Asus Eee PC 701 4G Linux

+ Everything is built in to this small laptop and is so easy to carry around, It is ideal for business people on the move and also for children with the amount of games that are built into it. I got one for myself and my wife, and shown it to my parent and they purchased one and now my daughter wants one on her christmas list, Must be good to get 4 purchases so far from one family.

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+ Nice solid build quality and works straight out of the box. Small size and fast boot-up makes it good for email when travelling.

- Small screen.

+ Small and light, very good for travelling. Excellent extra is the power lead: as is, it's a UK plug, unclip a plastic front to the plug, and it's a US plug. Excellent for web surfing, writing on the fly - the keyboard is ok once you get used to the smaller layout. 3 USB ports - keep your data on USB sticks and organise your filing system.

- Keyboard double-strikes and doesn't pick up some keystrokes on fast typing. Make sure you don't rest it on your lap when working - air vents on base of unit may get covered, with overheating and increased fan speed resulting.

+ Good value for money,Small and compact .Does what it says on the box

- I haven't found any

+ Works like a dream straight out of the box ,fast boot up time ,3 usb ports more than enough for travelling around with .I connect a 160gb hard drive to mine that holds all the media I need plus work files and documents so most of the time I use it in preference to my desktop or my full size laptop .A great little piece of kit (not just for kids ).

- I havn't found any yet and I've had mine about 2 months now the only real problem is hiding it from the rest of the family !!

+ easy to use, light and easy to take with you wherever you want!

- if you get Linux, you need to find a good book to help you if you don't know it, it isn't that simple to add new things!

+ Long battery life. Very Portable due to size and weight.

- Limited storage.

+ It's tiny. The size of a large paperback novel. Great for taking around when you dont want to lug a normal laptop. The PSU is very compact - like a mobile phone charger. Runs windows XP no problem, and runs very quietly. The in built Linux is fine, but it comes with all the drivers for XP if you want them. Finally, of course, it's very cheap for a UMPC.

- The screen is a little too small vertically. The keyboard is a little unresponsive, and with the tiny keys I spent as much time going DELETE DELETE to fix the constant typos as I did hitting the right keys. Gets easier with practice though.

+ size, operating system and ability to play almost anything i throw at it

- battery life, keyoard is a we bit small and lack of mp4 playability

+ Easy to use; easy to upgrade; good support community; excellent wireless connectivity

- keyboard is a little small, and the right hand shift key is akwardly placed. I'd recommend that you replace Firefox with Opera on the machine (http://wiki.eeeuser.com/opera)

+ small, light, good for kids aswell as adults. Everything you need.

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+ easily transportable. wireless connection . great for working with on the move.

- small keypad if you are large fingered or fast typist. display window not always central. (easily rectified with ALT+left key click) battery life could be better.

+ Light weight, attractive, portable, excellent for travelling when weight is at a premium, looks dead cool!! Takes SD cards and memory sticks with three USB ports, wi fi connection is always good, easy to change from Linux to Windows XP (if not already running XP). Loads of online support in terms of forums which offer excellent advise from other users.

- Small hard drive space means extra programs have to be stored on either an SD card or memory. Also gets quite hot as it is a solid state disk.

+ It is so small.Ideal for travelling.I am using it on holiday abroad not actually connected by wifi but by cable in my accomodation, to the internet and I love to listen to Radio 5.At home I use the wifi. So easy to set it up ,Got loads of games and I always fancied not using Windows.Linux gives me everything I need on holiday.Skype Gmail Hotmail and all the local and national news .I download podcasts in mp3 and wma and listen to them while playing Freecell.I bought a mini mouse to go with it and 4Gig memory.

- Obviously the common moan about the battery,We get 4400,I believe a more powerful one is available elsewhere.

+ compact, good battery life, Open Office offers all the functionality I need and compatibility with Microsoft office. Good range of simple games and easy wireless network set up. Pre-configured Skype and ability to run iPlayer a bonus

- Some applications - particularly some games, have not been optimised for screen resolution - so some parts of play area are obscured.

+ Small easily portable. Quick boot up time (about 20 secs) Quick switch off. Easy to connect to internet, network email etc. Use it to listen to radio in bed in morning as reception is appalling on personal radio.

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+ I would rate the 701 EEE 6/10, it's by no way a full laptop, the absent hard drive and only having 4gb SSD is a downfall, however you can use a 16GB SD card in the slot on the side to store files, the screen is really bright and sharp and plays divx great (although you do have to tweek the video settings slightly as you get tearing on the video if you dont) The speakers are very loud something of this size, the EEE is tiny and would be excellent to take on holiday with you for using it to get your email, browse the web and watching videos, the plus side would be you could back all your photos up from your memory card onto a HDD.

- I would have to say the 701 EEE has two major problems, mainly the battery life, it is dire!, it lasts about 50 mins with the wifi turned on and screen brightness at mid way, you could not use this to watch a film without a power source being nearby, Asus state the battery should last 3.5 hours, however they also state you should get a 5200mAh battery, but a 4400mAh battery is supplied, the other major problem is the screen for web browsing, its too tiny and you have to scroll across on many pages, the 900 EEE has solved this problem because of the larger screen, it has a very very tight earphone socket, dont plug your ipod earphones into it because you will not get them out without breaking them (i've been through 3 sets of earphones since) it trashes the earphone socket. I would not recommend the Asus 701 EEE to anyone who likes long battery life, who doesnt like scrolling across web pages, the 900 is better but still with the poor battery life, the atom version is better still however not very good at playing back video so i hear, I'm waiting for the Dell Mini Inspiron.

+ Small, intuitive interface, good on-line user community, reasonably priced, fast boot-up

- Battery life is a bit weak - but does give plenty of warning when it is going to run out Pre-installed software is dated, and the graphical interface supplied for updating it does not cover all software on the machine

+ Great for kids. Extremely portable & robust. Very quick to boot up in Linux and not noticed any difference in use to Windows. Bought one for each of us in different colours.

- Bigger screen version has the edge over this model. Bigger battery is recommended. 2hrs is not really enough unless it is plugged in all the time.

+ Small

- You cannot view full screen

+ perfect for working on the move - its so light and compact with a very easy to use keyboard. very long battery life.

- can't run itunes

+ light weight & portable

- white keyboard shows marks easily

+ great size, great internet access, small, easily connectable

- need to get used to key board.

+ Light and easy to carry around.

- Keyboard is smaller than ideal, although that is expected on a portable machine. The processor could do with being quicker to as it struggles at times with Xp installed.

+ Incredibly portable, easy to use, good wireless internet range, fast load-up.

- A little restrictive for more advanced users, but more options can be opened up with a few lines of code that are easy to find on forums. Not particularly good for video playback: some audio/video synching issues and low frame rate, most likely resulting from the unusual screen resolution.

+ Good build quality, not flimsy. Quick to boot (less than a minute)

- Screen size means you need to scroll side to side on web pages. Sometimes the wireless doesn't connect on boot (when set for connect on boot)and has to be done manually (small bad point really)

+ SMALL AND PORTABLE

- SCREEN IS A LITTLE SMALL SMALLER BATTERY THAN EARLIER MODELS FITTED

+ Small size Light weight Linux OS

- Wireless network does not work reliably, this is well documented on the internet, no proper fix available I bought 3, out of which one has a bad keyboard (space bar does not work properly)

+ small size light fast on linux & xp platforms perfect for surfing & working on the move camera great for video conferencing

- battery life is about 2.5 hours charger is a pain to carry (even though it is pretty compact)

+ Brilliant portable laptop with a good battery life and easy to use

- the horrible colours it can come in

+ Excellent value for money product ideal for a small easily portable computer/childs first computer or many other uses. Screen although small handles most things without too many problems.

- Keyboard is a little small for everyday use unless you have very small fingers but that is down to the overrall size of the machine.

+ compact cool colours has most programmes on you need

- bit too expensive cant use broadband usb ports ie 3g etc when travelling no cd player

+ Size, solidly-built, good quality screen, ease of use of default linux OS, picks up wireless networks well.

- If you want to run Windows (for specific Windows-only software, for example, it can be tricky to install it without an external (USB) CD or DVD drive. Inexperienced users (or those who don't relish a challenge) would be well advised to buy one of the Windows XP versions in the first place! Keyboard and screen are small, but this is the price you pay for getting an amazingly portable yet otherwise very fully-featured device (especially for the money)!

+ very compact piece of kit and easy to use - bought for surfing internet on holiday - perfect

- If you want to add software then you need to roll leaves up and get into some basic Linux programming

+ Portability. The number of ports.

- the small screen. The lack of a CD drive. The OS

+ Portable, easy to use, affordable

- Poor battery life

+ It's small, it's light and cute. The operating system is fine and I could open and edit all of my Microsoft Ofice document, speadsheets on it - even though the PC oly has its own version of those programs on it.

- The screen is very small and so is the keyboard. My fingers are quite small and I had trouble typing on it for any length of time.

+ Very easy to use, good range of office applications, perfect size for bag, I'm very pleased with it!

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+ Enough for most average people's needs and the internet upload is brilliance, from page to page it just flicks so quick. Very compatible to carry around and looks attractive.

- Does not come with an extra SD memory card such as 2 or 4GB would be recommanded.

+ Compact, quick, easy to use, reliable, reasonable battery life, ideal portable computer to stay in touch and use the internet. Much better than phones or tablets.

- Have not really found any so far.

+ Fast easy wireless connection. Excellent value Clear screen

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+ Handy size, Battery Life,On-board Programs

- No Driver for wireless USB network hub

+ Start up time is super quick, although slightly longer if you activate the active desktop - which I have. Easy Mode does exactly what it says on the tin, although you can't personalise it at all. Active desktop is great, and also "unlocks" some of the feature not accessible in the easy mode. Personalisation is available although getting icons to stay on the desktop is a pain. LInux is the best operating system EVER. So quick, smooth and easy to find your way around. So light and portable it never leaves my side, and I've never had a problem connecting to wifi no matter where I am. Over all it's the best money I've ever spent!

- Battery life could be a little longer, but then I do use it excessively. Active desktop set up could also be easier although I found all the info I needed on the Asus forums etc.

+ i brought this itam for my mum ,she is quite new to computers so its ideal . she loves it and all the family thinks its great .

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+ portability, vfm, size

- linux!

+ it was bought for my grandaughter and she is well pleased

- not been told of any.

+ Good Size Hard drive , good Wi-fi range, comes with good Linux programs and very fast surfing the net.

- The keyboard is small and can be hard to type on. But you get used it it.

+ great little laptop

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+ works out the box

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+ All good.No bad. The screen could be made wider.

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+ Size for travel, its perfect. Good wireless range and easy to use.

- Not a great battery life and does get quite hot.

+ Reasonably fast, easy to use, and above all easy to travel with.

- touchpad is overly sensitive despite adjustment. Minor problems with open office software

+ Size, easy to use, light and value for money.

- The battery life is less than 3 hours.

+ ultra portable, preloaded software, wireless internet and mail, use straight out of box or customise, good build quality and keyboard action

- battery life, screen width workable but limiting on some websites, i bought a plug and play mouse (£7) because the mousepad was small.

+ Amount of software as standard Size and weight

- Screen could be bigger - some scrolling around required Some problems

+ Portable Boots fast

- Small memory

+ small fairly quick and easy machine to use and no microsoft windows!

- some of the built in software not set up for the small screen so you struggle to find some buttons

+ I would recommend this to anyone needing a little computer for browsing the internet or requiring a backup device to a main computer. It's also a great little device and very handy if your a geek and need to perform geek type tasks ;)

- Screen can prove to be a bit small at times but the eeepc is capable of driving an external monitor at 1440x900 if you need the little extra screen real estate from time to time.

+ small size to price, and easy of use, virtual no setting up required

- quality of keyboard; not so good but when you consider the size of it, it isn't so bad

+ It's robust, big enough to do what we need of it, small enough not to get in the way, and light enough not to be a nuisance when we travel.

- For a person who has never used Linux, it is a bit strange and takes longer to learn. Should we install XP we wonder?

+ It's so portable; works well and is a joy to use

- the keyboard and screen take a little while to get used to

+ size weight robust wireless

- battery life

+ light and useful whilst on the move.

- poor graphics and small screen.

+ Compact, easy to use, good functionality.

- Battery life.

+ Its incredibly portable, very cute, and does anything and everything that you'd need from a laptop this size. Its quick to load and shut down, and the xandros desktop is extremely easy to use.

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+ Good price, small,light and very portable. As the OS on my EeePC is linux this allows access to a huge range of free software the Linux OS is also very compact. This PC will do anything that I want a full sized system to do, the built in WiFi, USB etc allow me to connect to systems and networks wherever I am.

- Needs a zoomable browser as standard (I now use opera) as a standard web page is too large for the screen. The small key board can be an issue although its a small price to pay for the convenience of a compact system.

+ the size and colour

- not easey to set up with broadband

+ brilliant apart from the hard drive

- Hard drive lasted 3 weeks!

+ Worked straight out of the box and really IS portable, unlike my laptop

- Would have prefereed Windows as the default OS.

+ All of it, I love this little computer, I bought it for travelling mainly but love the music and games, its so easy. Am lovin' it :)

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+ My ideal device would be a Psion 5 with a USB port and MS Office compatible software. I really just want to be able to continue working while doing the daily commute. The EEEPC actually offers a whole lot more and gets used more as a result. Build quality is very good. The 7" screen is fine my needs - I'm not planning to do photo editing on the train. Open Office does most things fine. The Linux OS seems very stable and can be configured to work just like Windows if you want. The larger screen/memory version adds considerably to the price and is only worth considering if you must have Windows. Overall, I think this machine is brilliant!

- Only two grumbles: - I would have liked better battery life - you get a little over 2hrs which only just covers me to and from work. I'll maybe buy another psu to keep at work. - It gets surprisingly warm after 20-30mins continuous use. A little fan kicks-in and this no doubt affects the battery life.

+ Size, portability, power.

- Short battery life.

+ Super compact, fast and easy to use.

- Battery life average and keyboard too small for word processing or long emails.

+ Small and cute and easily portable.

- Some software difficult to use. Can't get on with playing music.

+ Good range of software installed and easy to use, I'm quite happy to live without Microsoft. I can easily transfer files to and from my PC using my pen drive - the word processor and spreadsheet programme are compatible with Word and Excel. It's small enough to put in my handbag and I find it's really useful as I'm studying as well as working full time and I can carry it around with me with ease and work on assignments when I have any spare time.

- Battery life could be better

+ small, light

- screen too small, track pad difficult to use

+ convenience in a small package

- nothing so far (install win xp on it is giving me some grief though ;) )

+ Small, compact and easy to use. Great value for money

- Sometimes gets very hot when it's been on the go for a while and wireless takes a while to get warmed up

+ Small and light, looks great, linux OS removes traditional windows problems, easy to unlock advanced desktop

- Battery shortage at time of purchase means capacity is a bit smaller than older eeepc 4g's, but has had very little impact on overall battery life

+ It is small and lightweight.

- No firewall is installed on the eee.

+ Easy to use. I'm not very good with computers but even I can find my way round this one!

- Haven't come across any as it does exactly what I want it to do which is why I bought it.

+ Lightweight & very portable - fits nicely into a shoulder bag so it doesn't look like you are carrying a laptop. Makes people look twice when you are using it as they can't believe its so small. Its a neat package and great for surfing the web as its nice and clear to read.

- When you first fire it up it looks more like a toy - but that can be changed to resemble a more adult looking machine. Lots of the functions appear to be aimed at children, with novelty graphics and simple games.

+ Easy to connect to internet

- To limited driver database in linux. e.g. many mobile broadband modems not catered for... this, after all, is a very good way to connect this computer.

+ Size

- Battery life

+ Cheap, ease of use, ethical software and OS

- Small screen, small keyboard - but not that bad