 "Great, but not comfortible" | 2008-10-06 |
| - Reviewed By User: A5BCLEOE1ACUO |
| Everything is great and perfect.br /However, this pc needs an exteral DVD-rom.br /Also, the mouse pad is too sensitive. |
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 "nice gift" | 2008-10-05 |
| - Reviewed By User: A3FXTNHN7NIIHX |
| quite a great gift for a programmer/developer - it runs smoothly with development tools like Eclipse, IDEA etc |
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| "Only issue is the OS" | 2008-09-30 |
| - Reviewed By User: A2E0DI7DDJ6X1B |
| I love this little computer. I use it for everything; it's great for school. The only issue that I've had with it was the operating system. It came with Xandros pre-installed, but it is incredibly oversimplified and the icons tend to disappear on you. However, I easily fixed this by installing Ubuntu-Eee, replacing the old OS. Now everything works perfectly! For more on Ubuntu-Eee, [...] |
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| "Quirky but great" | 2008-09-28 |
| - Reviewed By User: A2YQC5IMXUVIW1 |
| When I received the computer with Xandros, the first thing I did was plug in my external drive and install Windows XP Pro with nLite to make the installation smaller and slipstream the drivers into the install to speed things up a bit. With XP Pro running, the computer boots up in around 30 seconds, and nearly instantly if on standby. It runs decently fast with a few programs open, but bogs down on heavily java scripted pages and running video, but only so much can be expected of a ultra low voltage processor. I have been reliably getting 6 hours of battery life with Wi-fi, full brightness and the processor set on high. If I put the processor on power saving and lower the brightness, I did get 10 hours on a charge. This really is a great laptop for work and internet surfing. This has entirely replaced all of my other computers, except for one that I use solely as a DVR. Overall a great product and I recommend it to every one. A word of warning though, Xandros is terrible, and if you don't want to spend for a licensed copy of XP, I would recommend checking out the other Linux releases that have driver support, such as Debian. |
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| "Great Linux Ultra Portable" | 2008-09-23 |
| - Reviewed By User: A16WYZKCM7J3B9 |
| I have had my eee for about a month now and really love it. The screen looks absolutely great. Native resolution is 1024x600, which is more than adequate for most stuff. The built in speakers are also surprisingly good. MP4 movies and MP3s play and sound great on this little guy. The keyboard is a reasonable size and very workable compared to the earlier versions of the eee. Network connectivity is good. It seems to connect to most Wifi hotspots very well. Although, it is slow making the initial connection. The power brick is also very lightweight which is a nice surprise. It comes with 1 Gig of Ram which should be more than adequate for most people. I upgraded to 2 gig with no issues. Also, the hard drive is solid state, no moving parts.br /br /The OS uses Xandros Linux which is a Debian variant. The User Interface is not customizable unless you know a little bit about Linux or are willing to learn. If you do know a little about Linux, its pretty easy to tweak. All the tools you need for a traveling NetBook are there. Firefox 2.x, Thunderbird 2.x, Skype, Open Office 2.x, Terminal/Shell, File Manager, a media player (MP4 movies play great), and MP3 Player. The MP3 player has a funky UI, but it works with my iTunes library just fine. I just had to copy the files over and put them in the eee's music folder.br /br /Only a few negatives that I have run across. The fan seems to run a lot which is kind of odd since it has a solid state drive. The right shift key is very small and on the wrong side of the arrow key. This messes up touch typists. Inserting or removing USB devices while the NetBook is on may cause it to lock up. It works find with USB Drives and Mice as long as they are connected with the machine powered off.br /br /If you want a nice travel NetBook for light duty work, some e-mails, some blogging, a little surfing, movies and MP3s, this machine is great. And its only $1200 less than a MacBook Air. |
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 "no tech support, poor linux hardware compatibility, misleading solid state drive" | 2008-09-23 |
| - Reviewed By User: A38RYIB7MHLYO2 |
| 1. Tech support knows nothing about this laptop. They actually hung up on me. br /2. The laptop cannot drive a large screen 1680x1050 external monitor when running linux. If you install windows XP it works fine. You are stuck with the default linux options unless you have the time to spend hours reading linux discussion boards to maybe find your solution (i don't think the discussion boards have figured out the VGA out issue yet with the xandros OS). br /3. The 40GB solid state drive is actually an 8GB solid state drive with another, seperate, 32GB slow flash memory. I am constantly having to reduce the size of my "C:" drive in windows to keep it under 8GB.br /br /I would buy the eee pc 1000HD with windows xp for $100 cheaper if I could do it over again. |
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| "Comparable to Mac Air??!!" | 2008-09-19 |
| - Reviewed By User: A1D0NF4AI3V50W |
| I really like Linux operating system.br /I chose this laptop for long days at school and as a pair to my desktop.br /Great for email, and internet..br /This laptop for me was a good alternative to the high cost of owning a Macintosh.br /My boyfriend explained to me that Linux and Mac OS are both Unix software based, so I got a great-looking, high quality, light-weight laptop comparable to a Mac Air for a lot less on the ticket price!!!br /br /Granted the screen is smaller, but like the Mac Air this little guy only weighs 2 lbs.!br /The keyboard is surprisingly spacious, and the screen is just right (any smaller would be too small)!! |
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 "Not a true 40gig SSD" | 2008-09-15 |
| - Reviewed By User: A1R6WU1K1RA2N7 |
Great computer, runs windows xp pretty good.
I bought this thinking it was a 40gig SSD drive.. in fact it is 2 drives
It is a 8 gig SSD and another 32 gig drive which I don't think is a SSD drive because it is real slow. It acts like its USB flash memory. Everything runs great off of the 8 gig drive but if I run anything off of the 32 gig drive it seems to lag.
I'm returning it and getting a 80gig windows version and going to dual boot to kubunto. This way I can store most of my mp3s and some movies for traveling ;) |
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| "Solid book" | 2008-09-08 |
| - Reviewed By User: A3OC2QHE1HBRBK |
EEE with Solid State Drive was my choice because I'm going to use it mostly in the car and public transport, instead of PDA.
After playing with default Linux-based system, tried to install XP to the second large SSD - it was too slow. Reinstalled to the first small one - works much faster, but failed to install the audio driver. Did not try the built-in camera, everything else works excellent.
Now I'm going to use it for navigation with a blutooth GPS receiver.
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| "very impressed" | 2008-09-08 |
| - Reviewed By User: A1AVCL6B75VKQR |
| It was with great thought that I decided to upgrade from the eeepc 700, as I'd had a very good few months run with it. Because I travel a lot, airport security hassles were a minimum, as I could toss it into a small backpack without worry and setting up wireless in hotel rooms and toting the thing around was a breeze. However, being a writer and a musician, because I ended up using the thing for 50% more time than my desktop, the small keyboard and screen was proving to be limiting for long hours of use. Anyway I felt it best to stick with Asus, even though there were a lot of new UMPCs vying for attention! I finally settled on this eeepc 1000. I have no complaints. I installed Windows XP with all my major programs and have room to spare. No error messages, mail inbox and wireless is breeze, good accuracy on the keyboard, nice bright screen. (I can even use the thing in the shade outside on a sunny day with very good visibilty and incredible battery life.) And 40G ssd! It even has stereo built in microphones, which makes recording a quick acoustic demo very quick and easy.It's a sturdy good product that I highly recommend. |
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