 "Cool purchase" | 2009-11-13 |
| - Reviewed By zaychik23 |
| Netbook is a really good purchase when you're travelling. It's really light it has everything you need in 1 thing. I'd recommend it to everyone! |
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 "Something really WRONG with audio hardware" | 2009-10-25 |
| - Reviewed By User: AQ21ZZSURTMWF |
| After 2 months this may qualify as one of the most irritating electronic device I own. All the features are great, good battery life, decent keyboard, okay touchpad (horribly stiff buttons though). The gripe is, after 2 months with this thing, it starts freezing on me every time I use it continuously for more than 2~3 hrs. For a comp that has 5~7 hrs battery life, that's a big problem. What's more irritating and somewhat funny is whenever it's about to freeze the speaker makes this terrible static screeching noise that makes using this thing in a library a real embarrassment if it freezes. The static noise actually appears quite often while trying to load online videos such as youtube stuff, and is generally guaranteed to appear if I load more than 2 videos at once. There's really something wrong with the audio hardware/software on this thing. Allow me to describe a typical freeze: The cursor becomes unresponsive and static noises come out. But when I press hard or knuckle that little space to the right of the touchpad (above the right speaker), the noise disappears and the comp becomes responsive again. As soon as I stop doing that it continues to freeze on me. I've update the bios and every single driver I can find on the ASUS website, and still no improvement. I don't know what the hell is wrong with this thing. Maybe other guys are having better luck with this unit. |
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 "Good laptop for traveling" | 2009-10-18 |
| - Reviewed By User: A3H120GZL44V7J |
I took this with me on a recent "business trip" and it worked really well for me. The small size was really helpful when traveling. I bought the upgraded RAM as recommended. I had an issue with the sound card once but it was solved by restoring the computer to an earlier point. The video card will not handle watching streaming video (netflix) so it will skip a few times per minute.
I was able to use the webcam to keep in-touch. If I did it again I would have brought an external DVD drive. Overall this worked for what i needed and the battery life is great. |
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| "Great Little Notebook!" | 2009-09-14 |
| - Reviewed By User: ASQY3R0TX1DP1 |
I am very happy with this little notebook! Although I use a larger Mac laptop as my primary computer, this one is wonderful for it's portability. It easily fits in my book bag. I read some of the more technical reviews here prior to purchasing, and was impressed. So far this little Eee lives up to the reviews.
I did install the optional 2 GB memory because I wanted to run photoshop and other software. Everything works just fine.
I would recommend the Asus eee 1000HA to anyone who is looking for a small portable computer. |
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 "5 hour battery life, not 7" | 2009-09-14 |
| - Reviewed By User: A1HEU46DV560QZ |
I bought 4 Asus Eee netbooks within the last 2 months. I started with a good one for my husband for his trip, then ordered one for myself, that one was returned. I replaced a white one VU1X. The battery die the 2nd night. I returned it and bought a new one with different battery life. Turn out it was a different model than the white one I had and returned before. This one is going to Hong KOng. Hope this one is a good one, not a lemon. I tested the battery life in different ways. It lasts about 5 to slightly over 5 hours. But never 7 hours.
Other things to remind buyers. I thought all ASUS Eee netbooks are ATom N processor. Wrong. Some are Intel Atom N processor, some are Intel Celeron. Model number maybe the same, but the processor or the model maybe different. Read the description carefully.
I bought all from Beach Camera via Amazon. Beach Camera shippments are fast and provides great services. But i worry that they said they do not accept PC return. As the chance of getting ASUS lemon is 50/50, I do not want to deal with ASUS customer services. They are horrible. I followed the tech support instructions, it did not work. Then, you could hear from her voice that she started thinking you are a 'stupid woman'. |
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| "My Thoughts After Eight Months" | 2009-09-08 |
| - Reviewed By User: AWLC99JITRKPK |
I've been using my netbook for almost a year now, and these are my personal comments regarding it:
On the plus side, the size, shape, and weight of the computer are nice. I also really like the soft zippered sleeve that came with it, as well as the cleaning cloth. For my needs (which mainly include word processing and online gaming), the port count and placement have been all right, and the screen size has been adequate. The way the keys are about flush with the bottom portion of the chassis and depress enough to create a bit of a pocket has come in very handy; I can put a small object on there to hold the desired key down, and it stays put and works nicely.
My first big complaint is with the Shift key on the right side. Even after all these months, I still accidentally hit the up arrow from time to time when I mean to hit Shift, and I can't tell you how annoying it is when I'm in the middle of a chat and the entire line I was typing gets erased because of that. I would much rather they designed it like my sister's Acer netbook, where both Shift keys are full size, and the arrow keys are elsewhere.
The second biggest issue to me is the computer's somewhat sluggish performance. While for the most part it can "get by" while I'm gaming or playing media, the draggy feel, even in Super Performance Mode, can get to be a nuisance. I'm seriously considering buying the 2GB RAM upgrade for it.
There have been a few, less significant issues I've noticed. The battery life never lasts seven hours, even in Power Saving Mode. Also, sometimes when I first power the computer on, the screen will remain black. I have to power off and then power on again in order to resolve that. But, again, not too big a deal to me, as long as it doesn't get worse.
Overall this product is decent enough, but if I had this purchase decision to make over again, I think I'd just go ahead and shell out the extra hundred bucks or so for a full-size, full capability laptop. |
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