The Asus Eee PC T91MT has just became available and there are a few hands on reviews out there already. Here are the full specs for the netvertible:
- Intel Atom Z520 (1.33GHz, 533MHz FSB)
- Intel US15W Chipset
- Intel GMA 500 Graphics
- Windows 7 Home Premium
- 8.9” LED-backlit LCD with Resistive Multitouch
- 32GB SSD
- 1GB DDR 667MHz
- 10/100 Mbps Ethernet
- 802.11 b/g/n and Bluetooth v2.1
- 0.3 Megapixel Webcam
- 2x MMC/SD/SDHC Card Readers
- Measuring 225mm x 164mm x 25.2-28.4mm, Weighing 2lbs
- Integrated Lithium Polymer (5 hours battery life)
- 1 Year Warranty
- MSRP: US $532.00
As you can see the current price is $532 which is a little higher than most netbooks, but it is a multitouch netvertible and is very cool. If you’re not sure what a net-vertible is it means the screen swivels to allow the netbook to transform into a touchscreen tablet.
The resistive touchscreen works very nicely with the included stylus and of course with Windows 7 now installed it also works with your fingers and multitouch (pinch to zoom).
The keyboard for the T91 is the standard Asus Eee PC keyboard which is very nice and I’ve never heard a complaint about. This is an 8.9″ netbook so the keyboard is slightly cramped if you’re used to a fullsize one like on an 11.6″ netbook, but it works fine.
The touchpad does include the “unibutton” bottom button which we would have preferred to be 2 seperate buttons, but you can’t have everything that you want.
Of course the standard ports are on the outside, vga out, headphone, mic, 3 x usb’s, multi card reader, and LAN. It does include 802.11n wireless also which is nice. The downside is that it only has the Intel GMA500 graphics which is very weak (here’s why), but this is due to the fact that it’s made to be carried around and used primarily as a tablet pc and not a desktop replacement. Overall the T91MT is very cool and if you want a netvertible this is one of the best.
Here’s a video demonstrating the multitouch operations.
You can get one here from Amazon now for $532.
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Nicely written article. The Asus T91MT has been great for me for the past year and a half. The only negative I have is it didn’t come with 3G connectivity options or a GPS, and upgrading to 2GB of RAM is essential, in my opinion. Looking forward to upgrading to one of the new netbooks soon.