ASUS Eee PC 1000HE

Asus continues to define the netbook standard with the new Eee PC 1000HE.Sony VGP-BPS9 Although the difference compared to previous 10-inch models is quite miniscule it continues in the Eee PC tradition of providing good value for your money. Sony VGP-BPS9A/B

One of the improvements in the 1000HE is a slightly faster Atom N280 CPU at 1.66GHz (compared to the N270 at 1.6GHz) with a higher FSB speed – 667MHz instead of 533MHz).Sony VGP-BPS9/B The difference here is noticeable but just barely. Sony VGP-BPS9/S

Design

Asus insists on using glossy surfaces on most of the Eee series netbooks,inspiron 6400 battery which looks nice but also attracts a lot of fingerprints. From the front you can see the tilted aluminum colored trackpad buttons even when the lid is closed, and it also has four LEDs to indicate power,Dell latitude e6400 battery hard drive activity, wireless and battery. Sony VGP-BPS8B

The Eee 1000HE makes good use of the limited space available and has a near full-size keyboard (92% of standard notebook size) and an easy to use, large trackpad with forward-angled buttons.inspiron 1525 battery The slanting buttons feel a little strange at first,Lenovo/IBM ThinkPad T60 but once you get used to them you wonder why it’s not more common.xps m1330 battery

Overall, Asus has done a great job with the design of the 1000HE,dell d620 battery even if very little has changed since previous models. But why change a good thing?HP 510

Features and Performance

In-depth performance comparisons and benchmarking don’t make as much sense with netbooks as with full-size laptops,HP Pavilion DV9000 since most of them use almost identical components.Sony VGP-BPS8A Naturally a 0.06GHz increase in CPU speed does not make for a big performance difference, but it provides a small boost thanks to the increased front side bus speed.Sony VGP-BPS8 On average its performance is slightly above par in the netbook segment.

ASUS claims that it can provide a battery life of up to 9.5 hours,Toshiba PA3399U-1BAS but that probably requires that you keep it on idle with screen brightness turned down and WLAN turned off for the duration,Sony VGP-BPS10 but you can still squeeze nearly transatlantic battery times out of the 6-cell – 7 hours and 10 minutes in our general usage test, a great result nonetheless.Sony VGP-BPS13A/B

Connectivity

All of the ports are placed on the sides of the notebook – the left side has an Ethernet port,apple a1060 battery one USB and audio line-in and line-out. On the right side is a memory card reader,apple a1045 battery another 2 USB ports and VGA out. The Wi-Fi card offers support for draft-n, which gives you access to the fastest wireless technology at the moment.Fujitsu lifebook s6510 battery

Conclusion

The ASUS Eee PC 1000HE is a bit bulky compared to some “premium” and more expensive netbooks,Lenovo/IBM ThinkPad X60 but all in all you get a lot more for your money with the Eee compared to other brands. Its keyboard and trackpad are very comfortable to use, and the system is very well built. The best part, however, is the 7+ hours of battery life you can squeeze out of it,Acer Aspire 4710 which is way better than average.