JKK knows the Eee PC’s like the back of his hand so if you’re interested in the 901 at all, head on over to his site. He’s got one with him on holiday (!) and plans to start testing and reporting. His first words are:
Battery life is goood.. looks like easy 5 hours on my use.
Eee 901 has the best battery life compared to other netbooks
The question is, is it much better than the Eee PC 900 16G that’s going for $399 on Amazon.com?
Looks like my little 901 is making a journey around the world. :)
I’ve had a black 901 for about a week. The battery life is killer.
How hot and noisy?
> The battery life is killer.
Is that good or bad ?
It’s extremely quiet. Heat is not too bad at all, a little warm on the bottom with heavy use. It’s the entire opposite of my HP Mini-Note, which heats up rather a lot.
I mean killer as in a good way, like a killer app.
New article about pricing for EEE 901 looks like 299E or $470 for both XP and Linux
http://www.mobilecomputermag.co.uk/20080709674/asus-confirms-eee-pc-904-and-eee-pc-1000-specs-and-prices.html
Here (http://techiteasy.org.ua/node/19) is my review of Eee PC 901 with some results of tests. It is in Russian, so I’ll translate some moments:
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Test results
3DMark’06 || 74 Marks
CPUMark 2.1 || 2195 points
CPUMark 2.2 || 74.27 sec
For example, my old laptop Acer Aspire 1640Z with Intel Celeron M 1.8 GHz passes CPUMark 2.2 in 44 sec.
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Battery Life
Office and Web (Wi-Fi is On) || 5 h 05 mins
Watching movie (Wi-Fi is Off) || 5 h 08 mins
3DMark’06 in Loop mode (Wi-Fi is Off) || 4 h 35 mins
Minimal mode (all interfaces are switched off from BIOS, brightness is medium [6/13]) || 7 h 56 mins (it’s not a typo! =))
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Battery charging
Power On (‘Office with Wi-Fi’) || 3 h 20 mins
Power Off || 2 h 45 mins
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So my Eee 16G will arrive tomorrow. I’ll post up the details or a link to my spaces in one of the forums tomorrow night. That was anyone interrested in the cheaper machine will have all the details.