ASUS 1005HA Netbook Poses for the Camera
I mentioned earlier today that I needed to install the homebrew package tracker on my Palm Pre. Now you know why — an ASUS Eee PC 1005HA arrived today. ASUS was kind enough to loan me this netbook for a 30-day review period, so I have some time to really get to know it. For now, I simply unboxed it and took some photos. There are a few comparison pics of the 1005HA with my MSI Wind and Toshiba NB205. The first two devices take up exactly the same footprint and the 1005HA isn’t that much thinner. It’s more of a tapered thinness that is very apparent at the front of the device. Since I’ve been raving about the ginormous trackpad on the white NB205 netbook I bought, I have a head-to-head trackpad shot of that as well. In fact, the NB205 is actually pretty thin when compared to this 1005HA as well. Like the NB205, the 1005HA includes a 63Whr battery, which doesn’t stick out of the back of the device. Instead, it gently props it up from the back, making for a slightly more angled typing surface. Speaking of typing surfaces, I like the layout of the keyboard. I’m not sure I like the bigger keys as compared to the island style on the Toshiba, but all of the keys are in the right place. Well done, ASUS!
I’ll be giving this netbook a solid once over in the next few weeks, but for now, enjoy the peep show!
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Kevin compare the battery life on both the Asus and the Toshiba and see which one gives you the better battery life. I really like how thing the NB205 is. It’s built very well, and the only thing I wish the NB205 had was better speakers.
Funny this came up on the site today. I just bought the 1005HAB from Best Buy. I had a gift card otherwise I would have gotten the HA with the bigger battery. I have been trying to find a second power adapter online or to get the bigger battery as a second one.
So far I am really enjoying the computer. I love the keyboard and the trackpad. I played with several different models at the store and I liked the HP mini’s keyboard the best, but the trackpad sucked. This one is very nice though.
If anyone knows where to get a power cord or an igo tip for this thing post up a link.
You may want to blur the image with the windows product key visible.
The ASUS 1005HA may be small… really small but do not underestimate the power of 802.11G, 2 logical CPU’s and Windows XP Home in a 1.1Kg package!
I even figured out how to overclock my netbook.
I ran some benchmarks and give more detail in this review: http://bit.ly/44CHFm