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Review summary: Asus delivers a more upmarket version of its Eee PC line, but at a price

Verdict: The Eee PC S101 might be more accurately regarded as an ultraportable laptop rather than a netbook, and its price reflects this. However, we were impressed with its quality and found it more usable than many of the ultra-small netbooks.

Review summary: Designed to be the ‘executive' model of the Eee PC range, the Asus Eee PC S101 looks far more like a high-end and expensive ultraportable laptop than it does a Netbook. Build quality is excellent, with a high-gloss finish to the lid and brushed ...

Verdict: The screen is a standard 10.2-inch panel with a 1024 x 600-pixel resolution, but the LED panel is brighter and sharper than other Netbooks we've seen. The screen is also backlit, so it can be switched off whenever the need arises

Review summary: Asus packs the same basic components found in other Netbooks into a stylish, slim chassis for a modest premium in price, with some unfortunate keyboard-layout compromises.

Pros: Upscale brushed-metal design outshines other Netbooks, Almost as slim as the MacBook Air

Cons: More expensive than similar Netbook configurations, Hard-to-use, tiny keyboard

Verdict: Asus packs the same basic components found in other Netbooks into a stylish, slim chassis for a modest premium in price, but some unfortunate keyboard-layout compromises make the S101 harder to use than it should be.

Pros: Upscale brushed-metal design outshines other Netbooks ; almost as slim as the MacBook Air

Cons: More expensive than similar Netbook configurations ; hard-to-use, tiny keyboard

Verdict: Asus packs the same basic components found in other Netbooks into a stylish, slim chassis for a modest premium in price, but some unfortunate keyboard-layout compromises make the S101 harder to use than it should be.

Review summary: Asus officially announces its way Eee PC S101 the high-end netbook on the market. The Eee PC S101 will be in three colors, Brown, Champagne or graphite infusion