Asus Eee PC 1001P-MU17-WT 10.1-Inch Intel Atom Netbook Computer (White)

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I go to an online college and was using a laptop for this. I was getting tired of how heavy it is, bulky and HOT, oh, so dang hot! I asked a few people what their thoughts were on getting a netbook and got several different opinions (don't get this brand, get an iPad [for my school?? what??], don't get a netbook at all). I got two opinions which was to get this netbook. I only need it for school and for email. I want to be able to take it with me to where ever I want to go without carrying 50 pound laptop [exaggerating]. Of course some people still think online college isn't a real college... ugh.

The keyboard is nice. I found that the small reduction in percentage is not that big of a deal. My husband hates it, saying it's way too small for him... yet, he still uses it. Hmmm.

Start up was good. However, I did have issues with it networking to my router. I reduced security on the router a tad after so many troubleshooting efforts failed. That worked! I'm not a networking expert, though I do have some knowledge. It took me two days to figure that out.

Battery life hasn't been an issue. It goes all day from morning until I go to sleep. I plug it in right before bed and it gets about 8 hours of uninteruppted charge, which is good for the battery.

I find that it is a little slower than my laptop. I posted one of the gagets of RAM usage on my desktop to see about what it uses in physical memory, seems it stays around 47%. I try not to open too many applications for it to go any slower. I will look at upgrading the RAM here in a few months. I'm not really complaining since I knew what it came with, so I am just adding to discussion.

I found it pretty cheap at Walmart. I also did quite a bit of research on other comparable units made by different manufacturers. HP/Dell/Sony... the list goes on. They were way overpriced! This was very reasonable for what it does, plus I get a deduction on my taxes for being a student purchasing an item that is used for my studies. It is a win-win.

One little gripe is the Microsoft key is not working out for me. I am going to do a fix on this and see how that turns out. Lucky for me, my sister is an AF communications airman... so she can help out with me on this.

All-in-all, I am happy with this purchase and would love to give it 4.5 stars.

Asus Eee PC 1001P-MU17-WT 10.1-Inch Intel Atom Netbook Computer (White) Features

• 1.66GHz Intel N450 Atom Processor (512KB L2 Cache)
• 1 GB DDR2 SODIMM memory, Max Capacity upto 2 GB
• 10.1" WSVGA (1024x600) Color-Shine WideScreen matte LCD w/ LED-backlit
• Integrated Graphics Controller
• 160 GB HDD

Customer Reviews

Windows 7 Starter Version ruins this machine - Meya -
After originally really liking this Netbook, imagine my surprise that it cannot be connected to our local network running 2 XP computers and a Vista machine. You must have full blown Windows 7 to connect.

This makes this netbook very much crippled for most users. You can't even change the wallpaper without a hack.

This one is going back so I can get one that is running XP. It's too bad too, because this one looks nice, the keyboard is great, the battery life is great, and the setup was very easy.

Shame on Microsoft for using a crippled OS.