bit-tech News: Asus Eee PC S101

news · October 24, 2008

Hi all,

We have just published a review of the *Asus Eee PC S101*. If you could

post a link on your site that would be very much appreciated.

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*Quote:

*/It's weird. At the start of writing this review, we admitted that yes,

the Eee PC S101 does look nice. It looks very nice even and it feels

great to use. Now though, faced with the interminable truth that this

new colour and shiny hinge motif is costing users an extra £150 or so,

we've had a change of heart. This shiny new coat of graphite paint isn't

good, it's reprehensible and the only thing it really does is colour our

final judgement of the Eee PC S101.

The S101 is still a good-looking machine and it is still a joy to use.

It'll look good in the metro[censored]ual knapsack of any bonus-chasing city

banker or on the meeting table of any board meeting. The Eee is still as

good as it always was, but this SKU just looks a little bit prettier.

For most people though, the ones who are probably on the other side of

the credit crunch and who are more concerned with value for money and

battery life than the fact that their subnotebook has slightly shiny

hinges, the S101 isn't really a valid option. It may be pretty, but that

comes at a huge and wildly disproportionate cost.

We get the feeling that price of the Eee PC S101 was decided based on

what corporate types might pay, not what the system is truly worth -

more proof that Asus has lost the plot on what it was that made the

first Eee PCs great./

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*Cheers guys!

Tim Smalley

www.bit-tech.net

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