Asus Eee PC 1008HA

The Asus Eee PC 1008HA is a netbook that hails from Asus’ Eee PC Seashell range. It runs on genuine Windows XP Home and has a spots a seashell-inspired design with an opalescent and glossy exterior that is crafted by the innovative in-Mold Roller technology. The Asus Eee PC 1008HA is ultra slim, measuring only 1 inch thick and is lightweight, weighing merely 1.1 kg. Not only that, it also features a capacious hybrid storage comprising of 160 GB of HDD space and 10 GB of complimentary online Eee Storage. The Asus Eee PC 1008HA comes in White, Black, Pink, Ruby Red and Sapphire Blue.
Specifications
The Asus Eee PC 1008HA can operate on either a genuine Windows XP Home operating system that comes pre-installed with Microsoft Office Home and Student 2007 or a GNU Linux operating system. It incorporates a 10.1 inch LED Backlight WSVGA screen that has a resolution of 1024 x 600 pixels with glare-type colour-shine. Not only that, it also incorporates Intel Atom N280 Intel CPU and chipset. In terms of memory, the Asus Eee PC 1008HA incorporates a 1 GB DDR2 SO-DIMM memory. As for wireless data network, the Asus Eee PC 1008HA supports WLAN 802.11 b/g/n at 2.4 GHz and Bluetooth 2.1 + EDT. There is also a 1.3 mega pixel webcamera situated on top of the display. Not only that, the Asus Eee PC 1008HA also has hi-definition audio CODEC, stereo speakers, and a digital array microphone. It operates on a 32 Wh slim and eco-friendly Li-polymer battery that offers up to 6 hours of battery life depending on product model, normal usage conditions and configurations. The Asus Eee PC 1008HA measures 262 mm x 178 mm x 18 ~ 25.7 mm (W x D x H) in dimension and weighs approximately 1.1 kg.
Reviews

“Asus covers its laptops with a standard, one-year parts-and-labor warranty, and it offers online Web-based help and a toll-free phone number. The company’s support Web site has improved over the past few years, and includes easy to find driver downloads and FAQs. One nice extra is a 30-day warranty on dead or stuck pixels in the display, giving you some time to find pixel problems.” (CNET, 2009)

“Though much of what stands out about the ’shell is aesthetic, its skinnier form factor makes for a more enjoyable user experience. Add to that the excellent trackpad, sweet keyboard, and slightly pumped battery life, and you have a pretty nice package here. The Seashell — which is obviously aimed at a demographic seeking a higher-end netbook — is not super-cheap, at $430. Then again, a similarly configured HP Mini 1000 would run you about $414, a Dell Mini 10 would cost about $349, and there are of course myriad cheaper ASUS models to choose from, including the recently outed 1005HA-M(which looks just like the Seashell but has an Atom 270 CPU and some lower-end specs). Ultimately, ASUS has moved the netbook category forward a step; the Seashell is not a cookie cutter portable — even with its somewhat run of the mill specs — and for that, we thank it.” (Engadget, 26 May 2009)

“Basically, if you select this netbook over the fantastic Eee PC 1000HE, you’ll be doing so for style alone. Overall, you get less functionality for your money, but if you’re willing to shell out for beauty and don’t mind having a battery that you cannot replace, the 1008HA will perform just the same. From a standalone perspective, the new Eee PC 1008HA is a real step forward in the netbook realm. Asus has proven that netbooks can be different and unique, and it has proven that you don’t have to charge a massive price premium to mix things up. We can only hope that this type of thinking catches on. We’re growing tired of seeing every new netbook ship with the same internal specifications and the same shouldn’t be the case for exterior designs.” (HotHardware, 2009)