Compare Prices : Asus EEE PC S101

Verdict: Asus' premium netbook, the Eee PC S101H is one of the most elegant netbooks out there. It comes with a 16GB SSD, with additional online Eee storage. But it is slightly expensive than the others.

Review summary: The Asus Eee PC S101 is unrecognisable from the "cheap and cheerful" look that defined its first Eee and the first generation of netbooks. With its sophisticated, golden-brown lid and subtle silver trim its definitely a step toward taking netbooks to ...

Pros: Beautiful screen, and the slimmed down looks

Cons: Lack of storage. Huge price hike

Verdict: The Eee PC has gone all high-end with the S101, but it's just too expensive for a netbook. Shame.

Review summary: After much speculation, ASUS has indeed launched a ‘high-end' netbook. Though that sounds like an oxymoron, the Eee PC S101 should do a great job of appealing to those who have avoided buying an Eee PC because of its ‘low-cost, low-power' package. Not ...

Verdict: The Eee PC S101 (£449) builds upon the form factor, ergonomics and features of its predecessors but boasts a wholly reforged exterior in three glossy lid colours – Brown, Champagne or Graphite – accentuated with delightful details such as silver bits ...

Review summary: This tiny notebook from Asus measures just 266x29x19mm and weighs 1.1kg. It has a 10.2-inch screen with a resolution of 1024x600pixels and a 32GB hard drive. It runs Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition and has a battery life of four hours.

Pros: No doubt about it, the Asus S101 is the best looking Eee PC yet. It's the curviest, thinnest 10 inch model out there, with a smooth metal shell, decent keyboard and massive trackpad. Inside, Asus has gone back to using a solid state drive in the S101, ...

Cons: We're not entirely sure what's executive about the Asus S101 other than the casing and the price - inside are all the standard specs you can find in a £250 netbook: ordinary 10 inch screen, ordinary battery life, 1 gig o'RAM and an Atom 1.6GHz ...

Verdict: If you're a suit who needs a netbook, this ought to prevent the Fisher-Price jokes most Eee PC models are likely to prompt from City boys. But we're a bit gutted the extra £100 quid or so only gives the S101 a facelift compared to most netbooks - let ...