asus eee pc 901, msi wind, or acer one

Cew27 · 18 Jul 2008 at 19:42

i need help i want a small portable linux laptop for less than £350 these seem prime candidates but which one? when are they all released?
thanks

CryptKeeper · 18 Jul 2008 at 19:55

The Eee is the best if you don't mind the smaller keyboard. Its the most powerful and has wireless n/bluetooth. It has the best battery life too.

DavidB · 18 Jul 2008 at 19:55

Its all down to preference really, personally im waiting for the dell.

Cew27 · 18 Jul 2008 at 20:00

i really want good battery life, how good is the dells/links to reviews?

DavidB · 18 Jul 2008 at 20:28

Cew27 said:
i really want good battery life, how good is the dells/links to reviews?

Its not out yet im afraid so no reviews. Link to spec here:
http://www.engadget.com/photos/dell...king-on-eee-and-air-in-one-fell-swoop/859933/

Cew27 · 18 Jul 2008 at 20:30

there all basically the same specs but the ee has a larger harddrive and user base? i think ill go for the eee 901

Raikiri · 18 Jul 2008 at 20:56

Eee 901 - Crap keyboard, very good battery life with the standard battery. Pretty fast, well made.

Wind - Seems good, a little big for the kind of thing it is though and I'm not sure what the battery is like.

One - My choice of the lot, with the 120gb HD it has loads of storage, Atom CPU, 1gb ram for £250 and it looks very good. Battery life is poor as standard but you can get a 6 cell which doubles it.

goujon945 · 18 Jul 2008 at 21:03

What will it be used for? Im typing this on an eeepc 701 and its good as a web pc

Cew27 · 18 Jul 2008 at 22:00

it will be used for web msn and email

Typhoon · 18 Jul 2008 at 22:48

I've just ordered a 901 XP. I wanted it for surfing via mobile broadband only so battery life and small size swung it for me. Wasn't concerned about storage and SSD storage was a bonus as I am likely to be walking around with it and chucking in my rucksack.

Cew27 · 19 Jul 2008 at 00:29

typhoon you could have got the 20 gig linux version and i could have given you my unused xp key
also i take it you pre ordered

Typhoon · 20 Jul 2008 at 23:02

Cew27 said:
typhoon you could have got the 20 gig linux version and i could have given you my unused xp key
also i take it you pre ordered

No, in was in stock when I purchased it late Thursday night, chose the free delivery option which normally takes 5 working days, but its been dispactched already and should be arriving on Moday

Couldn't Find a Linux 901 in stock anywhere 9though I would propbably still have gone for the XP version for better battery life and ease of setting up 3's usb broadband modem. Still it has more memory than I'll probably need and SDHC cards are pretty cheap these days.

ken1307 · 21 Jul 2008 at 01:15

Go for the Advent 4412 (Wind re-badged), Im biased though since I own the Advent

seriously though, it has very good screen with the biggest size out of the three and very usable keyboard. Battery life is "poor" with the 3-cell battery (2-2.30 hours) but soon you can get an 6-cell which will last for 5-6 hours

the rest of the spec are comparable to the Acer ONE except smaller HDD (80GB vs 120GB)