Disney Netpal by ASUS 8.9Inch Magic Blue Netbook
December 5, 0209 by admin
Filed under $300 - $400, Asus, Products, Small Laptops For Children
Developed with parents and kids in mind, the Disney Netpal by ASUS is designed for kids ages 6-12 and is durable, with a reinforced mechanical design, and offers a truly magical and engaging computing experience with a unique Disney user interface. Features include more than 40 robust parental control options, an 8.9-inch LCD display, Wi-Fi capabilities, Windows XP Home, and kid-friendly software featuring Disney characters and icons in stunning visual environments. Browsers and email have extra filters to assure that parents are able to control online safety and content for their children, and can easily select with whom their children can correspond via email. The Disney Desktop “gadget tray” offers a creatively designed 2D menu displaying a Disney-themed browser and a robust suite widgets and applications. ....read more Average Customer Rating
Brand: Asus Model: MK90H-BLU002X Price: $349.99 |   | |
Related Products | ||
4 out of 5
Disney Asus Pink
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
This notebook is awesome. Beautiful piece of art beside being an excellent notebook. I am very pleased with it.
Mom of Three
Rating:3 out of 5 stars
I did a lot of research before deciding to purchase this product Disney Netpal by ASUS – 8.9-Inch Magic Blue Netbook – 5 Hour Battery Life for my family. One of the reasons I bought this over the Nickelodeon/Dell netbook – or another netbook brand – was that it is advertised that the RAM can be expanded up to 2GB. Asus does not offer factory upgrades. When I got the Netpal in this week, the warranty states that it needs to be serviced by an authorized repair shop. So I called to Tech Support and asked them about the upgrade. They said they don’t recommend the 2GB RAM upgrade, won’t do it in their service centers, and that it would void the warranty. EVERYWHERE on the internet it is advertised that it can upgrade to 2GB RAM. Make sure you consider this before purchase. I am not really happy with this purchase. I can’t even get the some of the links on the Disney site to work. [...]. is very content rich and many of the links to videos and games just won’t load.
Nice full scale laptop for kids
Rating:4 out of 5 stars
I bought this for my 7 year old niece, and she really likes it. The set up for the new users is a little confusing. Parents should first create only their user account, and then afterwards create the account for the child using the parental control tool. The manual is sparse, and there isn’t any online help at Asus’s site yet. As the other reviewer stated, it is somewhat difficult to add programs to the Disney platform. We are still trying to figure out how to add Windows Media Player. The Disney media player is limited in that the screen size is approximately 3″ and cannot be expanded. A DVD drive isn’t necessary, just use one of the DVD rippers and converters, and save the files to a SD card. Just remember you are paying for the Disney name, because there is no way that I’d buy a 9″ netbook for almost $350 for myself when there are better alternatives for that price. Oh well, it is very cute.
4 year old daughter loves this!
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
We got this for my Daughter for her 4th birthday and it is just her size and working out great. It says for 6-12 years, but she is responsible with computers and used to working on them. I decided on the Disney Netbook instead of a regular netbook because it says it has a spill resistant keyboard and supposed to be sturdier. I can’t say if this is true as this is the only netbook we currently own. We like the ASUS brand of computers so that was a plus.
I thought I would like the parental program that is on it, but that is totally worthless. It is cute, but makes it impossible to add anything or do anything on the desktop and the internet pretty much. My daughter likes to play Jumpstart and some other online games and it ended up being much easier to use the regular desktop for all her stuff. You can still turn the Disney desktop on to go and play those games so it works out ok.
It is a fast machine and so far has had good battery life. We are very pleased with it so far. I only wish Netbooks had room for an internal optical drive as my daughter has several games that require the cd to be in to play. But that is solved easily with an external one.