ASUS Eee PC 4G (7-Inch Display, Intel Mobile Processor, 512 MB RAM, 4 GB Hard Drive, XP Home Preloaded) Pearl White

by Asus

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 12.1 x 9.9 x 3.3 inches ; 3.8 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 3.8 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B0017L77UW
• Item model number: 90OA01BA0112131U305Q
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (32 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: July 2, 2004

Product Description

Color: Pearl White

7" Wide LCD. 800 x 480 WVGA. 512MB DDR2 memory on board. 4GB Solid State Disk storage. Windows XP Home. Hi-Def Audio CODEC. Internal Mic & stereo speakers. Audio In/Out jacks. 802.11 b/g. LAN connector (10/100 mbps/RJ-45). 3 USB 2.0 ports. MMC/SD (SDHC) memory card reader. VGA port (D-sub 15 pin). Up to 2.8 hours of 4-cell 4400mah battery life (6 month warranty for battery). Integrated Camera

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars It is what it is ..., May 12, 2008

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Frank P. Rocha (San Antonio, TX) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: ASUS Eee PC 4G (7-Inch Display, Intel Mobile Processor, 512 MB RAM, 4 GB Hard Drive, XP Home Preloaded) Pearl White (Personal Computers)

Two things the eee PC is NOT: 1) It is not a desktop replacement. Silly to even consider it. 2) It is not a replacement for your personal laptop. (You'll never watch DVD's or load your iTunes library on it.)

OK, what good is it? I travel quite a bit on business and always have to lug my business laptop around and you know what a pain that is. But when I travel all I really need is: 1) Internet access to check-in for my flight. 2) Need access to the web for my email. 3) Need to do some lite editing on Excel, WORD, and Powerpoint. 4) Need to be able to read PDF documents. 5) Need an external video port and USB connection to run my Powerpoint presentations.

Given those requirements, this little guy is great! Plus, it supports my air card, and the preformance of my Slingbox player is really good.

Now that I have it, I wish I had spent the extra $150 and got the eee PC 900, but for what I need, it's awesome. To be fair, I've only had it a week, and haven't loaded MS Office (need to buy a USB CD/DVD drive), but I'm not anticipating any issues. (I'll update if my opinion changes after this.)

The 4G-XP (there is also a linux version) has:
512K Memory
4Gb solidstate flash drive
XP Home Edition
External video port
3 USB connections
Ethernet connection
Builtin webcam
Mic & earphone jack
Also, can be upgraded with a SD storage card.

The only cons are that the keyboard is a little small (that's why I say only "lite" document editing, but you could add an external full size keyboard.) Battery life is probably not stellar, and keyboard "sounds" a little fragile.

So, as the title says, "it is what it is". Nice little package for traveling around. It weighs next to nothing and not much bigger than a paperback novel. Just manage your expectations, and you'll probably be very happy.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great little companion laptop, May 6, 2008

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Michael Smith (Muncie, IN USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: ASUS Eee PC 4G (7-Inch Display, Intel Mobile Processor, 512 MB RAM, 4 GB Hard Drive, XP Home Preloaded) Galaxy Black (Personal Computers)

I bought this for my wife as a companion to her desktop and work full-sized laptop. She found the laptop just too much of a pain to haul around for email and office doc access while on the road. The Eee PC was attractive for its low cost (since she already has 2 computers)and portability. I chose the XP version, since I am not experienced with Linux, and wanted to ensure some ability to do maintainence myself.

The computer comes with quite a bit of junk preloaded that I simply don't need, but it was easily removed, and some people might find it useful. The main weakness of the software bundle is that it includes Microsoft Works which, let's face it, is almost useless if you need to interact with grown-up office apps very much. I quickly downloaded Openoffice.org, a powerful... and free... office suite that offers good compatibility with MS Office (I use the Novell version that supports office 2007 formats).

Both XP and Openoffice.org run quite well on this mini-laptop.

The only other "complaint" I have is the very small screen. It would be difficult to use for a long time, but given the price point, it works reasonably well. I'd have gotten the bigger screen, if it were available, even if it cost a hundred bucks or so. I'll definitely look into a bigger, thinner LCD version in the replacement in a few years though.

All in all, this is a pretty impressive product, expecially considering the price.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Already crashed, July 9, 2008

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T. Barnes (K. Texas) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: ASUS Eee PC 4G (7-Inch Display, Intel Mobile Processor, 512 MB RAM, 4 GB Hard Drive, XP Home Preloaded) Galaxy Black (Personal Computers)

I purchased this product in March and have used it only on weekends when I travel. 2 weeks ago when I tried to open it, all I got was a black screen and and error messages. I have tried to get support from the company it came from and have never received a response. All the computer repair services want to charge $200.00 or more to reload it. So if anyone has a suggestion, I would appreciate it.

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