Asus Eee PC 701 2GB Surf Linux Reviews: Linux 7" Screen Laptop computer

+ Easy to use and Great value for money. Lightweight and compact - fits in my handbag! Processing is quick and all office software is compatible with Microsoft Office. I was initially concerned about the Linux operating system, however it is easy and straightforward to learn and use.

- Although I had no issues with Linux itself, it was not compatible with my home wireless broadband, Make sure you check this before you buy.

+ excellent laptop for it's price. Compact, friendly to use an practical. Weighs less then 1 KG. I bought it for my 8 year old daughter an dshe finds it easy to operate.

- not really, but it has no cd drive and when you close it you need to hook up the wireless internet again by typing in the wep key.

+ Ready for use and skype

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+ very good size clear screen no window on it baterry runs out quickly

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+ Size and quality was the reason I bought this computer, it is up to expectations on both.
Looks great with the leather cover I bought.

- Batery life not that great.

+ Portable, good network capabilities (connects automatically)

- The keys don't always work properly

+ Fast internet acess and extremely portable, fantastic if you just use it for internet acess and simple word processing docs.

- Some features are not available on linux, online games etc, msn messenger has to be acessed through pidgin, however it is supposedly a more stable operating system than windows. Low memory but not a problem unless you start downloading lots of files/programmes, just use it as it was designed to be used.

+ It's so tiny and portable and great for email and surfing. it's great as a second computer.

- The keyboard is very small thus not as easy to use asa full-size one. I also us a mouse with mine as I find it easier than the touchpad, but I'm not a touchpad fan anyway.

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- I cannot use it!! I cannot seem to connect to my sky broadband and when I connect a dvd drive to load on software it doesnt automatically load and when you try and open files from the dvd drive to load it on it doesnt work.

+ Size and weight, OS, looks, apps

- Battery life, speed, memory

+ ideal for a teenager to use, not too technical

- bit slow and basic

+ great for the kids

- no good for adults use

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- does not have an intergrated webcam as suggested

+ Light weight and very portable

- Operating system can be difficult to understand

+ Good size, small and handy

- Screen too small for prolonged use, only good for mail on the move.

+ It was purchased to be left in a self-catering cottage for use by guests who need to send emails etc. It seems to work perfectly well and is a handy size... that particular cottage is not online, so folk can carry it down to the local pub (which is WiFi)

- I have not much experience of laptops so may be a poor judge... I found it just a little TOO small for convenience and (perhaps unreasonably) I would have liked the image to fill rather more of the available "screen" or inside-of-the-lid.

+ Does well as a notebook, email machine, web surfer The version of Open office on the machine is Ok for most jobs.

- Not a high performance machine but then its not expensive. It runs under Linux which has not caused me any problems but is unfamiliar to a Windows user

+ bought for my grandaughter,lightweight and good size for her to carry about

- she cannot find how to put photos onto conputer

+ price was great and its easy to use

- battery life is not great

+ Rugged, compact, light. Excellent screen. The default linux does 99% of what you'd want to do on the road (although finding the Vodafone BetaVine drivers for the popular Huawei dongles is a little fraught at times, but no worse than finding and installing up to date Windows' drivers for a lot of hardware)

- The 2g is sorely limited in terms of disk space, and has no supplied e-book reader other than xPDF (an Adobe portable document format reader) However, this is a 'general' user's problem and I'm not a 'general' user. Having got a class 6 SDHC 16gb card, split a swap partition between the internal SDD and the SDHC, and installed Eeebutnu 3.0 base, the machine does exactly what I want it to. I can also sway out the OS with another fast SDHC card and run Backtrack 3 or 4-beta as a (highly)portable penetration test machine. Downside of all this is that these are not 'trivial' exercises, and not for the Linux inexperienced...

+ Weight, size ,strength

- Battery Life.......it is not really portable.
Would prefer XP version

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- absolute waste of money...broke after 3 months...AND YOU NEVER RETURNED MY PHONECALLS REGARDING A REFUND.

+ lightweight, good price

- performance, Linux