When I saw the specs on this, I just stared. 1.33GHZ Atom. 1GB RAM. 16GB SSD. 9" screen. Non-removable battery. No user upgradable components. A touchscreen system running plain WinXP - not Win XP Tablet Edition? And the original price was $700. All I could think was 'who the hell would buy this?'
Heck, you can't even run Origami Desktop on this. None of the touch enabled applications will work on it. Maybe with Win7 premium, you'd have something - except that getting Win7 to run on that will be a daunting task, to say the least.
Sorry Asus, but utter, utter fail. I hope they learn from this and make the upcoming T101 tablet better.
If you want to see what a touchbook could look like? Check out the Gigabyte T1028. Full netbook. 10" screen. 1.6GHz processor. Standard and high res screen options. User upgradable memory and a real HD. Heck, it even includes an ExpressCard/34 slot! It's pricier, but it's actually potentially useful.Reply
I'd like to see a little more review in this review; how is the keyboard? Is the screen multitouch? what's the battery life like? can you at least give us a rundown on the specs? have you bothered to update it to Windows 7 with its touchscreeny goodness?Reply
@weatherman: It really is like a last-gen netbook in those regards, so I didn't see the point in rehashing old rundowns--keyboard is about as good as it gets for that size, I was getting around 4 hours of battery life.
No multitouch, it's a resistive screen.
Didn't get a chance to put Windows 7 on it--I might do an update post after I do.Reply
Is this a review of the device or of portable tablets? 8.9 inches borders on too large for tossing in a small bag, with room to spare. If you don't get the form factor, the review is a bit pointless. It's like a vegetarian reviewing a steakhouse.Reply
@Brookespeed: I've been using tablets and UMPCs for a long time now - and regardless of his attitude about tablets, he's still right. The T91 is not a well designed tablet PC.Reply
I will never use a stylus on any kind of touchscreen again. Ever. If I can't hit more than one button at a time, then forget it. If I have to use anything other than my fingers, forget it.Reply
So because I've never really used one before, is there a BIOS and everything on these netbooks? I'd be interested in buying this and trying to put Win7 with that touch package on this thing. Really want something like this for the living room (small, swivel screen, keyboard, touch screen, wi-fi). How easy are they to hack?Reply
@Neight: In a 16GB SSD? Good luck with that. Other than that, yes, this is a standard netbook. In terms of replacing the memory and SSD - it's a sealed box. If they use an SSD with SATA interfaces and have enough room, then it could be doable, but you're going to have to disassemble the thing to find out.Reply
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