Mozilla’s Thunderbird is also preinstalled, incongruously under the “Work” tab, rather than “Internet”. But both are the full-blown application in use we found nothing the Windows version of Firefox could do that the Eee’s couldn’t, including handling rich websites such as YouTube. In keeping with the Eee’s express aim of being as simple to use as possible, these are simply described as Documents and Web in the Eee’s interface. OpenOffice 2 and Firefox 2 come preinstalled. Even better for children, delving into potentially destructive settings is all but impossible, to the point that none of the preinstalled applications even shows up in the Add/Remove Software dialog box. The Minimise, Maximise and Close buttons at the top right of each window look as if they were grabbed from Windows XP wholesale, but the effect is that making the transition between Windows and the Eee’s Linux desktop is very easy. The window furniture of each app is as standard as can be. It sports a tabbed main interface – you can select from Internet, Work, Play, Settings and Favorites tabs, each of which has its own selection of applications and links to online resources, all lined up along the top of the screen. The operating system is a custom Asus effort, built on the back of a Xandros installation of Linux. It measures just 225mm wide and 170mm deep, and weighs only 1.12kg including its power adapter. Read the full review of the Eee PC 901 here.įor tapping out emails and working on documents and spreadsheets, the Eee PC is all but perfect.
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