Author: Tarandeep Kaur

Folks at Registerhardware have posted a nice video of EEE 1008HA. In the video, ASUS representative have shown the concept and theories behind the 1008HA. I really like the improved keyboard and the slim design. They claim that they have made a lot of improvements on the software side too, where they particularly mentioned the new EEE dock. I do not think that it is very useful. I would have appreciated a custom shell for the Windows instead.

Looks like every single computer manufacture wants to have a netbook under their company’s name. Same is the case with the J&W, a motherboard manufacture. Unlike other companies, which just rebrand the netbooks of other companies, J&W are going to manufacture the netbook themselves. As a result of it, chances are that it will end up being cheaper than the other netbooks. It has the usual netbook specs:

• Intel Atom N270 processor
• 1GB RAM
• 945 chipset
• Windows XP (Ubuntu version in talks)
• HSPDA (optional)
• WiFi, BT
• webcam (1.3MP)

It comes with a keyboard cover that will prevent your device from getting destroyed in case you spill some liquid over it. Although that does not make it special at all as several 3rd party accessory makers sell these cheap keyboard covers for the netbooks. Personally, they do not provide enjoyable typing experience. So, I generally do not keep the liquids and my netbooks too close.

But, does not it looks too much like the MSI Wind U100? Even the specifications are similar to the MSI Wind U100.

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Teso is not the company many people are familiar with, but it has come up with a decent looking netbook, which looks a lot like the Apple’s Macbook Air. Sporting a 12.1-inch display, it should be smaller than the Macbook Air and not to mention much cheaper due to its netbook-ish specs:

• Atom N270 CPU
• 250GB HDD
• WiFi
• 1.4kg
• RJ45 port
• 2 USB 2.0 ports

So, the Macbook Air’s Intel Atom based clone is here. Although the specifications are quite normal for a nebtook (other than the 250GB HDD), it is really slim. It is nice to see the manufactures producing slim devices as they are much easier to carry around provided they do not give shabby battery life.

Although the keyboard is not all like the one found on Macbook Air. But hey, we are talking about netbooks here.

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credit: Y Smith via contact form

The EEEbuntu works just fine on the EEE 1002HA. Just make sure that you select EEE 1000H from EEEbuntu config and you will be all set to enjoy EEEbuntu on your EEE PC. Everything works (incl WiFi) just the same way it works on the EEE 1000H. Here is the screenshot of EEEbuntu running via live DVD.

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ASUS EEE PC are still the best selling netbooks in Japan with having nearly 27% of the total market share of netbooks. Also, EEE 1000H is the best selling netbook in Japan followed by Lenovo Ideapad S10 and Acer Aspire One.

Commentary: The reason behind the EEE 1000H’s success is simple. With newer EEE PCs rolling out in the market, the price of the 1000H has fallen down considerably. The full-featured netbook along with an irresistible price tag have together resulted in great sales.

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Also read:
Lenovo Ideapad S10 review

Here are the results of crystaldiskmark done on EEE 1002HA

Here are the results of the crytaldiskmark performed on EEE 1000H:

Here are the results of the crytaldiskmark performed on EEE S101

Commentary: HDD performance of 1002HA is slightly better than 1000H. However, S101 nails both of them as it uses SSD.

Note: tests on both the machines were done with fresh copy of OEM Windows XP home installed