Asus Eee PC S101
Notebook Specifications
Notebook: Asus Eee PC S101Processor: Intel Atom N270 1600
Graphics Adapter: Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 950
Display: 10.5 inch, 16:9, 1024x600 pixels
Weight: 1.5kg
Price: 400 euro
Links: Asus homepage Asus notebook section
Average Score: 78.92% - good
Average of 13 scores (from 14 reviews)
mobility: 74%, workmanship: 85%, ergonomy: - %, emissions: - %
Reviews for the Asus Eee PC S101
70% Asus S101 review
Source: PC Advisor 
This is a strong laptop with excellent portability, great looks and some perfectly decent specifications for the £449 asking price. The Asus S101 is a good contender as a compact business laptop.
von 5: 3.5, Ausstattung 3.5, Verarbeitung 4
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 12/10/2008
Rating: Total score: 70% features: 70% workmanship: 80%
80% Review: Asus Eee PC S101 mini laptop
Source: vnunet.com
The Eee PC S101 might be more accurately regarded as an ultraportable laptop rather than a netbook, and its price reflects this. However, we were impressed with its quality and found it more usable than many of the ultra-small netbooks.
4 von 5
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 11/24/2008
Rating: Total score: 80%
80% Asus Eee PC S101 luxury netbook
Source: Reg Hardware
There's no denying that the S101 is expensive compared to other SCCs - but when you compare it to small and light models from the big names it's an absolute steal. It also looks fantastic and if a 1024 x 600 screen is large enough for you to work on then it's an ideal travel companion. Throw in its glittering performance - especially when it comes to the hard drive - not to mention the massive 32GB of solid state storage and it's a very attractive proposition indeed.
80%, Leistung gut
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 11/20/2008
Rating: Total score: 80% performance: 80%
ASUS Eee PC S101
Source: IT Reviews
After much speculation, ASUS has indeed launched a ‘high-end’ netbook. Though that sounds like an oxymoron, the Eee PC S101 should do a great job of appealing to those who have avoided buying an Eee PC because of its ‘low-cost, low-power’ package. Not so with the Eee PC S101. This gorgeous little machine has been designed for fashion-seeking individuals who view style as much of a factor as substance. Fantastic but incomplete netbook
Verarbeitung exzellent, Display gut
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 11/20/2008
Rating: display: 80% workmanship: 95%
79% Asus Eee PC S101 (black)
Source: CNet
With the basic parameters of what makes a Netbook fairly set in stone, it's becoming harder than ever for a new model to stand out from the crowd, as evidenced by largely identical recent Netbooks from Dell, Lenovo, and HP--though the HP Mini 1000's impressively large keyboard was a plus.
Asus packs the same basic components found in other Netbooks into a stylish, slim chassis for a modest premium in price, but some unfortunate keyboard-layout compromises make the S101 harder to use than it should be.
(von 10): 7.9, Ausstattung 7, Leistung 8, Mobilität 9, Preis gut
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 10/31/2008
Rating: Total score: 79% price: 80% performance: 80% features: 70% mobility: 90%
70% ASUS Eee PC S101 (XP)
Source: Laptop Mag
How much are you willing to pay for style? The Eee PC S101 ($699) is hands-down the best looking mini-notebook we have seen, and its thin size and small footprint make it a machine that you’ll want to show off to the world. However, the chunkier but cheaper Eee PC 1000H ($479) features a longer-lasting six-cell battery and a much larger 160GB hard drive. Similarly, our category favorite, the MSI Wind (street-priced as low as $479) also sports a better six-cell battery and a larger hard drive, plus a better keyboard than either Eee PC. Some may prefer the ASUS N10, which, though not as thin or light as the S101, offers a handsome design, a better-looking glossy display, and discrete Nvidia graphics for the same $699 price. But if a stylish netbook is what you’re looking for, the Eee PC S101 will meet your needs.
3.5 von 5, Preis schlecht, Mobilität mangelhaft
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 10/23/2008
Rating: Total score: 70% price: 40% mobility: 50%
80% Asus Eee PC S101
Source: Trusted Reviews
All told we like the S101 in the same way that we like most ultra-portables notebooks, because it's sleek, stylish and accomplished. Battery life is very good, while the keyboard, touchpad and basic feature set are also excellent, even if you don't get much more than other cheaper netbooks. But price, as we all know, is an emotive issue. If you like your netbooks dirt cheap and care little for how they look and how you look using them, then it's obviously not for you. If, however, you've liked the idea of a netbook but find the current efforts a little unrefined, then the S101 is your only real choice. As such, even if it's not an "everyman" machine like other netbooks, we reckon the S101 deserves a recommendation because it's discernibly different from what else is available - something you can't say that often.
(von 10): 8, Preis 7, Ausstattung 9, Leistung 8
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 10/22/2008
Rating: Total score: 80% price: 70% performance: 80% features: 90%
90% Asus Eee PC S101 notebook
Source: Pocket Lint
The Asus Eee PC S101 breaks away from the idea of a netbook being simply a cheap and cheerful PC and brings style and design to the fore. The battery life is great but it's the keyboard and screen that will ultimately win you over. Netbook purists won't be happy about the price but we think Asus has created a new benchmark with the S101.
9 von 10, Mobilität ausgezeichnet, Preis schlecht
Single Review, , Short, Date: 10/20/2008
Rating: Total score: 90% price: 40% mobility: 95%
89% Asus Eee PC S101 review
Source: CNet
With the S101, the Eee PC has finally grown up. It's been completely redesigned so it's sexier, lighter, and more appealing to anyone who knows who Manolo Blahnik is. The £449 price tag means it's more expensive and elitist than previous Eee netbooks, but Asus is pitching it as an alternative to comparatively pricey ultra-portables like the Sony Vaio TT series, or Toshiba Portege R500. Let's see how it fares. The S101 is a stunning netbook -- the best we've seen to date. Its battery life isn't quite as good as its some of its bedfellows, and it's a little more expensive, but it's the perfect choice if your mission is to make the Joneses look poor.
8.9 von 10, Mobilität schlecht, Preis mäßig
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 10/17/2008
Rating: Total score: 89% price: 60% mobility: 40%
90% Asus Eee PC S101
Source: Techradar
At £449 (inc VAT) the Asus Eee PC S101 may not adhere to the idea of a low-cost device, but when it comes to comfort, usability and style this is easily the best Netbook on the market.
4.5 von 5, Mobilität sehr gut, Verarbeitung gut, Display gut, Preis schlecht
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 10/09/2008
Rating: Total score: 90% price: 40% display: 80% mobility: 90% workmanship: 80%
83% Asus Eee PC S101
Source: Notebookreview.com
Leaked photos have already hinted at the existence of a high-end Eee PC from Asus, but little else has so far been revealed about this sleek new netbook – until today, that is. Asus has now officially announced the Eee PC S101 and Mobile Computer is lucky enough to have scooped the worldwide exclusive review. The Asus Eee PC S101 is a truly stunning netbook, but we'd like to see at least a small bump in the specs to justify that "high end" price tag.
5 von 6, Mobilität gut, Preis schlecht
User Review, online available, Medium, Date: 10/07/2008
Rating: Total score: 83% price: 40% mobility: 80%
67% Asus Eee PC S101
Source: PC Pro
Netbooks tend to adhere to an incredibly precise blueprint: cram an Intel Atom processor, relatively small hard disk, wireless internet and a 10in screen into an off-white chassis that looks more toy than trend-setter and watch them fly off the shelves. Asus' latest Eee PC, however, veers away from this safe ground more than any netbook we've yet seen.
Fantastic looks fail to conceal the S101's fatal flaw: it's the same old netbook underneath.
4 von 6
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 10/01/2008
Rating: Total score: 67%
Foreign Reviews
73% ASUS Eee PC S101
Source: MuyComputer 
online available, Medium, Date: 12/03/2008
Rating: Total score: 73% price: 60%
75% Review Asus Eee PC S101
Source: Portablegear 
online available, Short, Date: 10/01/2008
Rating: Total score: 75%
Comment
Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 950: Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 950 is an integrated (onboard) graphic chip on Mobile Intel 945GM chipset. It is a faster clocked version of the GMA 900 and supports no hardware T&L (Transform & Lightning) accelleration (which is required for some games).
Only older games can be played fluently with these graphics chips (if they were not too demanding). Shared memory graphic cores in this category got the advantage of less heat production and longer battery runtimes. For office, internet, image processing, and video editing tasks these graphics chips are still useable without any restrictions.
>> Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Graphics Cards and the corresponding Benchmark List.
Intel Atom:
N270 1600:
>> Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Processsors.
10.5":
>> To find out how fine a display is, see our DPI List.
1.5 kg: This sub-notebook weighs less than the average of all notebooks and represents a medium class of weight among the sub-notebooks. 11 inch displays are normal for this class of weight.
Asus: Asus is an international manufacturer of medium size. In German and English speaking countries nowadays many notebooks of Asustec are reviewed. Nevertheless rather few laptop models achieve top-positions according total ranking and prize/value-rating.
78.92%: This rating is not convincing. It must be considered, that there exist hardly any laptops, which receive a rating below 60%. This notebook is evaluated below average, this is not really a recommendation for purchase.
>> Further information can be found in our Notebook Purchase Guide.
