Asus EEE PC 901 Vs HP MiniNote

[FTO King]

ok im goign to buy one of the following two in the next week.
the Asus EEE PC 901 has a Intel ATOM processor at 1.6ghz 20GB SSD HD 2gb ram 9 inch screen and costs 700.The Hp Mini note has a 1.6ghz VIA processor 120gb sata hardrive 1gb ram and 9 inch screen for 850. what would you choose?

[fandtm666]

i was looking at both as well and grabbed a

Astone UMPC because of the 7 Inch touch screen, now just waiting for it to arrive

Specifications

Processor: VIA C7-M ULV 1.2Ghz (FSB400) on-board
Chipset: VX700
Graphics: integrated VX700
Audio: VT1708A, with 2 internal 1.5W built-in speaker
Monitor: 7" LCD Touch Screen with Handwriting capability, WVGA 800x400
LAN: 10 Base-T/100 Base TX LAN
Bluetooth: Yes, USB interface
Modem: none
Wireless LAN: Yes, IEEE 802.11b/g, USB 2.0 mini card
Battery: 4-cell 2200mAh
I/O: DVi-I, USB 2x, mic-in/Array Mic 1x, Headphone out/Line-out 1x, RJ45 1x
Webcam: Yes, built-in 0.3MP Camera
Card Reader: Yes, 4-in-1 (for SD, MMC, MS, MS Pro)
Dimension: 230x171x29.4mm
Weight: 0.97kg
Memory: 1GB DDR 667
HDD: 30GB (1.8" HDD)
OS: No OS (Windows XP Compatible)

[sml_nail]

The mini note is a much nicer design and build quality but from what I hear the via processor really lets it down. Personally I'd be waiting for an Atom version of the HP or something like the MSI Wind, Dell MiniNote or the Acer Atom based UMPC that should all be out in the next couple of months.

That being said the Dell Vostro 1200's start at $650 so I think one of those is much better value as its a slightly bigger screen and better performing cpu whilst still being very portable....

[Farmsky]

Don't under rate a solid state hard drive. It lends a robustness to the design and provides for speed which belies the processor's power.

And it encourages 'lite' rather than fat software deployment.

I've an XP Pro installation (nLite'd) on a 900, that gives the Google page via Firefox and wireless in 40 seconds from 'on' button; with a good smattering of handy applications and a full Open Office org install ..... all in 1.5Gb .... and I've still got 18Gb free.





..... and video skype purrs along.

So.

Like all these things it's horses for courses. I wanted fast, light and robust, fandtm666 wants touchscreen and you want ...... ?

Here's a ruff side by side .

The Asus Eee PC 901 weighs 1.1kg and has 802.11n WiFi connection. The RAM, which was initially rumoured to be 2GB, is actually just 1GB. The most notable spec, however, seems to be the mini-note’s battery life which registers at an astonishing 7.8 hours. The lengthy battery life is attributed to the new Asus Super Hybrid Engine GUI technology which provides the laptop with three different modes that vary based on LCD brightness, voltage, and CPU frequency.

[FTO King]

Don't under rate a solid state hard drive. It lends a robustness to the design and provides for speed which belies the processor's power.

And it encourages 'lite' rather than fat software deployment.

I've an XP Pro installation (nLite'd) on a 900, that gives the Google page via Firefox and wireless in 40 seconds from 'on' button; with a good smattering of handy applications and a full Open Office org install ..... all in 1.5Gb .... and I've still got 18Gb free.





..... and video skype purrs along.

So.

Like all these things it's horses for courses. I wanted fast, light and robust, fandtm666 wants touchscreen and you want ...... ?

Here's a ruff side by side .

hmm i see well i want it to be light fast and i want it ot be able to multitask tabs quite easily for isntance playing music in itunes while surfing the net and whilemicrosoftword is running..

[Farmsky]

..... I want it to be light fast and I want it to be able to multitask tabs quite easily for instance playing music in itunes, while surfing the net and while Microsoft word is running..

Hardly a list of resource onerous tasks; as long as you have a bit of ram.

My veteran PIII 500 can do that ..... with headroom