Asus Eee PC 701 4G Linux Reviews: Linux 7" Screen Laptop computer

+ It's wonderful and light. once you get the knack of it's quirks it's simple enough to use. Icons makes it very clear.

- I don't htink that it has 'bad' points, clearly it's capacity is lower and we found the wireless connection a problem initally, but I'm not very adept at technology. Little niggles include positioning of some of the keys, being so small and the proximity of them to each other as a touch typist I tend to hit return instead of caps key on left.

+ nice design, many features, compact

- keys a little too small

+ small, reliable, less prone to virus's, easy to use, and cool!

- some of the programs (like powerpoint) aren't quite as good as the windows equivalent but very small differences

+ Ideal childs laptop, good balance of software preloaded

- Linux can be a little tricky to set up wireless printers etc with

+ Small & portable easy to set up. Very convenient to use.

- Some may find the smallness of the keyboard & screen a problem for viewing & typing.

+ small, good to take on holiday,

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+ Friendly, fast, easy to use, economic on energy consumption. Fairly good value for money. Apparently robust.

- Poor response to certain character inputs from keyboard - very annoying

+ light, compact, easy to use and keeps me in touch with people all over the world! it has loads of features, which makes it perfect to take traveling!

- the battery time.

+ portable durable

- cant think of any yet

+ very fast very light value for money

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+ Size and weight both excellent, Linux great for computer newcomers like my parents

- no harddrive but new models available with it now , shame no linux though

+ Light cheap easily carried

- Awkward to access wifi

+ Portable size and weight. Simple and clear system. Very nice looking.

- Limited capacity.

+ Very fast boot and very stable/solid machine... great for general use out an about when I need to stay "shelled in"

- Gets you running quickly... The interface is primitive though and for any professional, look up how to restore the eee-pc's "Full Desktop" and install the Terminal client.

+ Small light no disk

- not as good battery life as I expected

+ compact, light, clear screen despite size
good to look at
does the business

- mouse use takes a little getting used to
instruction manual not 100%
mains adaptor disproportunately large & bulky

+ really light, quiet and fast working.

- screen a little too small, cant fit a standard full size page on it.

+ Great for Kids, fantastic value!

- Keyboard rather small for adult fingers....

+ small enough to carry big enough to store everything

- everybody wants play on it.

+ Small size. Amazingly quick to boot up (Linux version). Good software pre-installed. Basically works well.

- Wireless was not that automatic to set up. Screen does not use full available width. Keyboard a bit awkward.

+ It is a good internet access and email tool, a PC for travelling. Even the Unix OS seems fine - does what it needs to.

- The keyboard looks a bit fragile.

+ Size

- Screen

+ small compact

- none

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- hard toopen files and downloads

+ These laptops are exellent, I have bought one myself and got my Auntie to buy four as Xmas presents.

- There are none

+ Light and compact. Good that there's a choice of colours. Affordable.

- Keyboard a little small but manageable.Newcomer

+ This product is a very practical item - it can be carried in a small bag without looking obvious as a computor.
Operating system is easy to use.

- Battery life could be better.

+ Handy for travelling

- No cd drive

+ The computer allows no-nonsense computing in an unobtrusive package. The full qwerty keyboard allows an easy transition from full-size computers to this much smaller device. In the gap between laptop and pda, it sits far closer to the laptop, unlike the new minibook (one of which I returned to Maplin about fifteen minutes ago). The case is robust and has the feel of something that will take a few hard knocks with no ill effects... although I haven't put that to the test! They have very wisely avoided a hard disc, so there are no moving parts to go wrong. It is simple to use, thoroughly intuitive, and thanks to its being furnished with a linux-based operating system, anti-virus software is a problem someone else has, at least for the time being. It's the kind of computer that would suit not only those with a fully featured main computer, but also the occasional internet and computer user.

- For some reason, the battery is at the back of the machine. This means that when the screen is opened to a comfortable angle, there is a tendency for the whole thing to tip over backwards. It gives a rather unbalanced feeling when using it on your lap. Having the screen-surround in black (while the machine itself is white) gives a rather clumsy 'blanking-piece' look to what would otherwise be a very elegant little machine. I realise that the intention was to use the same case for a larger screen in the later model, but that hardly justifies not at least using a white screen-surround.

+ super

- no optical drive

+ small, light and very portable

- Keyboard can take a while to get used to

+ Size and usability.

- None really

+ handy size, fast connection

- battery life to short

+ Takes 15 seconds to start and 12 seconds to shutdown, amazing!!!
The built-in programs (like office) are marvelous!!
The web-cam & mic are perfect for skype!

- You have to scroll left to right to see a web page....

+ No bad points,i am thrilled with this computer,i am 61 yrs old,have only recently learned to use a computer,self taught i may add and i find it very easy to use.

- nONE AT ALL.

+ Size, Very quick start up, Performance, Price, Looks

- None Really

+ * Small and Lightweight
* Built-in card reader is useful
* Easy as pie to install XP on (all drivers come on the support dvd and work without issue)
* Well-made, feels nice and solid
* Looks nice
* Does exactly what I wanted it to do (a simple and low-power machine to use while gaming so I can turn the power-hungry desktop rig off and save electricity)

- * Default Xandros distro kinda sucks (probably be better for people who would use it as it was intended)
* Horrendously low battery life, I can get maybe 3 hours out of it before it requires charging, not a major problem as I mostly use it at home though
* Being an early model the 7" screen is too small, but I bought it with the express intention of using my spare 19" widescreen monitor with it so this doesn't bother me personally
* No bluetooth is a definite drawback but it's easy enough to plug a usb dongle in if you need it
* Not really enough ram for XP (or xandros to be honest), an upgrade to 1GB is recommended

+ Very portable and easy to use for web browsing.

- Can be overwhelmed by data intensive video from the web.

+ Its great for my daughter, we loaded up XP she wanted to use it for msn

- None really, very neat.

+ Boot up and shut down time

- setting up wireless encoded networks

+ Petite, compact and simple

- Different coloured keys I guess from the reconditioning. Only cosmetic though.

+ Everything else

- Battery life is misleading and low (about 2 hrs max)

+ price,size and does all basic things I require

- Sometimes the space key sticks.Doesn't take dodgel

+ easy to use

- keyboard a bit stiff

+ cheap
light
integrated webcam
small
built quality
possibility to install windows XP (disk with XP drivers included)

- battery life
7" screen with 800 x 480 resolution is a bit too small these days

+ Does the job great, good for browsing and basic functions.

- Installing XP is hard work and because the OS keeps balooning every time there is an update the hard disk size is a bit of a challenge. Low resolution proves a bit of a challenge.

+ Fast boot-up, easy to use, ideal for travelling.

- Lack of disk space, but this can be overcome with SD cards, USB sticks etc

+ I think this Asus is fantastic. It is efficient, small enough to pop into handbag, and it has been of great assistance to me since I have been house bound at a friend's following an op. Erg have the abilty to chk mails and surf the net! I am delighted I purchased one.

- There aren't any!

+ its size

- internet software poor
battery life not long enough
unable to use windows programs

+ reasonabley priced

- poor quality key board

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- Mobile internet connection doesn't work with this laptop because you can't download a disc, and it's not set up with Windows, which is needed for most programs to run.

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- it was stolen soon after...

+ small and light

- not compatable with much, have had major problems and had to return it twice

+ Portable size

- Keyboard - Frequently fails to register a character unless typed very very slowly and precisely. The spacebar in particular is useless.
WiFi performance is poor.
Battery life is extremely poor.

+ Neat, compact and swift in operation. Self-contained and a satisfactory set of tools made available; I have had no immense desire to add a lot of extras

- The media player does not play QuickTime files (or not all of them anyway)

+ Small...only good point

- children couldn't go on their websites (the reason for purchase) as it is not compatible with adobe shockwave.