For once the Eee PC naming scheme makes a bit of sense. The Eee PC T101MT is a 10-inch netbook that doubles as a multitouch tablet. Asus has it on display here at CES, and I was able to test it out for a few minutes. From those few minutes I was able to determine that, well, it works about as well as you’d expect.
To be more precise, the T101MT isn’t exactly fast, but netbooks never are, really. The netbooks does have an included stylus, but it is not needed unless you want to get to something really small or precise. There were a few multitouch-specific apps on the netbook, with a pull-down menu at the top of screen holding most of them. Aside from that, it worked just as well as any other Windows 7 netbook. It does run on Pine Trail, which is nice, and will help contribute to Asus’ claimed 6.5 hours of battery life.
The Eee PC T101MT will come in a few configurations with options of Window 7 Starter or Home Premium, up to 2GB of RAM and up to 320 GB of storage.
I am interested in a Netbook (9"+) with a solid state drive that is using Window 7. I have been reading about the T91MT and yesterday noticed comments about the upcoming T101MT. Do you have any feel for the timing of its availablity to private purchasers and its MSRP?
…any idea on how the asus eee pc t101mt compares to the lenovo ideapad s10-3t ? …how's the quality between the two netbooks and which one would you buy ?
The Eee T101MT is already on sale at qbitonline. It is priced at about US$580. The only drawback is that it is only available in Chinese, but at least it has worldwide warranty.