Comments on: ASUS Eee PC 1005HA Exemplifies the Four “P’s” of Netbook Success

By: gmazin

gmazin — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 20:02:00 +0000

Thats what I hate about intel and what makes me wish more people would use VIAs nano with the nvidia ion or something, and add a higher resolution.

By: zhir

zhir — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 16:38:24 +0000

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Sorry, Ben! Intel will NEVER allow more than 1024*600 for N280 netbooks. In fact, you can even expect Intel to enforce LESS resolution on N280 netnooks in the very near future. Currently, Dell is already forced to ship 1024*576 screens with its N270 netbooks. If they try to ship netbooks with more resolution, Intel will charge Dell much more money for their cpus.

By: Ben

Ben — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 10:58:06 +0000

The one thing which would make the 1005HA perfect for me is a bump up in the screen resolution.

The 1024×600 really is too limiting for my uses.

By: NBN

NBN — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 00:22:15 +0000

I would add one more P: Presentation.

The 1005HA just looks really nice. Past Eee Pcs looked weren’t all that exciting from a visual standpoint. The Seashell design combines form and functionality. In comparison, HP Minis had form but lacked functionality.

By: gmazin

gmazin — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 22:19:16 +0000

Eee PPPPC?

By: jkfan

jkfan — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 21:01:31 +0000

I absolutely have to agree with you. This netbook is the first to hit the sweet spot for me.

Price
Portability (nice and slim)
Power Consumption

At only $350, this item seems inevitably destined for my hands.

By: Reter

Reter — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 20:43:16 +0000

i absolutely love my 1008HA, i see the 1005HA as a VERY good alternative. they both have beautiful designs, although the 1008HA is significantly thinner/lighter than the 1005HA. if you absolutely need more than 5hrs battery life then the 1008HA provides the 1005HA is the way to go.

the 1005HA is now Asus best “standard” netbook (user replaceable parts) were as the 1008HA is Asus best “specialty” netbok. the lack of a user replaceable battery in the 1008HA never bother me much because by the time the battery degrades i will probably already own another netbook anyways. if the device was $2,000 then a lack of user replaceable battery would be a VERY big deal.