Asus 1005HA Reviews

Asus Eee PC 1005PE-P Black netbook comes with the new Atom Pine Trail N450 1.66 GHz that integrated GPU (Graphics Processing Unit) on the same die to make more performance and longer bettery life. And Asus Eee PC 1005PE-P features 250 GB hard drive storange, 1 GB memory, WiFi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth and Webcam. For the new technology on Asus Eee PC 1005PE-P, you will work or play the netbook up to 14 hrs on a single charge.
Asus Eee PC 1005PE-P Black netbook provides MS Windows 7 to make it easier to use and you will enjoy great feautures on the netbook.
This series is a Seashell design in Black on top and bottom chassises that looks stunning. And uses a chiclet keyboard, large palm-rest, and multi-touch trackpad for more comfortable on Asus Eee PC 1005PE-P. See more details »

Asus Eee PC 1005HA-P is an excellent netbook in graphic and multimedia. Because Atom N280 1.66 GHz processor, GMA 950 graphic adapter and 10.1 inch 1024 x 600 LED Blacklight Widescreen LCD are the latest netbook technology and produce the quality graphic display for Asus Eee PC 1005HA-P.
Thank for folk in social online video that makes an Asus Eee PC 1005HA-P HD Video Playback on Windows 7 reviews video. This video shows the performance of graphic display in Asus Eee PC 1005HA-P in a various file types. This test uses Windows Media Player 12 that operates on Windows 7 Pro x86 to run that files. The results make a good impression. 720 p video resolution runs very smooth in any file types. See more details »

Asus Eee PC 1005HA allows you to store over 30,000 MP3 songs or enormous data with 160 GB storage capacity in the netbook.
Asus Eee PC 1005HA provides Hitachi harddisk with 160 GB storage capacity, 2.5 inch drive width, 5,400 RPM (Revolutions Per Minute),  300 MB/s (Mbyte per second), 1.5 Gb/s (Gbit per second) data transfer rate and SATA (Serial ATA) storage-interface.
This is not the best performance hard drive in the market but is suitable for the netbook. If it uses 7,200 RPM or higher harddisk, it is a high probability to make a scratch on the harddisk surface during moving the netbook. But the high performance harddisk shoud install in non-mobile computer. We wish the next generation of the netbook should have anti-shake hard drive in the netbook to install faster RPM and more performance harddisk. And 160 GB storage capacity in Asus Eee PC 1005HA is the highest capacity in the netbook market.

Asus Eee PC 1005HA was named series by refered battery capacity and territory. Included:
1. High Performance Netbook, comes with 6 cell battery 63 Wh-10.5 hrs battery life, Atom 1.66 GHz, 1.3 MP Webcam and more, call Asus Eee PC 1005HA-P in US and Asus Eee PC 1005HA-H in EU.
2. Performance Netbook, use 6 cell battery 48 Wh-8.5 hrs battery life, Atom 1.6 GHz, 0.3 MP Webcam and more, call Asus Eee PC 1005HA-V in US and Asus Eee PC 1005HA-M in EU.
3. Budget Netbook, use 3 cell battery 23 Wh-4hrs battery life, Atom 1.6 GHz, 0.3 MP Webcam and more, call Asus Eee PC 1005HA-E in US.
You can see all specification of all series at Asus Eee PC 1005HA Specification.

The concept of the netbook is a mobile computing machine that is small and can use it in any where and any situation. Asus Eee PC 1005HA is designed by following the netbook concept. So manufacturer has problem about the limitation of necessary connection port distribution. And netbook buyer should consider connection port location also.
Asus provides the most necessary connection ports on Asus Eee PC 1005HA completely and locates on the left and right side of the netbook. Asus Eee PC 1005HA doesn’t have any ports on the front and back side. And the distribution of connection ports is suitable and comfortable to connect any accessories.
Mostly laptops and netbooks place VGA-out on the left side and include Asus Eee PC 1005HA also. Asus Eee PC 1005HA has 3 USB 2.0 Ports and locates 1 USB port on the left side and 2 USB ports on the right side. So you can balance the USB accessories in 2 sides. Somebody prefers to use the mouse on the right side that can connect 1 USB and add another accessory in 1 USB. The Air Vents that allow cool air to enter and worm air to exit must locate in the left side because the frequently used keys of Asus Eee PC 1005HA are placed in the right side. The 8-pin RJ-45 LAN Port (10/100 Mbit) should place on the top to prevent wire overlapping. And you can use Memory Card Slot on Asus Eee PC 1005HA easily because it locates in the front side. Overall Asus Eee PC 1005HA has well-executed the distribution of the port.

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Seashell Inspired Design makes Asus Eee PC 1005HA stunning and luxurious as a natural pearl. It comes with full functions that the best netbook must have. And the netbook provides the different options that can respond your desire or requirement comprising chassis color.
Asus released Asus Eee PC 1005HA with 4 chassis color collection including Black, Blue, White and Pink. The black netbook has one color on any area. Blue, white and pink netbooks have 2 colors but appear on different area and pattern. The table shows color pattern on the netbook. See more details »

One of the major netbook concepts is easy internet connectivity. Asus provides the latest wireless connectivity on Asus Eee PC 1005HA including WiFi 802.11 b/g/n (draft 2.4 GHz n) and Bluetooth 2.1. But standard netbook should have build-in digital camera to connect the internet completely.
Asus Eee PC 1005HA has the highest resolution of webcam at 1.3 Megapixel compare with the same class of the netbooks. So you can use video conferencing or live messaging with high video quality and send a clear image to your friend. And Asus Eee PC 1005HA webcam is located above the screen that is suitable position.

Asus Eee PC 1005HA has 2 optional webcam resolutions, Including webcam 1.3 Megapixel on Asus Eee PC 1005HA-P and 0.3 Megapixel on Asus Eee PC 1005HA-V.
We compare webcam with best seller netbooks in the market in webcam resolution. See more details »

Asus Eee PC 1005HA has 2 optional processor included Intel Atom N280 on Asus Eee PC 1005HA-P and Intel Atom N270 on Asus Eee PC 1005HA-V. The new mobile processor technology comes with smaller size, faster speed, less TDP*, and lower cost and install in Asus Eee PC 1005HA.
Asus chooses Intel Atom N Series for Asus Eee PC 1005HA. Atom N Series has code-named Diamondville that usually use in the Classmate PC Netbook or lower-cost mobile computer.
Atom N280 is a 1.66 GHz clock speed, 667 MHz FSB speed and 512 KB L2 Cache. And Atom N270 is 1.6 GHz clock speed, 533 MHz FSB speed and 512 L2 Cache. The differences of 2 processors are clock speed and FSB speed. So you must beware the FSB speed that must equal or greater than memory clock rate if you replace new memory. Asus Eee PC 1005HA will gain the best performance when you select Atom N 280 and use Super High Performance Mode in Super Hybrid Engine tool that comes with the netbook.
Atom N Series is a 47 million transistor, 26 mm2 die size, 45 nm minimum feature size, 2.5 W maximum TDP* and x86 (32 bit) instruction set. From the specification, the processor uses the smallest lithography at the present time at 45 nm that is advantage of reduced die size and TDP*. So you will observe the overheat issue less than the old technology.
For the application support, you can run on x86 (32 bit) applications only, don’t support x86-64 (64 bit) applications. See more details »

Asus Eee PC 1005HA has a 10.1 inch display in WSVGA (Wide Super Video Graphics Array) screen format at 1024×600 maximum resolutions that help you doing your job comfortably for a long period and go with you in everywhere. And the netbook incorporates LED Backlight technology that increases readability under low light conditions and makes it an ultra-thin, ultra-bright and energy-efficient display.
Asus Eee PC 1005HA has 2 optional display styles included Glossy screen in Asus Eee PC 1005HA-P and Matte screen in Asus Eee PC 1005HA-V and Asus Eee PC 1005HA-E.
Many netbook companies mostly provide glossy screen in the latest netbook series that offers good color and contrast. Glossy screen display is bright and display in true color under low light condition that is better in dust or slick cleanliness and is stronger than matte screen. But glossy screen has the problem in glare reflection under strong light condition that observes blur and mirror on the screen. Persons who need the real color of any multimedia files and do the job inside (not under strong light situation) is suitable for glossy screen on Asus Eee PC 1005HA-P.
Matte screen is beneficial to persons who principally do the job outside (under strong light situation) because of slightly glare reflection on the screen. So they should use matte screen on Asus Eee PC 1005HA-V and Asus Eee PC 1005HA-E. See more details »

The standard operating system (OS) of Asus Eee PC 1005HA is Windows XP. But the netbook users need to know about Windows XP can meet them requirement or not. Then, what we will gain if we upgrade OS to Windows 7.
Microsoft plans to release Windows 7 fully version on October 22, 2009 but users can download pre-release version, Windows 7 RC (Release Candidate), until August 20, 2009 and can try out the software until March 1, 2010. On the other hand, Windows XP has released since 2002 and systems, drivers, applications just seem backward.
You can install Windows 7 RC on Asus Eee PC 1005HA as well as the new OS support the new hardware on Asus Eee PC 1005HA very well. Windows 7 has a new graphic design and user-friendly that you will fully enjoy and easily use the new functions. And multimedia performance has improved in floating point.
Legit Reviews compares between Windows 7 RC and Windows XP by testing in many methods. The results of Windows 7 performance on Asus Eee PC 1005HA are slightly better in graphic and multimedia but it requires more performance of processor. So Windows XP performs a longer battery life.
The summary of the testing is not significant performance difference between Windows 7 RC and Windows XP. This is the first time to test Windows 7 on Asus Eee PC 1005HA and will do again when Microsoft releases the full version of Windows 7.