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Asus Eee PC 900 Windows XP

The Asus Eee PC inaugurates a new category of mobile devices that are smaller, less powerful then traditional portable computers, but which offer all the possibilities of a computer. After the EeePC 701, it is the EeePC 900 which has been released in France, running Windows XP. Despite its screen that is slightly bigger and its bigger disk drive, its size is almost identical. All of this, along with its low price of 530$ should please a large number of users.

Tags : Asus Eee PC 900, ULCPC, 8.9 lcd screen, Windows XP

Asus Eee PC 900 Windows XP

June 13th, 2008 - 10:58 am ET by C. D.
  1. 1 - Presentation
  2. 2 - Specifications
  3. 3 - Software
  4. 4 - In use
  5. 5 - Conclusion

The Asus EeePC is small but relatively low on power, nevertheless it allows you to accomplish all of the tasks asked of a computer. You will find Internet Explorer 6 (but nothing prevents you from installing another browser) to surf the Internet, Outlook Express (the same goes as before) for the email client.

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The Windows Live suite is present with its different components: Windows Live Home, Windows Live Mail, Windows Live Messenger, Windows Live Writer and the photo gallery Windows Live. For the playing of multimedia, you can count on the presence of Windows Media Player 9.

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While lacking an optical reader, the Eee PC 900 has a Xpack Mini DVD Player. You will therefore have to take advantage of an external drive of access the drive of another computer via the network if you want to be able to use a DVD drive on your device.

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Finally, productivity hasn’t been forgotten with the works applications and the StarOffice 8 suite, allowing you to write and edit a wide range of documents. Here once again, you can eventually install other office suites depending on your needs and desires.

The storage space on the Eee PC 900 is organised into two partitions, one of about 4 GB and the other of 8GB. The SD card is seen as a separate drive. When in use, the system seems to be relatively reactive, with a few moments where you have to wait at times, but this doesn’t end up being overly annoying.

 

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