Asus T101MT-BU37-BK 10.1″ Touch-Enabled Eee PC Tablet (Dual core Atom N570 processor, 250GB) - Official New Excellent Gadgets, Tools & Accesories

I received this model as a replacement for my constantly ailing HP tx1000.
After months of use I have to say I am impressed… This is not your average netbook.

First things…
1. UPGRADE FROM WIN7 STARTER (I installed professional)
2. UPGRADE THE RAM TO 2GB.

It’s probably helped I have not overloaded with bloated programs… Just the best essential programs and Office 2010 Professional. NETFLIX and Slingplayer run great.

The touchscreen is responsive and great for browsing… The dual-core makes a bigger difference than I expected.

Just so you can understand my comparison with an original netbook, I have an ASUS EeePC 1000h… Also upgraded to 2GB of ram and it hangs when I load more than 3 browser tabs. No issues with this model.

This model is compact and feels sturdy. The swivel hinge is not of poor quality. Battery life at high performance gives me 4 to 5 hours.

My only criticism is that it lacks some features of my hp like Bluetooth and fingerprint reader and full media capabilities (but my tx1000 couldn’t handle hd video well anyway).

All in all I am impressed… It’s a free replacement and great little cto netbook.

Help other customers find the most helpful reviews 

Was this review helpful to you? 

|

 Comment

By 

Mark “Mark” (SEATTLE, WA, United States) –

  

This is the settlement PC for HP Tablets with nVidia chips. Comparable T101MT models seem to have a variety of single processor chips, whereas this one has a dual processor. The tablet function is quite good!

Help other customers find the most helpful reviews 

Was this review helpful to you? 

|

 Comments (4)

By 

Thomas Gettle “Old Tom” (Las Vegas, NV – USA) –

  

I also received this netbook as part of the Nvidea legal settlement. It is a poor replacement for the HP Tablet notebook it is replacing, but it is better than nothing. The notebook it is replacing was completely dead.

I’ve upgraded to Windows 7 Home Premium from the “Starter” version supplied with the unit. Why ASUS ships it with the “Starter” version is hard to understand. The touch scrreen requires the upgrade to be fully functional.

I also upgraded it to 2 GB of RAM. It is interesting to note that the available slot for a RAM upgrade is empty from the factory. There is 1 GB of RAM installed internally. this is not discussed in the available documentation. I contacted ASUS technical support to determine the correct parts to do the upgrade since it is not addressed in the available documentation. The response that I received said to use a 2 GB module installed in the available slot. They also provided the specs for the type of RAM to use. I purchased that part and installed it. At first it appeared to be working as the netbook was now reporting 2 GB of RAM installed. However, there was a problem with powering the unit on. About 50% of the time it would not start. I removed the module that I installed and the problem disappeared, reinstalled it and the problem reoccured. I contacted the RAM manufacturer as I thought the module may have been bad. After holding an email dialog with Crucial, they felt that I had the wrong module installed. Per Crucial it should just be a 1 GB module to supplement the internal 1GB of RAM. A new 1 GB module was purchased from Crucial and installed. It works perfectly and I have had no power on problems. The information provided by ASUS was incorrect. Anyone else performing this update should go to the Crucial website and us their available tools to determine the required module. I am waiting to see if ASUS will take responsibility for me purchasing the wrong module and refund the cost of it.

Help other customers find the most helpful reviews 

Was this review helpful to you? 

|

 Comments (2)