The wife was complaining about the lack of a portable laptop to use when we’re outstation. Me on the other hand was always looking for a lighter notebook to lug around and not to mention that the Dell Inspiron 6400 is creating unnecessary stress on the lowepro’s laptop compartment.
Then we thought heck, let’s go netbook shopping. Brands that came to mind – Asus, HP, Dell Mini 12 and the new Fujitsu netbook. HP’s keyboard keys were bigger and easier to type but it’s running a 60GB 4200rpm hardisk same goes with the Dell and Fujitsu. I have seriously considered the Dell Mini 12, but they only gave a 3 cell battery and the price is RM21xx. The Fujitsu was RM17xx, keyboard keys were too small, 60GB 4200rpm HDD, design was so so.. and most important of all it failed the WAF (wife acceptance factor).
So came the jewel that caught my eye. The Asus Eeepc S101. It has 62GB hybrid storage. 16GB SSD + 16GB SD HC Class 6 card + 30GB online Eee storage, Atom 1.6G processor. Why choose SSD? Start-up and shutdown speeds are incredibly fast. (<30-45 sec) and shock proof. The price was around RM21xx almost the same price as the Dell Mini 12. But performance wins it hands down. I’ve also upgraded the default 1Gb RAM to 2GB by paying an extra RM50
This is the box.
Comes with a carrying pouch.
Nice shinny laptop cover. I likey. (Finger print magnet :( )
Accessories in the box.
The netbook has 3 USBs, LAN, VGA port, WiFi, and bluetooth.
The thickness of the netbook when compared to a AA GP rechargeable battery. All I can say that this netbook here passed the WAF with flying colors.
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