Wired reviews Asus’s latest mainstream Eee, the 1000HE. This model has a 10″ display with 600 lines, 1GB of RAM, Windows XP, and…. okay, okay, the new stuff is the newer, better 1.66Ghz Atom CPU, a better right-shift key, and 6-cell battery as standard. The results?
Performance-wise, this netbook is the fastest we’ve tested (by about 7 percent) in our benchmarks. And HD video playback was noticeably smoother and devoid of chop. Yes! Finally we can take a bus trip from SF to LA, watch four episodes of Lost (in HD), and still have enough power to peruse Perez Hilton when we get in.
They got about 5 hours of battery life from it, similar to Samsung’s NC10. However, reviewer Brian X. Chen also found plenty to mark it down on, like the unpleasantly flat keyboard.
Review: Asus Eee PC 1000HE [Wired: Gadget Lab]
The best price I found on this great machine is $364 at J&R computers
ASUS EPC1000HE-BLK005X Eee PC 1000HE 10″ Netbook – Fine Ebony
It would go great with this Free USB modem with a two year contract at 59.99 a month. Unlimited data plan and also includes a $100 mail in rebate.
How about this Sype VOIP plan for a staggering $2.95 a month with unlimited calls to the U.S. and Canada?
Why, I think this set up could put us in a position where we can do away with our $60 cell phone bills, $50 static Internet bills, and get us by God outside!
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Inquiring minds want to know: How does it compare to the Lenovo IdeaPad S-series ?
More importantly, how are you viewing “HD” content on a display that can’t even do 720 vert?
One of my distributors, Synnex, is offering a 2gb stick of system memory as an accesory/option for the 1000he. Vista enabled netbook anyone?