Long forgotten, the children are now entitled to a bike designed for them, without being limited compared to the adult versions. Asus has designed the Eee PC Disney (codenamed MK90) to be used both by children aged 6 to 12 and their parents.
Handling, ergonomics: small but sturdy. The model we tested is designed for little princesses. In white and pink, he was decorated with different designs based cores and images of Disney Princesses. And it succeeded! For boys, a much more conventional blue model is also available and is already much closer to adult models. The finish is excellent and all seems solid.

Asus Eee PC keyboard MK90 Disney. The keyboard fills the available width. It is splashproof. The keys are good size (16 x 15 mm) and are well prepared. The impactor is soft and comfortable.The touchpad (multi-touch) blends with the rest of the hull and noticed only by the presence of small spikes that stand out. The touch is nice and the sliding is fast and accurate. We are less surprised by this model as one that equips the Eee PC 1101HA example.The bar clicks is all chrome and lies just below the touchpad. The buttons have seemed too firm, especially for children.Asus Eee PC MK90 Disney webcamlive webcam is bad. The image is noisy, over-exposed areas are burned and the lack of sharpness is obvious. The flow is also weak.

The Asus Eee PC MK90 (Disney) is rather quiet. The fan that when accelerating intensive treatments (in photo and video for example). In office we do not hear very little. The connection could not be more classic. We thus find three USB 2.0, 1 VGA, 1 headphone, 1 microphone, 1 RJ45, 1 memory card reader and a 2 port lock. Wi-Fi b / g is also present. All, however, consistent and sufficient for the intended use.Under the netbook, a single door provides access to the RAM. The battery is removable. Asus has been designed to prevent electrical shock with children. We would have preferred a removable model and fixed with screws, in case they needed to change the battery. Office Disney and parental control: safe but soon limited. To simplify the use of computer and restrict access to your children to inappropriate content, Asus has chosen to use a special unit that replaces the standard desktop of Windows XP. Your child then has access to several menus and a shortcut bar with big icons. It can then play, play music, view and manipulate photos, go online and use a mail (filtered by yourself). Each of these activities can be regulated with the times or time slots, for instance to limit the duration of use of video games or the Internet.

Very simple parent side, it is sometimes less childish side. The interface lacks clarity in places and ergonomics could be improved. Some pages contain information and explanations which will probably hardly comprehensible by a child, and finally found an operation similar to what happens with Windows.
This session is specifically designed so interesting for a child who has never touched a computer, especially for younger children. This lets the computer your child without having to worry about what he could do with. Beyond 10 years, the limitations will probably be frustrating, and we recommend that you go to the next step (always with parental controls, but less restrictive).

The days of low-end netbooks is over. The younger generations now treat the look, the point of making use of famous designers. The Asus Eee PC 1008p is passed into the hands of Karim Rashid, who gave him a unique style. Coupled with a good finesse and a featherweight, the KR 1008p has everything you need. Handling, ergonomics: nice materials, well finished machine. Qu”on love or hate him, the design of the Asus Eee PC 1008p KR does not leave indifferent. Everything outside is textured with small rectangles (13 x 6 mm) in relief, giving it a nice appearance and cause some nice lighting effects and a set of curling surprising. The matte surface is very soft to the touch, it’s a pleasure to have in their hands. We also appreciate the material that avoids leaving fingerprints. It’s a great success. Inside, one finds a matte surface and a soft touch. However, the screen and its border are brilliant. The finish is excellent and the product seems robust.

Asus Eee PC keyboard 1008p KR
The keyboard keys spaced (14 x 13 mm) offers good comfort. Typing is silent and fast, with touches reasonably firm. We regret only the small size and positioning of some of these. “Ctrl” and left “Shift” (upper case) could be a little wider. The whole is still fun to use and aesthetically successful.
The touchpad (multi-touch) fits perfectly to the hull. It occupies an area of 6.5 by 3.5 cm. Only small “spikes” to distinguish the touchpad. The slide is very good and the accuracy is at the rendezvous. The result is better than bright patterns on the same manufacturer (UL series from Asus for example). A chrome bar clicks and good quality has its place just below.
Asus Eee PC 1008p KR webcamlive webcam offers good image quality, although the flow is not perfect. The contrast and sharpness are really quite good.

The Asus Eee PC 1008p Karim Rashid is silent. Near silent in office, he knows how to be discreet when large stones (photo editing, video encoding). The machine does almost no heat so that the spaces reserved for ventilation are very small.
The connector is hidden behind small doors, which keeps a good appearance. Obviously this is less convenient than ports accessed directly, although it also allows to protect them from dust. The machine has really been for a general wanderer who does not often need to connect peripheral equipment to the netbook.
Nevertheless, there are still conventional connector, including two USB 2.0 ports, 1 RJ45, 1 headphone and 1 microphone and 1 memory card reader 2-in-one. Bluetooth is also present, as the Wi-Fi b / g / n. Finally, a proprietary jack used to connect the VGA side of the player (see photo below).



Access to components is limited to the RAM with a trap very discreet available under the machine.

Available in black or white, the Asus Eee PC 1005PE keeps the same design as its predecessor. The glossy plastics are in the spotlight, except on the bottom of the netbook. If this is not an issue on our test model white (except the edge of the screen), it becomes even more troublesome on the black models who then cover fingerprints in less time than that ‘it does to say. Aside from the aesthetic and practical detail, we discover a computer well finished and sturdy. The keyboard 1005PE evolves and adopts spaced keys (14 x 13 mm). The impactor is silent and fast, with keys that provide a reasonably firm comfort. We just regret the small size and positioning of certain keys. “Ctrl” and left “Shift” (uppercase) that could be a little wider. The set is still fun to use and aesthetics.

The touchpad (multi-touch) is now used on most laptops from Asus. It fits perfectly to the hull and occupies an area of 6.5 by 3.5 cm. Only small “spikes” to distinguish its touchpad. The slip is correct, although the KR 1008p does better on this point (matte surface, not shiny). The accuracy is still at the rendezvous. A chrome bar clicks and good quality has its place just below.
The image produced by the camera is correct, despite a lack of contrast and a tendency to overexposure of bright areas of the image. However, the fluidity is good, like sharpness, although the definition is a bit low (0.3 megapixel only).

The Asus Eee PC 1005PE is well ventilated and quiet. It does not heat and virtually no breakdown is nearly inaudible in office. In large stones (photo editing, video encoding), it is also known to be discreet. The loudest is finally the hard drive is meant to scratch quite often.
The connection is again very classic, with three USB 2.0 ports, 1 RJ45, 1 headphone and 1 microphone and 1 memory card reader 2 in 1. Wi-Fi b / g / n is of course present.
On the PC, a small hatch allows access to the RAM. The rest is not accessible outside of the removable battery. Playing videos in high definition (HD 1080p Blu-Ray equivalent) is impossible on this machine. It is then simply type videos DVD and DivX compressed. The new part GMA 3150 is limited to 720p HD video only, which is a shame when you consider that the platform Poulsbo (Intel Atom Z series) can handle 1080p video.



Play 3D games old little greedy only. The netbook game is passionate hobby. Only models with ATI or NVIDIA graphics parts ION can run some newer games properly, provided that the processor does not limit performance too (Intel Atom single-core poor). We started a topic on the forum Census: What games do you manage to run it on your netbook? You can find all the games that our dear readers were able to use on their machines. Audio: helmet compulsory for quality. As usual on netbooks, frankly the audio leaves something to be desired. Rendering of speakers is poor. The sound saturates quickly and lacks precision. The treble and bass are predominantly absent. The headphone output is fortunately very clean, no breath. We therefore strongly recommend the use of helmets.

Many references Asus netbooks. The first built in tray is the Eee PC 901. The absence of H at the end of his name indicates that it is equipped with flash memory storage, 12 GB to be precise. The operating system chosen by Asus for this model is Windows XP. The processor, as most netbooks is placed under the star as it is an Intel Atom.  Handling, Ergonomics. This template is available in several colors, pearl white, black and red lacquer. This is the third that we chose. If the hull of the product received is supposed to be red, in practice it is rather on the side of it looks pink. Under the pavement and back, a few flakes pixelated, pink and white dress the netbook. In general, this model would probably agree to a rather female audience, or more specifically young women.

The keyboard of the 901 largely occupies the hull. The keys are of good size: 1.5 cm wide for the most part. Some are trimmed slightly to the right to hold together. This resizing is sufficiently small in order not to interfere with the user. Attention keys are shallow and hitting a light is necessary to avoid torturing your joints.
The touchpad below the keyboard is more spacious than the average. It is bordered by a zone in brushed metal (preferably chrome on which fingerprints are inevitable) in which the left and right button clicks are placed. These buttons are relatively hard to touch and hug the hull of the product on the front edge.

The camera is generally in good order. The image is accurate. Colorimetry pulls red, which is its major fault if there was not a light scanning display mainly visible in low light. The microphone is good is rather good with a slight tendency to make the voice nasal.
The interfaces of connection are as follows: 3 USB, 1 RJ45 (network), a memory card reader (very slow read and fast write) and 1 VGA. Good news, it is Bluetooth, which is an exception among the models tested. Running software is very fast. This is due to the excellent performance of flash memory in reading. In contrast, the copy files from an external hard drive (writing to flash memory) is catastrophic. Copying a 2.6GB file consisting of music and photos requires 21 minutes via USB. The return operation (reading the flash memory) only takes 2 minutes and 19 seconds.



Play. Thurs rating ceiling in netbooks two stars for lack of graphics power. The integrated chipset (less powerful) and the definition of the screen (too small) are incompatible with current 3D games even the less greedy. Only solution to fall back on your older 2D titles, games, flash etc.. Mobility Autonomy. The internal battery 901 is very beefy. It allows an autonomy of 5 hours for video playback (screen brightness set to 100 cd / m²). This is our new record ahead of the other netbooks comparative. The second line is the eCAFE Hercules with 3:00, which is already a very good performance. Note, it does not appear in the same price range as 100 euros between them according to manufacturers recommendations.
The weight of the charger is 203 grams. This places it among the good students in the field.

Handling, ergonomics. Slightly thicker than its companion, the 1008HA, this model retains the overall aesthetic and brings different finishes. Caches of connectors disappear to leave the USB and other outdoor activities.The keyboard of this Eee PC, touchpad and webcam are similar 1008HA See the review for more details.A word about the noise in operation. The 1005HA breath when he was asked. This is not a turbine noise, yet it is high enough to attract attention compared to other models of the manufacturer with the 1008HA is completely silent. One wonders if our model was not a defect.On the slices of the unit include: three USB (very little), 1 RJ45, 2 mini-jacks, an SD card reader and a VGA. The bases are covered and we appreciate the presence of an extra USB from the 1008HA.Under the netbook, you can have access to the battery (removable on the 1008HA) and RAM (memory) if you open a hatch closed by a screw. Mini Jack, USB, RJ45, Touchpad, SD Reader, VGA, USB .

Calculations. The bottom line is they are able to produce all types of transactions (video editing, photo editing), but they require 3-6 times as long as laptops “classic” equipped with a processor modern dual core.In video playback, the limits of the machine are very heavy on the HD (Blu-Ray file type).Play. The netbook game is passionate hobby. We started a topic on the forum Census: What games do you manage to run it on your netbook? You can find all the games that our dear readers were able to use on their machines.Audio. Accustomed to the improvements made by Dolby treatments that are emerging on all phones (DIY software but nevertheless effective), by returning to this netbook, poor sound is obvious. We really must not rely on built-in speakers, and we’ve heard much better headphone.

Mobility Autonomy. We weighed our test model and found 1.2 kg is 100 grams heavier than its companion 1008HA. The extra weight (probably due in large part to the battery), which grants greater autonomy to achieve 2:00 5:31. This is an excellent score, even if the 1000HE (250g heavier), did slightly better with 5:53. Screen. Even finding and regret for his brother 1008HA, Asus has chosen a glossy for this series. Designed for mobile use, these products are, in our opinion, much better dressed in a dull slab as is the case of 1000HE.



The quality of the component is slightly better than the 1008HA on two points: the contrast ratio increases to 270:1 and brightness max 173 cd / m². These two results are nonetheless bad. Other test items, viewing angles, color accuracy, color drift … postpone the same mistakes as his big brother and this display is an overall bad.
To comfort you, feel free to download its profile-Focus Digital to correct the color table and display accurate colors.