Slimmer with the Eee PC 1008HA in hand

Slabs that are less interesting as a plastic mass formed in the netbook market, and also the design-thinking outside more often in the name of fresh-beat price basis. Not so with the new Asus EeePC 1008HA.

In appearance, all of which is the 1008HA that EeePC 1000HE not. although still with a frame made of plastic, it looks thinner and lighter than the 1000HE maintain 10-inches wide and 92-percent keyboard.At first glance, the 1008HA is quite interesting and beautiful. Beda with 1000HE, there is less bulk in the middle of the frame, and shiny white plastic to create more uniformity along the edges (where the lid meets the bottom). With the easy steps below and inch thick weighs only 2.4 pounds, making them the lightest the 10-inch netbook, the 1000HE tips the scale at 3.2 pounds. At launch, the 1008HA will be available in black, pink and blue while the model will ship later in the day.

While slimming down yourself, 1008HA managed to maintain 10-inch widescreen (shared with drab 1024-by-600 resolution) and 92-percent keyboard. Keyboard is very convenient for this type, although not as big a mouse button (or responsive) as those in 1000HE. With a focus on the design, though, Asus needs to pay more attention to the size of the keyboard. Netbooks such as the Samsung N120, the Samsung NC20, and Acer to come from the 11.6-inch netbook is equipped with full size keyboard. And as a 10-inch widescreen, it's just a matter of time before the 92-percent keyboard will be something of the past.

Although 10008HA not use the new features are useful, do it with the existing position with a different way to slim down on the chassis. VGA port is now a mini-USB port, you need to connect an external VGA dongle. Dongle is tucked away in the bottom of the laptop and can be easily retrieved to use this feature. Ethernet port that will be moved to the back of the right of the laptop, where the thick of the few rather than the rest of the frame. If not, you'll find two USB ports (one less than the 1000HE), a 160GB HDD (2.5 inches), headphone and microphone jack, and built-in 802.11n WiFi and Bluetooth.

Part identical with 1000HE's. It is rarely used to run 1.66-GHz Intel Atom N280 that on paper, slightly faster than the more popular 1.6Ghz Intel Atom N270. In real-world tests, however, differences in performance that is almost invisible. It comes with 1 GByte of DDR2 RAM, even upgrade to 2 GB will need to delete the entire back panel, which are held together by four screws (1000HE has a small, 1-screw panel that leads directly to a memory slot).

10008HA that Asus will be the first netbook to use non-removable battery. It's a 2-cell Lithium Polymer battery, the same type of technology used in Apple MacBook Air. Asus claims that up to 6 hours of battery life, but from experience I have to get much less than that. I'd say the lack of a 6-cell battery that only knock against EeePC 1008HA, and I am sure you will know how much longer the battery will get with you once I review the 1000HE unit arrived. Asus EeePC 1008HA starting from $ 429.