Maybe a little better than the rest

ASUS Eee PC 1005HA-PU1X-BU

I like the little indicator leds which can be seen from above as well as from the front. The track pad is quite new I have never seen this design before but I really like it. There is not a separate cutout for the track pad but it is part of the case and there are little dimples that are the track pad. It works quite well all though I use a blue tooth Razer mouse which works quite well with this little Eee. The keyboard is quite nice and I have very large hands and I make a lot fewer mistakes. It seems a little quicker than the atom 1.6gh cpu but is not a big difference.

The asus vibe does not work, if it doesn’t work it doesn’t belong on my computer. Most of the dock software is for free demo software as far as can tell so I disabled it. As far as adding more memory dont feel like you need it for windows xp,you wont notice any difference.

Does anyone that has added 2gb ram noticed if the video ram doubles in the bios settings? It has not on other netbooks.  It comes with a nice case or sleeve and a recovery disk.

One real oddity that I dont like is they give you 2 large partitions instead on one large one, I would assume thats for installing another OS but its a waste of space if you dont want another OS. XP does not have the ability to merge partitions to make one large one although there are other ways to do it.I think they should have just had 1 large partition as anyone who wants to install another would probably already know how to do it. The only other negative is the card reader sees only 2 kinds of memory. Most will support Xd which is what I use in my camera. Most netbbooks have a 4 in 1 card reader.

The fit and finish are very good, no gaps and I like the keyboard layout.

There is on on off switch on the left to turn off the track pad a nice touch. I am more picky than most people and I would recommend this netbbok. The price might down after some time, it usually does.

Also if you install Firefox web browser and push the f11 key the browser becomes full screen, helpful on a small screen.

This unit runs very cool, I dont fell any hot spots.

A note about memory, This unit comes with 1gb pc2 6400. the 2gb memory they are selling is pc 667. While it will work you should find pc2 6400 its has a little higher bus speed ans is the same speed as the one supplied.

By Charles S. Glass “salty” (oregon coast)

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