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've had my 1000HA for approximately a month now, and it has been a fun and capable little machine. I'd recommend purchasing a USB mouse for it if you intend to spend any significant amount of time sitting in front of it.

I upgraded the RAM to 2 Gigs (very easy to do), and installed Linux on the hard drive partition which is visible as the D drive when the Asus is delivered. Both OSes work just fine, with Windows XP handling the boot manager functions.

When the machine is booted, Windows XP will present a menu which asks which operating system you want to use. Normally, you'd use the up or down arrow key to highlight your choice and then hit "enter." Once in a great while, the BIOS does not pass the keystrokes to Windows XP, and you are forced to wait for the default operating system to boot after a countdown period expires. This annoyance seemed to happen about once in every 15 boots.

There were also some intermittent problems with the WiFi connection that seemed to be Asus-specific, although they were mostly annoying and not serious.

Recently, Asus in Taiwan put out a new BIOS image (dated 2/4/2009). Installing that BIOS seems to have corrected most problems. Should you run into similar problems, it would probably be a good idea to use the BIOS upgrade tool to go grab and install the latest BIOS version.

Bottom line: The machine is an excellent value, and I can recommend it without reservation.Get more detail about 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.