[Hifihedgehog]

I am getting Asus EEE 900HA netbook for Christmas, but 'cause I am going on vacation for Christmas, I got to set it up early...

After I copied some music over, I tested some things, including the headphone output. Boy, does this thing sound good. Better than anything by Creative (including my X-Fi sound card), Apple, Archos, or Microsoft. Better yet, it can drive any pair of headphones (My head bursts at 10% with HD555s!) much better than my X-Fi. If this is what a Cowon sounds like, I guess I don't need one now!

What about other features? 160 GB of Hard Disk Space; Wifi; Lan; 3 Usb 2.0 ports; it's a netbook (translation: micro laptop); XP; 5 hours battery life; only 2 pounds; low power (about 5 watts); BRIGHT, constasty screen (HAD to turn it down to 50% brightness).

It isn't a number-cruncher, but it sure gets the job done: I can play games such as:
Jedi Outcast (mid to high settings)
Jedi Academy (same as previous)
C&C Generals (lowest settings)
Star Wars Galactic Battlegrounds
Sonic Heroes (yes, Sega released a PC port a few years back)
Sonic Adventure DX (yes, to the above statement)
Hunting Unlimited
All Emulators (except PS2 and Dreamcast)
And basically anything with CPU requirements at or below 1 Ghz.

I can't wait to get this on Christmas and really use it!

 

[diab0lik]

too bad it weighs over a kilogram and prob won't fit in any of your pockets

 

[Hifihedgehog]

But it sure beats a portable dvd player hands-down!

 

[midget]

i've always wondered if you could leave the netbook playing music with the lid/screen flipped down? such as if it was in your backpack?

 

[4agze]

hi, a little out of topic, but can you install microsoft office 2003/2007 in the Asus EEE PC 900?

 

[diab0lik]

yes you can install office

 

[diab0lik]

and yes you can close lid and play music. its just a minature laptop?

 

[akki007]

Quote:

Originally Posted by diab0lik /img/forum/go_quote.gif and yes you can close lid and play music. its just a minature laptop?

You can't do that with my laptop?!

 

[akasan]

Quote:

Originally Posted by akki007 /img/forum/go_quote.gif You can't do that with my laptop?!

if you have a laptop running windows yes you can, you have to change the settings from control panel

 

[roebeet]

@Sonichedgehog360: Thanks for the information! After a lot of researching, I had recently purchased the same Netbook and am impatiently waiting for its arrival on Monday.

I mainly got it as a replacement for my PDA, but I was hoping the SQ would at least be decent. This is a happy surprise!

 

[jfindon]

I really want a netbook, but I'm having a hard time picking one out. Nice to hear that one has good sound though.

 

[timb5881]

I got her the one with 16Gb ssd, not a harddrive. The sound is very good indeed out of it! The brand is Assus.


Tim

 

[diab0lik]

yes ssd are the way to go. no moving parts = less noise. the headphone jack leaves a lil to b desired but.

 

[akki007]

Quote:

Originally Posted by akasan /img/forum/go_quote.gif if you have a laptop running windows yes you can, you have to change the settings from control panel

Yes yes yes! You can! Super. I was unaware of this titbit of information and now I am a happy bunny!

 

[roebeet]

Quote:

Originally Posted by diab0lik /img/forum/go_quote.gif yes ssd are the way to go. no moving parts = less noise. the headphone jack leaves a lil to b desired but.

I disagree. I thought the same way as yourself, until I started researching my own Netbook purchase. A SSD-based Netbook gives a significant performance hit. The reasons I read were cheap SSD's being used or possibly that the OS (XP, Linux) is actually optimized to run on a HDD. Also, what I like about the EEE 900HA is that the HDD and RAM are easily replaceable.