One of the things that had me excited about netbooks when they first came out is that this is a chance to actually put SSDs into the mainstream. And then netbooks boomed. But… they seem to have left SSDs in the dust.Okay, SSDs may be the future (no moving parts? Practically no defrags needed? Quick write times?), but it’s not quite ready for prime time just yet. For starters, it’s expensive. And for the price you’re paying, how many gigabytes are you going to get? 4? 8? 16? It’s something not worth it at the moment, if you ask me. This is why most netbooks after the first Eee PCs came out with hard drives instead.
Which brings us to the new Eee PC model being offered by Asus.
From Eee User:
Asus have revealed that their new Eee PC T91MT multi-touch netbook will feature the 32GB pSSD Gen2 drive from SanDisk. Asus chose this model from SanDisk’s offerings as it suits the netbooks low power needs and small form factor requirements.If I remember correctly, this is the first Eee PC in a long time that has been offering an SSD. And if you’re wondering what else is new with the Eee PC T91MT, it comes bundled with Windows 7 Home Premium and supports touch gestures on its 8.9-inch screen such as rotating, pinching and swiping, let alone the fact that it can also be used as a tablet PC!
For those who were disappointed by the death of the the Crunchpad, it looks like we might actually have a serious contender to replace the its (non-existent) throne.
But unlike the Crunchpad, the Eee PC T91MT is a b it pricey though: it costs $532.
I own this T91MT (from NewEgg), great netbook for basic web surfing and watching some videos. Great battery life even without power saving settings. I wouldn't call it multitouch though as it only recognizes maximum of 2 finger points at once, I call that DUALTOUCH! I was expecting more than a dualtouch touchscreen :(
ReplyDeleteIt won't even play youtube or HULU videos (unless you download them first) that I so hoped for either (even tried on LAN connection incase WIFI was to blame, but nope). Forget trying to use Google Earth! I could only upgrade the ram as high as 2GB and you cannot give more RAM to the internal video card.
In the promo videos from Asus showing this unit and touch screen applications running nice and smooth is a farce. When you flick images, they are not smoooth, scrolling pages or button sets, they will not follow the speed of your fingers, sometimes you are not sure if your click was even registered as the PC is busy catching up. Their videos are a bit decieving (actually very decieiving considering I believed their fake videos).
It plays most downloaded movie files I have (as long as you find most recent video card drivers from Intel, Asus doesn't even give you these), great for all my 720p DivX vids (1080 may not play).
Great for FLAC and MP3 playback.
Tried Windows XP and Vista on it, Windows 7 runs best.
I have tried some emulators of old 8bit & 16bit games (I am a fan of old games). NES & SNES works perfect. Sega Genesis and Master System roms play fine. GBA most games ran well. Majority of MAME games would play (use GlovePie and your WiiMote). A few n64 games ran ok. DosBox with games like DOOM, Blood, etc work well too. I wouldn't expect to get more gaming from this unit, lucky if PC games made before 2000 will play smoothly.
You can install Microsoft PowerToys for Windows XP Tablet PC Edition on Windows 7 and I even found a download to install Microsoft's Surface applications (Google "Touch Pack Drop 4").
I may not give it a good review, but I like it more than the Apple Ipad!
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