Netbook death-match: Eee 901 vs. Acer Aspire One vs. Medion Akoya

The netbook revolution is well and truly under way. But which is the best bargain on the shelf? And are they really a must-have bit of kit or are they a bit "emperor's new clothes"? We've kindly gone to the trouble of testing out all the kit on the shelves at your local supermarket or high street emporium to tell you what tiddy 'puter you need to buy. Or not. ASUS Eee PC 901 It was the ASUS' Eee PC that kicked off this whole mini netbook malarkey when it was originally introduced at COMPUTEX Taipei 2007 - originally designed as a low-cost educational computer and inspired by the worthy-but-poorly-managed 'One Laptop Per Child' campaign. Despite being pitched as a cheap-as-chips machine for schools, ASUS soon realised it had created a whole new market, bunged some faster Intel Atom chips in the machines and began to offer Eees with the Windows XP operating systems (in addition to the original Linux). So what's the T3 verdict on the Eee 901? While the Eee PC design ... (link)