Asus EeePC 701 User reviews  Editors' choice

By Craig Simms on 13/12/2007

More Asus reviews , RRP: AU$499.00

The good:

  • Super light
  • Attractive
  • Sturdy
  • Well featured
  • Great for first time users

The bad:

  • Keyboard is a bit too small for adult fingers
  • Inbuilt microphone is insanely placed
  • Needs a configurable scrolling area on the touchpad
  • Touchpad isn't very responsive to tap-clicking

The bottomline:

The EeePC isn't for everyone — in fact within about two seconds from picking it up you'll know if it's for you or not. For those it does appeal to, it's a brilliant little thing that fills a much lamented gap.

Editors' rating:

8.6/10

Users' rating:

8.5/10

Rob
17/12/2007, 05:32 PM

rating
9
/10

Yes I have one and it does actually work!

Pros: Good and useable, works out of the box, everything it's claimed to be for the money.

Cons: Some applications don't exactly fit its screen. But when connected externally to a SVGA monitor work OK.

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