It is the age of touch-screen everything, brought to its culmination in the ever popular iPhone, so it was only a matter of time before the personal touch-screen computer evolved. One example of this type of innovation has come into its own in the ASUS Convertible Eee PC T91. This exceptional model of PC was made specifically to bring the touchscreen feature to the masses.
Unveiled at the 2009 CES, the T91 is labeled as a “multi touch notebook” and features, among other things, a swivel frame, 8.9” LED backlight, is about 1” thick and weighs only 2lbs. As far as tablet PCs go, this one is well designed, but the T91 doesn’t aim to be the biggest and best, instead its target audience is young students who lack the fund for larger, more mainstream laptops like Apple’s mecca of MacBooks. In this vein the T91 is equipped with an optional TV tuner, swivel frame, GPS system, and Windows XP Home. With all this the laptop can easily become a home theatre of navigation system at the drop of a hat, and weighing only 2lbs, is easily transported from home to school, something that can become a chore with conventional laptops.
As a student myself the price and the features of the T91 are appealing. I find myself more and more in need of my computer as a home theatre, especially with friends, and let’s not forget the joys of a touch screen, helping me surf quicker and find files easier. Not to mention the up-and-coming popularity of the tablet PC.
Powered by an Intel Atom Z520 processor, this little jem from the Taiwanese computer company will be sold mainly in the UK, Europe and Asia, and while catering for students the estimated price is expected around $500- something I can certainly live with. My only question is, will it play my iTunes?
What makes me confident in the T91 is the number of names behind it such as Windows and Intel. While ASUS may be a foreign name to consumers, man can count on the company’s counterparts to bring them into the purchase. As a student I can also attest to the appeal of the sleek little tablet-computer, good for entertainment and at a price that’s just right. Now we’ll just have to see how it rates on the Green Electronics scale.
Asus is not a foreign name over here, they are getting a reputation, for decent quality and affordable hardware. This is a very nice bit of kit forthe money.
Nice ideas but I wouldn’t buy it, I don’t trust the brand, I see far too many being returned with problems. It may be cheap but it would not be money well spent.
Asus has never been a problem for me and I know many people who use their products, myself included without ever having a single problem.
One of my cousins recently bought one and is very satisfied with it but I wouldn’t be satisfied by it since the monitor is so small. Also I would like to add that I will have a hard time typing on it.