We've already witnessed ASUS' netvertible undergo some
hands-on testing, but the units inspected up until now have all been pre-production devices. Well, finally a retail
T101MT has made its way out to online scribes and we've got the first video review for your delectation. We're told that the machine is still pretty thick and a tiny bit too heavy to comfortably hold in one hand for long periods of time, but also that the previous touchscreen issues have been rectified -- it is now "responsive and precise." The general theme is that you shouldn't expect too much out of it, particularly since a 480p YouTube clip gobbled up 95% of the T101MT's CPU cycles
and still provided only a choppy picture, but if your ambitions are sufficiently moderate, ASUS' latest could prove a versatile little machine. Video awaits after the break and a summary review can be found at the source.
Update: The YouTube video played was a
stop-motion animation running at 5fps and therefore shouldn't be considered representative of the T101MT's video performance. What should be taken as representative is the fact that it maxed out the CPU.
posted March 15th 2010 8:12AM
OMG this is exactly what I've been waiting for!!
No...wait...that's not it...
But but but, it can multitask right? I mean, yeah sure, the CPU goes to 95% and the battery runs out in 12 minutes, but we all love those netbooks! What an experience!
@Dsunbury
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@Delta dude, if you can't see that this is one big craptalicious piece of computing fail then go ahead and down-vote all you like. I'll bet my trusty Dell/Win XP pro laptop (Precision) that you'll never buy one of these promise-everything do-nothing machines.
@Dsunbury
please don't try to act like your ever so subtle comment had anything to do with the quality (or lack thereof) of this product
@Dsunbury How old is the precision? Can I get in on that bet? 5-600 and I get two computers? =profit.
@mrqs Ok, sorry about that, you caught me out. Wow, you guys are good. It does actually sound really great - can we preorder? I can't wait to get one of these and browse my enormous collection of plant photos. Can't wait...
@Dsunbury I picked up the t91MT last month. A little smaller, and stil very netbookish. You're not gonna jockey Photoshop Elements with either of these machines. But it does OneNote really well. It's my on-the-go lapper right now, and when at my desk, I use it jot down notes. It will pay for itself in lost post-it notes in a few months. My main lapper is an MBP, if that matters.
Havoun's multitouch tablet is much better.
Needs Ion 2
kayboard looks nice...
that's about it
@mrqs
*keyboard
It just seems like most stuff on this machine is too clunky e.g. it doesn't deal very well with the switching between landscape and portrait orientations at all, it should resize windows so they fit on the screen when you switch.
Keyboard okay but not great - touchscreen sucks, the samples at CeBIT seemed to be guessing where i put my finger on it and that even took a certain delay ...
Sorry, but I gotta say that the video review is HORRIBLE. The GMA 3150 is supported by the Flash beta with GPU support, and video playback should have been much better than 5 frames per second.
Would have helped if the reviewer didn't use a stop motion video to demo the playback quality... This seemed obvious from the 'smooth' nature of the 'choppiness' and the choice of music. Here's the video he used...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNiP953SCOg
Guess I know to avoid netbooklive.net reviews from now on :)
Why don't they pick better people to review these netbooks. He seemed a bit lost on the whole multitouch aspect of it. Like what was up with using the itty-bitty scroll bar rather than two fingers?
I wonder if Asus realizes that if they just slap an Ion video chip in this thing it would be worth twice as much $$ as an iPad.
are they mad? it is a piece of junk...