Asus Eee PC T91
Notebook Specifications
Notebook: Asus Eee PC T91Processor: Intel Atom Z520
Graphics Adapter: Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 950
Display: 8.9 inch, 10:6, 1024x600 pixels, glossy: yes
Weight: 1kg
Price: 400 euro
Average of 7 scores (from 15 reviews)
Reviews for the Asus Eee PC T91
Source: Notebookreview.com
The new ASUS Eee PC T91 deserves serious praise for being the first budget-priced tablet netbook on the market. The closest direct competition to the T91 is the Fujitsu U820, but with the Fujitsu retailing for more than $1,000 the Eee PC T91 essentially stands alone in the marketplace at half the price. The hardware specs might not seem too impressive at first glance, but if you're in the market for a low-cost tablet this is indeed your only real option priced below $700 without rebates or coupons.
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 07/15/2009
Rating: display: 50% mobility: 80% workmanship: 80%
Source: Notebookreview.com
The new ASUS Eee PC T91 deserves serious praise for being the first budget-priced tablet netbook on the market. The closest direct competition to the T91 is the Fujitsu U820, but with the Fujitsu retailing for more than $1,000 the Eee PC T91 essentially stands alone in the marketplace at half the price. The hardware specs might not seem too impressive at first glance, but if you're in the market for a low-cost tablet this is indeed your only real option priced below $700 without rebates or coupons.
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 07/15/2009
Rating: price: 80% display: 40% mobility: 80% workmanship: 80%
Source: CNet
We first caught sight of the Asus Eee PC T91 back at CES 2009 in January, and were immediately taken with the idea of combining a small, low-cost Netbook with a touch-screen interface. Seven months later, the final product is here, and it's largely successful for a first attempt at this kind of hybrid. It's a much more flexible way to interact with a Netbook--especially if you're tripped up by the tiny touch pads and keyboards found on most minilaptops. Asus does a good job combining a Netbook and a touch screen in the Eee PC T91, even if the system hits a couple of first-generation snags.
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 07/15/2009
Rating: Total score: 80% performance: 60% features: 90%
Source: Hot Hardware
We were impressed with the battery life (nearly five hours, just as claimed), but we didn't appreciate the non-removable nature of the battery. Also, the trackpad was great, but the keys were cramped due to the small chassis. The display looked washed out and was mushy to the touch, but that's what you get in a resistive touch panel. We loved how small and light the machine was, but we lamented the fact that it really wasn't equipped to handle any task more demanding than typing a Word document, sending an email or engaging in the occasional Skype call.
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 07/15/2009
Rating: performance: 40% mobility: 80% emissions: 60%
Source: Netbookchoice
The Asus Eee PC T91 convertible netbook officially went on sale in the US today. To mark the occasion, quite a few US publications posted their reviews today. In fact, we counted nine reviews altogether, so for those mulling the decision to lay down $499.99 on this 8.9-inch net tablet, there’s plenty of material to start your research.
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 07/15/2009
performance: 40%
Source: Laptop Mag
This tablet netbook sets itself apart with an attractive touch interface, but it’s held back by slow performance, a small hard drive, and cramped keyboard. We give credit to ASUS for innovating; the touch features on the ASUS Eee PC T91 definitely break the netbook mold. However, its underpowered processor results in an underwhelming experience; screens take too long to open, and the lack of palm rejection is frustrating. Also, at $499, the Eee PC T91 is $100 more expensive than other netbooks that, while lacking a touchscreen, have larger 10-inch displays, and have batteries that last twice as long. Yes, the T91 is worth a look, but it’s not worth the wait.
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 07/14/2009
Rating: Total score: 50%
Source: Computer Shopper
The marketing slogan for the Asus Eee PC T91 is "Fun at Your Fingertips," but our time with this netbook/tablet combo turned out to be less than fun for us. Asus based its first netbook tablet on what seems to be a netbook that the company has all but discarded and improved upon many times over. All the quibbles we’ve had with, say, the Eee PC 4G or Eee PC 900, such as the tight resolution, misplaced right Shift key, and slow performance, have reappeared on the T91. The T91 netbook deserves kudos for trying something new with its convertible-tablet design, but its sluggish performance mars the experience.
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 07/01/2009
Rating: Total score: 59%
Source: Pocket Lint
On the whole we found this new concept in netbooks and interesting one. Seeing as the usual route for a netbooks evolutionary path would be to become much faster, with greater storage or larger screens this is a welcomed diversion in design that we weren’t expecting to see at all. This could now be a very useful addition to the Eee family of computers of theirs that have already proven themselves in sales. What will be interesting to see is if this will be picked up and adopted by the average user, in addition to the educational market they’re already established in.
80
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 06/03/2009
Rating: Total score: 80%
Source: Techradar
The first Eee PC to ship with a touchscreen interface - and it's great. Overall, we're impressed with what Asus has done here. Since the introduction of the original Eee PC, manufacturers (Asus included) have desperately tried to tweak netbooks to set themselves apart from the crowd. Larger screens, better hard drives, different operating systems, you name it - it's been tried. The problem is, all these tweaks are too subtle to really register. The Asus Eee PC T91 on the other hand genuinely moves things forward. As long Asus can keep pricing to realistic levels, it deserves to have another winner on its hands.
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 05/14/2009
Rating: Total score: 90%
Foreign Reviews
Source: HardwareLuxx
DE→ENonline available, Long, Date: 08/22/2009
Rating: display: 40% mobility: 80%
Source: Notebookjournal
DE→ENonline available, Long, Date: 08/11/2009
Rating: Total score: 70% price: 70% performance: 40% features: 30% display: 40% mobility: 30% workmanship: 70% ergonomy: 70%
Source: Notebookjournal
DE→ENonline available, Long, Date: 07/16/2009
Rating: display: 40%
Source: Notebookcheck
DE→EN, Long, Date: 07/15/2009
Rating: display: 50% mobility: 80% workmanship: 80%
Source: Hispazone
ES→ENonline available, Medium, Date: 06/25/2009
Rating: performance: 60% mobility: 80%
Source: Nonstop Mobil
HU→ENonline available, Medium, Date: 07/05/2009
Rating: Total score: 80%
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: The Intel Atom series is a 64-Bit (not every model supports 64bit) microprocessor for cheap and small notebooks (so called netbooks), MIDs, or UMPCs. The speciality of the new architecture is the "in order" execution (instead of the usual and faster "out of order" execution). Therefore, the transistor count of the Atom series is much lower and, thus, cheaper to produce. Furthermore, the power consumption is very low. The performance per Megahertz is therfore worse than the old Pentium 3M (1,2 GHz on par with a 1.6 GHz Atom).
Z520:
>> Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Processsors.
8.9": This is a very small format, which is used for UMPC, Netbooks or Subotebooks. There hardly exist any models with this display format. Working for a long time is uncomfortable. This tiny display is intended for outdoor usage.
The advantage is, that the mini-notebook can be small dimensioned and can be carried easily. Further the tiny display has the advantage, that it needs few energy, which improves the battery runtime and in consequence the mobility. The disadvantage is that the reading of texts is very exhausting for the eyes. High resolutions can hardly be used.
>> To find out how fine a display is, see our DPI List.
1 kg: This subnotebook is one of the most lightweight of all notebooks and can be carried very easily. There exist hardly any models in this extreme class of weight. 7-9 inch displays are normal for this class of weight.
Asus: ASUSTeK Computer Incorporated, a Taiwanese multinational company, produces motherboards, graphics cards, optical drives, PDAs, computer monitors, notebook computers, servers, networking products, mobile phones, computer cases, computer components, and computer cooling systems. The company's 2007 revenues reached US$6.9 billion. ASUS also produces components for other manufacturers. The Eee PC initiated the netbook boom in 2008.
72.71%: This rating is bad. Most notebooks are better rated. This is not a recommendation for purchase.
>> Further information can be found in our Notebook Purchase Guide.
