The ultimate mobile laptop (Asus Eee PC 1000H)

Member Name: ocean0201

Product:	Asus Eee PC 1000H
Date:	03/09/08 (680 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Size, Battery Life, Performance

Disadvantages: Fan noise,

I bought a Asus EEE PC 1000h in the month of august and after using it for one month, I can say that i am very impressed! The eee i got features Intel Atom processor along with 1 GB of memory (extendable to 2gb) and Windows XP home in Black colour.
Installation was a breeze and the laptop was ready to run in minutes. The first thing you notice about eee is the fast boot up. The laptop is ready to use in 15-20 seconds with just 1 gb of RAM!!! Asus have done a good job in not including any unnecessary software. I installed all the required software and upgraded the BIOS.

After using it for a month, below are the good and bad points:

Good
1) A perfectly mobile solution: Its very small and weighs 3 pounds
or so. The charger is also very small (you wont need it anyways) Perfect to carry along with you and you can use it absolutely anywhere thanks to the excellent wireless and the battery life.
2) Keyboard: I was worried that being a small laptop, the keyboard would be a problem. Its perfectly sized and easy to use. Though the "home" and "end" keys are little awkward to use.
3) Touchpad: For those who don't know, Asus has a multi-functional touchpad. You can zoom in/out, scroll, magnify, opens windows explorer etc. with your fingers. Very nice feature.
4) The battery life is awesome. When i bought the reviews suggested more than 6 hours of battery life. You can get close to 5 with normal browsing which is good enough for me


Bad
1) The screen size is little small. When you have a browser with all toolbars etc. it takes up half of your screen, so you get very less viewing area. But the new google browser is here and that actually looks nice on the eee
2) When running on battery, the laptop is very quiet but when charging there is a fair amount of fan noise.

Overall for £330 , the Asus is a very good buy. A perfect mobile laptop!

Summary: A fast and reliable laptop and cheap! What more do you want