Asus Eee PC 4G Surf Notebook - White
Asus - 90OA06A40101111U105QRelease Date: Feb 2008
Personal computing has never been so portable, or so affordable. The new EeePC, a joint venture between Intel and Asus, is designed to be your constant companion and your elegant yet affordable introduction to computing. Weighing in at only 2 pounds, with a compact and highly-readable seven-inch dis... Read Morelay, the EeePC is perfect little assistant. Running on a customized Linux operating system, it responds far more speedily than its Windows counterparts, but it'll run Windows XP quite happily, if you like. The EeePC offers two types of intuitive interface, to let you choose how you want to use it. Using either the "Easy" or full desktop mode, you can use the built-in WLAN connectivity to communicate on the run, share photos from your trip before you get home, or do almost anything else online. Flash storage keeps the weight low – without a hard drive, this micro-monster weighs in at 0.89 kilograms . . . that's less than two pounds! Minimize
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Number of Reviews: 3Positive Reviews: 100%
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Positive Review
Reviewed by: gb2008 on 12-Feb-08
Strengths: small size and small weight
Weaknesses: cheap keyboard
Summary: Asus eee PC 4G surf is an excellent laptop. Due to its small size and weight, I can easily take it everywhere I go office, classes, coffee shops, restaurants etc. I use it to get my email and to surf on internet while on the road. I didn?t try to run heavy computations due to its limited processor and memory. It runs Linux and unbelievably this version of Linux works quit perfect out of the box. It easily connects to unsecured wireless internet but I wasn't able to connect it to my university secured wireless internet (even after I followed the instructions from eeeusers.com). Therefore installing Windows XP or a different distribution of Linux must be considered. It is very easy to install new applications and best of all that's free. It boots extremely fast. The space-bar on the keyboard does not work properly out of the box (it works only in half of the cases and that only when pressed hard in the middle of the bar), the other keys work fine. It could be very frustrating to type on this device. The tiny keyboard looks so cheap made (this is a just cheap notebook, do not expect miracles). My eee PC surf 4G - white color does not have a RAM access door and that makes it harder to upgrade the memory. Buy a back color one if you plan to upgrade easily the memory. However the installed memory of 512 MB is more than enough for several mozilla windows and an xterm window. I am extremely pleased with my Asus eee PC surf 4G (regardless of the keyboard problem I have) and I highly recommend it to anyone how needs an ultra portable laptop.
Positive Review
Reviewed by: npasic on 22-Feb-08
Strengths: copact, linux and windows compatible
Weaknesses: small keyboard, hdd space, no optical drive
Summary: every person should have one of these units together with their laptops as it makes a word mobile extend to it's full meaning. I fell in love with this little device as soon as i saw it as it makes my everyday work on the field more easier than ever due to its compatibility, compactibility an mobility
Positive Review
Reviewed by: kor2aguy on 26-Feb-08
Strengths: small size & light
Weaknesses: slow
Summary: I use it daily on a wireless network and it works great,but little slow.The graphical interface is very easy to use.Weaknesses* No phone modem- you cannot use dial up service.* There is no webcam, if you buy surf model!!* additional storage is needed