OK, so you wouldn't want to play Crysys on this laptop, but we do think that a lappie that can do a bit of emailing and looking up stuff on the internet while watching Location, Location, Location is by and large a good idea, but does the Asus eee PC 900 fit the bill? More to the point can you live with these devices?

The device has already been superceded by the 901, but for the last few months we have put our regular laptop away in favour of the little notebook. The device itself is 6mm longer than the eee 700. (See our review of the smaller Asus eee PC here) and about 100g heavier. However, the design is pretty similar, its ivory white colour distinguishes it from other, much bigger, notebooks out on the market.

Also, while the 700 had speakers at the side, this one has them put elsewhere to make room for the bigger screen. Which, it must be said, does make it look more appealing. However, with the speakers below the wrist, the sound quality is not quite as good as one would have hoped. Although this was never up to much on the 700.

Also, the keyboard is around the same size on the 900 as it was on the 700. Frankly the keyboard is just that size too small and this rings true for Mrs Gadget's tiny hands. Neither of us felt that the keyboard loaned itself for much use outside of typing in web addresses or a quick reply to an urgent email. For longer spells at the keyboard, we would really need to use a full-size keyboard. (In fact, we were going to type up the review on the 900 but gave up and decided it was much quicker to use the laptop in the other office).