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While the performance difference was not enough to be a deal breaker, Netbooks are generally pokey products to begin with, and even a tiny bit of additional slowdown can be frustrating. We'd trade a little battery life for a powerful processor and a zippier overall experience (although even with the slower CPU, the custom touch apps ran smoothly most of the time).
 Juice box | |||
| Asus Eee PC T91 | |
| Off (watts) | 0.5 |
| Sleep (watts) | 0.66 |
| Idle (watts) | 5.82 |
| Load (watts) | 10.28 |
| Raw (annual kWh) | 20.45 |
| Annual operating cost (@$0.1135/kWh) | $2.32 |
The Eee PC T91 ran for 4 hours and 20 minutes on our video playback battery drain test. That's impressive (even if Asus' 10-inch 1005HA Netbook ran for more than an extra 2 hours on the same test), considering the small chassis requires a small battery, and the additional drain of powering a touch-screen display.
Asus covers its laptops with a standard, one-year, parts-and-labor warranty, and it offers online Web-based help and a toll-free phone number. The company's support Web site is easier to navigate than it used to be, and includes easy-to-find driver downloads FAQs.
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Asus Eee PC T91
Windows XP Home Edition SP3; 1.33GHz Intel Atom Z520; 1024MB DDR2 SDRAM 533MHz; 256MB (Shared) Mobile Intel GMA 500; 16GB ASUS-JM S41 SSD + 16GB SD Expansion Card
Acer Aspire One AO751h-1545
Windows XP Home Edition SP3; 1.33GHz Intel Atom Z520; 1024MB DDR2 SDRAM 533MHz; 256MB (Shared) Mobile Intel GMA 500; 160GB Seagate 5400rpm
HP Mini 110
Windows XP Home Edition SP3; 1.6GHz Intel Atom N270; 1024MB DDR2 SDRAM 533MHz; 128MB (Shared) Mobile Intel GMA 950; 160GB Seagate 5400rpm
Toshiba Mini NB205
Windows XP Home Edition SP3; 1.6GHz Intel Atom N270; 1024MB DDR2 SDRAM 800MHz; 128MB (Shared) Mobile Intel GMA 950; 160GB Toshiba 5400rpm
Yukyung Viliv S5
Windows XP Home Edition SP3; 1.3GHz Intel Atom Z520; 1024MB DDR2 SDRAM 533MHz; 256MB (Shared) Intel GMA 500; 60GB Samsung 4200rpm
Asus Eee PC 1005HA
Windows XP Home Edition SP3; 1.66GHz Intel Atom N280; 1024MB DDR2 SDRAM 533MHz; 224MB Mobile Intel GMA 950; 160GB Hitachi 5400rpm
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Quick Specifications
- Release date04/18/11
- Processor Intel ATOM Z520 / 1400 MHz
- Memory 1024 MB / 2 GB (max)
- Hard Drive 16 GB Solid State Drive
- Display Type 8.9 in TFT active matrix
- Operating System Microsoft Windows XP Home
- Optical Drive None
- Graphics Processor Integrated Intel GMA950 Dynamic Video Memory Technology
- Weight 2 lbs
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