Comments on: Asus Eee 1000HE

By: Mike McCarthy

Mike McCarthy — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 10:29:17 +0000

Maybe the author got a rogue example, but I have to disagree with almost everything that he said.
The 1000HE feels fairly robust and looks similar to most other 10″ netbooks. I have large hands but the size of the keyboard is adequate and I use my 1000HE when I go on holiday to review pictures I have taken, mobile internet access, taking notes at college etc. All things that it was designed to do. The key is the battery life, netbooks are supposed to be mobile and if you have to find a power point every couple of hours it is’nt mobile. I get 7.5 to 8.5 hours from mine in continuouse use. So with lunch breaks etc thats enough for a working day or a day at college. I know of no other netbook (or LapTop) that will do the same at the price.

By: robert

robert — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 16:39:50 +0000

the eee pc series has a lot of faults thats why mine runs on xubuntu and netbsd its worst problem is xandros and easy mode to get a full desktop you have to cut is battery time in half

By: ASUS Eee PC 1000HE 10.1-Inch Blue Netbook – 9.5 Hour Battery Life | Best Netbook Laptop | Best Netbook Reviews

Sun, 20 Sep 2009 10:37:01 +0000

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By: bjorn anders

bjorn anders — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 22:38:32 +0000

im using the 901 with ubuntu 9.04 firstly i get more battery life than i did with xandros i am looking aroung for an upgrade but from what ive seen the dell 3hrs batt life the same for the lenovo now thats a shame because i would have bought that but a netbook with 3hrs batt life is a waste i will be like everyone else in the library clambering to be near the only 2 plug sockets whats the point i might aswell buy a 15 ich dual core with 3hrs 7hrs or more from asus is a major selling point the keyboard on the 901 is too small although after a few weeks you do get used to it one thing is for sure £23 for a 2gb ram is a must and the difference is visible i willl keep looking for the right keyboard and the long battery life and it must be on linux too many of these netbooks are now xp as a linux user i want to vote linux with my hard earned i have a desktop with centos but 90% of my time is on my little asus and i totally love it just a bit jealous of the keyboard on the samsung nc10 get an asus rip off the xandros put ubuntu jaunty add the extra ram and you have a serious piece of kit go to the library and watch all the big flash portable laptops that cant stray 6ft away from the plug socket although ive seen a few come prepare with the good old extension cable somehow for me it takes away the portable part if your only getting 3 hrs from your netbook i hear wilkos do cheap extension cables

By: DaveHarfield

DaveHarfield — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 11:37:13 +0000

The prices on the reviews are indeed wrong. Totally my fault, my apologies to everyone who went looking for the units at that price.

I’m currently trying to find the lowest price I can for readers and I’ll post it here when I do.

Sorry once again.

Dave
Editor in Chief

By: chetouane ahcene

chetouane ahcene — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 19:10:55 +0000

i’ve read that the pirce of both the eeepc 1000he and the hp mini 110mi are 170£ but whan lookinf on the net the best price i’ve dfoind was 200£ on amazone and it’s out of stock can someone please explain to me and tell me the real price of these two netbooks

By: saif

saif — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 09:17:31 +0000

I have used Asus eee since the 2g Surf (should have waited, I know). Innovative when they came out, they have good build quality and equivalent performance to other netbooks. Keys are not too difficult to get used to, but then I am a fairly slow typist any way. Wireless connectivity has been good, it is the first laptop that I have had without these problems.

My issue is cost. LU+D quotes the prices in the mag as uniformly £170 for the 1000HE, as well as the HP mini and the lenova offering. Sadly even the 7″ models are more expensive, generally, and I haven’t been able to find one below £300…if any one does…please post. The 1000HE is the same price and conventional laptops, and therefore only beat them on portability and battery life. Very important I know…but Linux users like me are generally cheapskates, . I use my netbooks as servers and thin clients…that is how cheap I am. In fact the netbook is the most cost effective thin client you can get given there is a modern (Intel 945) graphics chipset with VGA out, as well as decent connectivity.

My favoured distros for EEEe are puppy and UNR

By: Andy

Andy — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 11:34:12 +0000

If you’ve installed Ubuntu on this machine, you won’t get the benefit of the Super Hybrid Engine unless you install eeeControl (http://greg.geekmind.org/eee-control/) – the SHE software is built-in to the factory-fit Xandros. I’ve run this machine for a comfortable ten hours before now.

I only have one issue with the keyboard, which is the placement and sizing of the right-hand Shift key, but a quick remap of the keyboard to use the right-hand Control key instead works beautifully.

By: Bjarne Christensen

Bjarne Christensen — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 09:53:35 +0000

Just bought this little machine. And I must say im quite impressed by the performance of that little fellow. Certainly my expectations was not that high, but as a supplement for my 17″ laptop its great. Running dualboot between XP and EEEBUNTU (Mostly runnin linux) the system is responsive and great for taking notes, surfing, listening to music, and such light work. Advanced video editing and photo editing is to heavy for this kind of machine.

I find the keyboard fine for the kind of work i use it for, my biggest complaint is that now i dont have an excuse for not bringing my laptop

Regards
Bjarne Christensen
Systems Engineer