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The ASUS Eee PC 1000 is currently the largest and most powerful of ASUS' Eee PC netbook series. Eee PC 1000 has a 10" display, an 1.6 GHz Intel Atom N270 Processor, 1 GB DDR2 RAM extendible up to 2 GB, 40 GB (8GB Solid State Drive and a 32GB SDHC card) storage capacity, a 1.3-megapixel webcam, and a 6 cell battery for up to 6 hours of battery life.
The large 10" display, a keyboard that is 92% the size of generic notebooks, and high performance make this small laptop really comfortable to work with. High speed wireless networking capabilities are available through Wi-Fi 802.11n and bluetooth.
The Xandros Linux distribution that is based on Debian is quickly installed and easy to use. Xandros features applications for music management that allow to create MP3s and Audio CDs and keeping your hard drive in sync with mp3 players like the ipod, photo management, CD and DVD authoring tools, browsing the Web, instant messaging, e-mail, an office suite and lots more.
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I certainly hope it has more
I certainly hope it has more than 1MB memory.
Thanks for the hint, I
Thanks for the hint, I corrected the number.
I recently purchased an Asus
I recently purchased an Asus eee 1000 at Fry's and upgraded the memory to 2gb without any problems.
I would, too, if it was a Mac
I would, too, if it was a Mac or PC running Windows, but Linux is command based, so memory shouldn't be a major issue.
It would be interesting to
It would be interesting to know the how long can it run on a battery.
Battery life is up to 6 hours
Battery life is up to 6 hours according to ASUS.
never trust asus' claim
never trust asus' claim literally! when tjey say 6 hours it almost means 3-4 hours. i hv my 1000HE which claimed by asus to lie up to 9,5, but i only get 7 hours. Well asus doesnt really lie anyway. it will reach their claim if and only if : you turn on your laptop, switch off wifi, bluetooh and camera, do nothing (i mean leave it alone) and you will get as much as asus claimed.
All notebook/netbook
All notebook/netbook manufacturers "lie" about battery life because they list the theoretical autonomy; that is, if the machine is on, but every component is turned down/off (wifi, Bluetooth, etc), the screen is dimmed down to minimal brightness and you don't actually do anything with it (ie. the CPU is sitting idle, no heavy hard drive activity, etc) then you could potentially get as much as they say.
Of course nobody turns on a notebook to do nothing with it/leave it idle for hours on end, but marketing-wise it sounds more impressive to say "oh yeah our model X's battery lasts 7 hours!".
One certainly cannot take the
One certainly cannot take the battery life specified by manufacturers for granted. Rather interpret it as a value that might theoretically be reached and then assume 60% of it for real usage scenarios.
Right. The manufacturer can't
Right. The manufacturer can't assume you're going to do any specific process. You may use Wifi, you may not... you may use other processes that decrease the battery power more, or maybe less. The only thing the manufacturers know for certain is that you're going to turn it on. It's not a 'lie', it's just a way of standardizing the measurement.
I personally think Asus lied
I personally think Asus lied their battery got not even close to 9 hours.
I have an acer aspire one and last week I tested it. I turned it on and run movies through the internet. It lasted five hours exactly.
Last week I've bought 2 asus. Yesterday I tested it the same way I tested my acer. It lasted 4 hours. I am very very very dissapointed.
It's no more a lie than a car
It's no more a lie than a car manufacturer listing horsepower ratings.
Typically, auto companies list horsepower generated before the flywheel. However, before that power gets to the ground it has to go through the transmission and push the tires, all of which take up power.
So, for example, I had a VW GTi which was rated at 180hp. However, when I did a dynamometer baseline reading of power to the wheels it comes to about 150hp (or wheel hp -- whp). Now did VW lie to me saying the GTi produces 180 hp? No, because it does produce 180hp at the crank. But after sending that power through the transmission, powering A/C, etc. I get 150whp.
Very much like battery life ratings. It's set to a standard. Asus assumes you'll do more than just turn on your machine, but because of the varying degrees of usage and the cumulative effects those processes have on the machine, actual battery life will vary wildly. It makes practical sense to standardize the battery life rating for this reason.
Similar analogies can be applied to a salary. Sure you may make 50k/year on paper, but you take home ~38k net after taxes. Still, you wouldn't tell your friends that you make 38k a year, you tell them 50k. Are you lying now too?
i get around 9-10 hours out
i get around 9-10 hours out of my asus eee 1000ha when i'm on the go. but i kill the wifi, bluetooth, webcam, dim the screen a little and put it on powersave.
powerfull? spell checking
powerfull?
spell checking might be in order.
thanks
thanks
Can anyone comment on the
Can anyone comment on the clarity/brightness of the screen
and the type of keyboard ... ie, sculpted keys vs flat ones?
just love articles with no
just love articles with no date. could be 5 years old, 2 years old, 1 day, who knows?
I have an asus 1005 hab and I
I have an asus 1005 hab and I have been amazed by how useful it is. The only down side I have seen about the monitor is that some applications require 1024x768 min resolution and the monitor is only 1024x600 in windows this is overcome by increasing the resolution to 1024x768 and adding scrolling to the entire screen, but I have not yet looked into it in gnome. So far everything else is great.