Japanese version of low price mini-note "EeePC 901" which has greatly improved power, haste photo review

ASUS today announced the Japanese version "Eee PC 901-X" of low-priced notebook PC "Eee PC 901-X", but since we were able to lend it from ASUS, we will deliver photo review at once. The actual sales price is around 59,800 yen.

In addition to the sophistication of the design compared with the original EeePC, it has realized high scalability by newly supporting Bluetooth Version 2.0 + EDR and furthermore it corresponds to not only IEEE 802.11 b / g but also the latest IEEE 802.11 n Wireless LAN is installed. And it has been subjected to significant power-up in various aspects such as memory, recording capacity, battery duration, etc. It has become a high-performance model that can withstand use as a mobile machine.

Details are as follows.
The original EeePC was light blue, but this time the box is based on yellow green.


As a limited model benefit for Japan, in addition to exchanging when there is dot missing in the liquid crystal, a mouse is included.


The back side of the box looks like this.


The catchphrase seems to be written in each national language.


I just opened the box.


I tried arranging what is inside.


User manual, quick start guide, product warranty card, support DVD, etc.


Body and battery, special case, mouse, AC adapter.


It comes with a cleaner that removes dirt on the main unit and screen. This may be nice.


This is the mouse.


AC adapter. Although the first EeePC was integrated, this time the adapter and cable are separated.


Connector is smaller than ordinary laptop computer.


I compared the AC adapter of EeePC 901 with those of Let'snote which is well-established for compactness. It is very compact.


This is a battery. The driving time is about 8.3 hours, which is greatly improved compared with the first about 4.0 hours.


I closed the main body. The body has a shiny, somewhat luxurious feeling.


It was opened. The design is fairly sophisticated compared with the first generation.


The bottom is like this. It is also possible to replace the installed 1 GB memory to 2 GB.


The speaker is stereo. Unlike the first generation, it was not the screen side but the bottom of the main unit. Although it is the maximum volume that you are interested in, it is very large, even if you set the maximum volume, the sound will not break much. Is not it enough as a speaker for a laptop computer?


Power key.


When turning on the power, the LED glows blue.


The keyboard looks something like this. The keystroke is almost the same as the first generation and it is very easy to strike.


Touchpad. It has 4-way scroll function.


The camera powers up from 300,000 pixels to 1.3 million pixels. You can enjoy video chat with high picture quality.


The microphone is at the bottom of the screen.


From right, power supply, display output, 2 USB 2.0 terminals.


SD memory compatible SD memory card slot.


OS is Windows XP, Intel's Atom processor N270 (1.6 GHz) is adopted as a CPU. Enjoy 5.1 channel surround with 2 speakers or headphonesDolby Sound RoomCorrespond to.


The part to attach anti-theft wire etc. from the left, LAN terminal compatible with 100BASE-TX, USB 2.0 terminal.


Mike and headphone jack in front.


Function keys that can switch the screen resolution.


Setup will start when the power is turned on for the first time.


The Windows XP logo will be displayed.


Setup is over. The screen uses a non-glare type 8.9 inch wide TFT color liquid crystal, resolution is 1024 × 600. I am very pleased that the amount of information that can be displayed is significantly improved compared to the original 800 × 480.


Also a special case is attached this time.


I compared the size with Panasonic 's Let' s note W 7.


Still very small. I would like to compare it with the R series if possible.


The thickness is quite slim.


Although it was impressed by touch, although it became slightly heavier as about 1.1 kg, the slim and compact form remained as it was, the design was further refined, the battery duration was doubled, the AC adapter was extremely compact Because it became, it is much easier to carry around as a mobile machine than before.

In addition to being enhanced CPU and memory, the flash memory adopted as a recording medium has become 12 GB with 4 GB + 8 GB, it is significantly improved compared with the 4 GB of the first generation, and further 20 GB of free WEB storage " YoStore service "is also very glad.

Also, 16GB SD memory cardCut off 6000 yenAs EeePC 901 alone is likely to demonstrate high practicality as it can achieve a sufficient recording capacity by summarizing them.

Although the performance of the first EeePC was enough to play, EeePC 901 can be active as a powerful small notebook computer that can be used for mobile applications, hanging around there.

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