More Info on the Asus S101, The MacBook Air that You Can Actually Afford
It’s been a while since an Asus product has rocked our world—we think the last time must have been the Eee—but the Atom-powered SSD-based Asus S101 looks amazing for its price—even better than we thought before. Just 1kg and a tapering 17.8mm thin (a bit thicker than the Air), its 10.2″ LED screen runs at WSVGA (1024×600) resolution. And with 802.11n, ethernet port, Bluetooth, multitouch trackpad, 4-in-1 card reader, 20GB of free online storage and high quality speakers, the S101 packs plenty of useful features—though it only has 1GB of RAM and appears to have the same fatal flaw as the MacBook Air. Yes, the S101 uses a non-replaceable, 5-hour polymer battery.
OK, now that we’re done with the specs, how much does the thing cost? It’s just cheap enough to be exciting, but not quite as impulse-buyable as the original Eee.
16GB SSD, 16GB SD, Windows XP
$US699
32GB, Linux
$US699
64GB, Linux
$799
The only catch is obviously that XP is not included in the better configurations. But still, if this rendering is in any way accurate, it looks like Asus may have knocked one out of the park, again.
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Ok so it’s an affordable MacBook Air.. great! You would have thought that someone had enough foresight to have learnt from the imbecilic attitude that a hard wired battery of any description was a big NO. Why even bother with battery’s being hard wired to any portable unit? It totally defeats the purpose of providing functionality “on the run”! I can hear it now, “John are you ready?”, “Just one moment Sarah while I charge my whack book!”… “Oh blast the whack books battery is dead… and my apple pie phone! Let’s Call the whole thing off dear!”
The dread of modern mentality is that it belongs back in the 4th grade.
…why not just charge it before you need to leave?
A bit of foresight can solve many many problems.
Actually, the battery is removable, and replacing it is even easier than the older eee pc’s. Somebody just got their data wrong. Check out the “hands on” vid if you don’t believe me.