ASUS Eee PC 1000HA 10-Inch Netbook (1.6 GHz Intel ATOM N270 Processor, 1 GB RAM, 160 GB Hard Drive, 10 GB E-Storage, XP Home, 6 Cell Battery) Fine Ebony

Since many excellent & detailed reviews are already posted, I just wanted to add few excellent things about eee 1000HA. This machine is very well built. Sturdy and compact.

1. The 10" screen and the keyboard. I am SO glad that I chose this over 900HA. I have short but stocky fingers and this keyboard is comfortable (900HA will be too small for me). I am not a touch typist, so the "right shift" key doesn't bother me. Screen is also very comfortable, I don't think I could use 8.9" screen for a long time, but this 10" screen makes computing comfortable.
2. The screen is very bright and clear. I use medium setting and it is still bright enough for me.
3. I installed eeebuntu 2.0 (modified Ubuntu 8.10 for eee netbooks) in the second partition. The drive comes in default two partitions: (C:) and (D:). I am now able to dual boot with XP and eebuntu Linux. Both work excellently. Both wireless & webcam work out of the box in eeebuntu (but Skype must be installed separately to use the webcam). If interested, visit www.eeebuntu.org
4. This netbook is powerful enough for me to use: MS Office, Firefox, and several other applications were open simultaneously and they did not slow down the performance. I did NOT upgrade the RAM to 2GB.
5. The netbook is generally quiet, but you could hear the fan running, but quietly.
6. Battery lasted 5+ hours (wifi enabled and both USB flash drive and mouse connected). NOTE: in order to maximize your battery life and capacity you must fully charge the battery and then fully drained them (till you cannot boot up at all). This must be done 2 or 3 times.
7. Track pad is adequate, but I use mini mouse. The left and right clicks are not too rigid as others have reported. I found them to be normal compare to my other notebooks. NOTE: It seems that scroll function (two fingers on the middle of the trackpad) works well with most of the applications (i.e., MS Word, Opera, IE, etc), but it doesn't work well with the Mozilla products (Firefox 3.0 and Thuderbird 2.0).
8. I was able to install MS Office and other applications through 1 GB USB Flash Drive & 1GB SD card (just "copy and paste" -- copy from CD and paste to Flash Drive). Then just double click "setup" or "install" in eee 1000HA. I did this with all other applications several times. And after the installation, I formatted the flash drive/SD card and then copy & pasted other applications to install.

This is very beautiful and functional netbook. BUT this does not replace your desktop or 15.4" laptops. It is portable, powerful, and useful netbook that will enhance your lifestyle.
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