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

I wasn't planning to write a review of my Eee 1000ha because, frankly, I have little to add to all the raves that have come before.

I think it's worth mentioning though that no potential buyer should consider various rants about key placement to be a deal breaker. Most of the individual keys of the 1000h(a)are easily removable and swappable (just lift the top of the key and wiggle side to side gently, it pops right off). There are a couple of free utilities available that allow simple remapping of keys so almost any key can be turned into any other. The rants are correct, out of the box the right caps key is misplaced but by simply swapping it with an arrow key (you'll see if you purchase the machine) and remapping the caps key will be exactly where Asus should have put it in the first place. A five minute project at most. Did I mention the utilities (I used Sharpkeys V3 by the way) are free and a no-brainer to use?

Other than the 'caps key' issue the Eee 1000ha is a perfect travel companion easy to tote to the library or coffee shop or even to use as a big screen GPS (with proper software and a Bluetooth GPS receiver). Battery life as others have mentioned is superb and the touchpad is chalk full of utilities that (with assorted combinations of multi fingered taps) allow you to magnify sections of screen, scroll without using the mouse keys, expand/contract the screen and much more. Those utilities can be selectively turned on/off per user choice.

The Netbook isn't designed to be the primary computer in a household (although it could be) nor will it be every business persons Blackberry replacement (although it could be) but the handy size and featherweight heft make it a machine you'll grab more and more instead of a larger laptop, especially when traveling. Besides, this thing (using it to write this) is just plain fun to use.

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