Asus EEE PCS101

Rating: 9.5/10 (2 votes cast)

ESSENTIAL SPECS

Price: Approximately £350
Size: 10.2 inches
Weight: 1 kg
Battery Life: Up To 5 Hours
Processor Speed: 1.6 GHz
Hard Drive: 16 GB
RAM: 1GB DDR2

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REVIEW

As far as an elegant small laptop goes the Asus EEE PC S101 is up there with the best and it’s sleek design is suited for male or female users. This ultrathin model resembles Mac Book Air and its originality comes from unusual colour of the cover. The colour of the S101 can be described as being somewhere between brass and coffee. The palm rest, or area around the touchpad, is made of brushed aluminum and besides its elegant looks it is easy to maintain this surface. Interestingly the hinges of the display are decorated with Swarovski crystals on each side. But this detail isn’t too noticeable so male users won’t get their macho image compromised, and its something that female users would certainly appreciate.

The matte 10.2 inch display has the usual resolution for a panel of this size but the viewing angles are not as we expected from a model of this price range. Since the cover cannot be opened to degree like most netbooks can and in combination with poor viewing angles, this is a small laptop that won’t have a perfect picture on all occasions. For a product in this in this range only the best is expected.

Because the ASUS Eee PC S101 is very thin, the VGA and network connectors had to be places at the back end of the laptop which we find to be more practical. This model doesn’t have a modem but has plenty of connectors – besides mentioned LAN and VGA it has three USB 2.0 connectors and two audio jacks (Headphone/OUT and Microphone/IN).

The touch pad supports gestures so you can use more than one finger to achieve results. Keys below the touchpad for left and right click are made as one key and this is a design feature which some users may not like. When pressure is applied to the centre of this key nothing happens but it is hard to determine where exactly the left click end and the right click begins on the touch pad key. Keyboard is good and without any noticeable bend asus-eee-pc-101 ing.

In a line-up of unusual features that ASUS Eee PC S101 has, one has stand out. Most new features are oriented toward external design and looks but interesting feature is that there is a button on this model that has unusual function for a netbook: it raises frequency of Atom CPU from 1.6 to 1.68 GHz. This overclock is more symbolical than functional but it is very interesting option. Even when the CPU is overclocked, the S101 is just slightly warmer on bottom than most other netbooks.

Since ASUS Eee PC S101 is a high-end model nothing less than SSD is suited for it. Reading performances are more than double of performances of older models. This is really nice result that can be noticed in real working conditions. Since 16GB or capacity is for most users too small, ASUS provided additional storage capacity with one 16GB SDHC card.

The battery life is also excellent for a laptop of this size. Its six cells can provide really nice autonomy that can achieve eve 5d21e86866 n 5 hours usage in case you use netbook just for typing while display brightness is set to lower levels.

SPECIFICATIONS

Product Description: Asus EEE PCS101 Intel Atom N270 1.6Ghz
Screen Size: 10.2″ TFT
Dimensions (LxWxH): 26.4cm x 18cm x 1.8 cm
Weight: 1 kg
Built-in Devices: Speaker, wireless LAN aerial, Bluetooth aerial
Processor: Intel Atom N270 1.6Ghz
RAM: 1 GB (installed) / 2 GB (max) – DDR2 SDRAM
Hard Drive: 16GB
Display: 10.2″ TFT 1024×600
Graphics Controller: Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 950
Audio Output: Sound card
Networking: Network adapter – IEEE 802.11b, IEEE 802.11a, IEEE 802.11g, IEEE 802.11n, Bluetooth 2.1 EDR
Power: AC 120/230 V ( 50/60 Hz )
Battery: Lithium polymer
Run Time (Up To): 5 hour(s)
Operating System: Windows / Linux
Environmental Standards: EPA Energy Star , EPEAT Silver
Manufacturer Warranty: 1 year warranty
Product Dimensions: 1 Kg