Asus actually has a few mini notebooks available so they’re next on our list. They have the popular 8.9 inch mini notebook size, but in addition to that they also have a 10 inch mini notebook, and 7 inch mini notebook so they get bonus points from me for variety.

Since 8.9 inch seems to be the popular size for minis, I’m going to take a look at the features on that one for my comparison shopping efforts here. It weighs in at just under 2 pounds, not bad weight wise, but there are other even lighter options out there. Depending on what you’re using your mini notebook for, weight is a good point to make note of. If you want to be able to put your mini in your purse or tote bag you definitely want it to be as light as possible.

This Asus mini notebook has an Intel Celeron M processor and runs Windows XP operating system. Here’s another point a lot of folks are looking for in the minis. With a Windows operating system it’s kind of nice to have XP instead of Vista for those of us that are still running XP on our main computer. Not everyone is a Vista user yet, and it’s nice to have everything the same across your home (or office) network of computers. Build in SD card slots make it easy to transfer data or get your pictures off your camera while you’re out and about.

I also took a look at the Asus Mini reviews here at PriceGrabber:

This would be an excellent computer to take on the road because of its small size and weight. I didn’t have to learn anything new because it’s already loaded with XP. I immediately realized that having to wait a long time for pages to load was just unacceptable. This is the fault of the flash ssd drive used in this model. I cannot recommend this model especially when Asus now have the exact computer with the 160 GB hard drive (model 900HA) without the loading problem.

The popularity of the ASUS Eee PC range cannot be denied. Since it was launched five months ago, ASUS has sold over one million units of the Eee PCs worldwide. The sleek white (or black) machine has fueled much envy over its success

Existing owners of the 700 unit probably wont need to upgrade - the 900 is still an appliance-style notebook, best suited for jotting quick notes or short bursts of travelling.

The Asus 8.9 inch notebook runs around $366.00 - $467.17, and it seems you can catch a good sale price pretty often. It seems to have all the basics and falls right around the same price points as similar models in other brands. So, all and all right now it falls in the middle of my list of minis in my comparison.