Eee PC 1008HA
Asus Eee PC 1008HA
Somehow, we nearly managed to miss this one - Asus are set to drop another ultra hin, low weight netbook into the UK market - the Eee PC 1008HA Seashell. Like the Eee PC S101, the Seashell has a 10in screen and is just 1in thick and weighs in at 2.4 pounds. A nice touch here is the inclusion of an Intel Atom N280 CPU (1.66GHz). There’s also plenty of memory and storage: 1GB of RAM and 170GB of hybrid storage, including a 160GB hard disk drive.
The Eee PC 1008HA has plenty of connectivity options - Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, 3G and WiMax.
One of the biggest gripes we’ve always had with netbooks is the keyboard size but Asus seem to have put some serious thought into this model by offering one that is about 93 per cent of full size. Less scope for ‘fat finger’ syndrome! Another nice feature is the one-touch access to a list of most-used applications.
Asus are touting a battery life of about around six hours, pretty much standard now.
If you’re like me, one of my pastimes is making changes to the OS for performance reasons but I’ve frequently broken Windows doing this. The Seashell gives you rather nice system restore feature that can take it back to its original factory settings - for XP users only.
The Seashell comes in six colours, bronze (like the S101), black, white, pink, blue and silver.
Expect to see the Eee PC 1000HA Seashell on the shelves of UK stores 15 May 2009 with a price tag of £379.
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