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Asus Eee PC 904HA

Dec 2, 2009 Netbooks

Asus Eee PC 904HA is a portable netbook with an 8.9-inch WSVGA LED back lighting LCD screen (1024 x 600 resolutions). It works on Intel Atom N270 CPU and chipset, super hybrid engine and hybrid storage. It is equipped with a built-in 1.3-megapixel webcam. It comes with a build-in stereo speaker, built-in digital array microphone and a headphone jack. The supported operating system is Windows XP. It is available in two colors, pearl white and fine ebony (black). When purchasing this netbook, it comes with AC power adapter, battery, manual and DVD with drivers, software applications and utilities. It features a touchpad that features multi-touch whereby by using various gestures, it can zoom in or out of a web page. It measures approximately 266 x 191.2 x 28.5~ 38 mm in dimensions and weighs 1.4kg. This Asus netbook comes with a 6-cell battery.

Specifications

Design
It is equipped with a QWERTY keyboard that comes with a special palm rest feature. The keyboard of this netbook is 95% of a full keyboard. The touchpad and its buttons work as desktop mouse. It allows single-finger gesture input such as clicking and tapping and multi-finger gesture input for document navigation such as zoom in/out and scrolling.
It measures approximately 266 x 191.2 x 28.5~ 38 mm in dimensions and weighs 1.4kg.
It has been made in the colors, pearl white and fine ebony (black).

Display
The display of this netbook comes with a resolution of 1024 x 600 pixels.

Power
Its 6-cell 7.4V Li-Ion battery has up to 6 hours battery life.

Network & Connections
It supports wireless connection with a built-in WiFi 802.11 b/g. With this feature, it automatically detects and connects to the Internet at any hotspot. It is equipped with three USB 2.0 ports, one VGA monitor output, a SD card reader slot with SDHC compatible, a Kensington lock slot and a RJ-45 Ethernet LAN port. The card reader can read and write SD cards of any format and capacity. It can support cards with memory capacity of up to 32GB.

System
Asus Eee PC 904HA has a 160GB SATA hard drive and 1GB of DDR2 RAM. It is equipped with 10GB Eee storage which is the hybrid storage. With this feature, users are said to be able to use their free online space when it is connected to the internet. They can also access and share any files. What this does is it offers a choice of performance and power consumption mode for adjustment according to the users’ various needs. The supported operating system is Windows XP. It is said that Asus has worked up the Windows XP to suit this netbook.

Other Features
The standard package comes with AC power adapter, battery, manual and DVD with drivers, software applications and utilities.
It outer look is just like the other EEE 1000 series in terms of its shell and casing. It gives out a shiny look on the outside. Asus provides a cleaning cloth for this netbook.
The ETHERNET port, a USB port, microphone and earphone jack are all located on the left. Meanwhile on the right side is where the VGA output port, AC adapter port and 2 USB 2.0 ports are found. A MMC/SD card reader can also be found on the netbook.

Reviews

“It is around 100gm lighter than the 1000H and has front facing speakers. It has the same resolution as the EEE 1000H. The difference of screen size is just 1.3″, which is just not noticeable to me as I was using both the devices at the same time. It is also around $50-80 cheaper depending upon from where you buy it. But to me, the front facing speakers and lighter weight wins the battle over 1000H.” (GadgetMix, 2008)