; Support Wake-on-LAN (WoL) function and remote wake-up; Crossover Detection and Auto-Correction; 16KB Jumbo Frame Support.
