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First Full Review of New Asus Eee PC 900

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the several-hundred-more-than-before dept.

An anonymous reader writes "After months of rumors, the new 8.9in screen Eee PC is out in the open and the first review is online. As well as the larger screen you get 1GB RAM, 20GB Storage and a multi-touch touchpad. It costs more than the old Eee PC, but it definitely sounds like it's worth the extra cash." I always thought the appeal of the original was the ridiculously low price, coupled with the ease of hacking. Not sure if the sequel will meet that challenge.

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  1. Re:Battery life is a major downside by tzanger · · Score: 5, Informative

    The real problem is Linux's lack of decent power management, as well as the hardware manufacturers' reluctance to support Linux in any way.

    This may have been true in the past, but I'm telling you, I get 3.5h out of this shitty Toshiba U300, without wifi, 2.5h with. Powertop is a wonderful thing, but even without it, turning the screen down and making sure the CPU hits C3 leaves me with what I'd consider acceptable battery life. Windows doesn't far any better on this thing.

    If it really was Linux at fault, wouldn't those people running XP on the eee get more battery life out of it?