Asus 1000HE Netbook

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By now, everyone must be familiar with the Asus 1000HE and the netbook concept – you take a lower powered PC with good battery life, nix the optical drive, and add in your various network related items such as wireless, Bluetooth, and webcams. Wrap it up in a smaller package with a 10” screen or so and you have a much lightened notebook replacement. Most weigh in around 3.5 lbs or so with power supply. Compare that to my 15” 7.75 lbs laptop with it’s power supply that’s another 4-5 lbs on it’s own, and it’s easy to see why folks would flock to this new generation of more portable but still fully functional laptops.

ASUS 1000HE Netbook

Featuring the Intel Atom N280 CPU, the Asus 1000HE netbook won’t run your newer games but will happily plug away at your older ones. Computers get better and cheaper every year, folks! With a 160GB HDD you’ve got ample storage room, and 3 USB ports to plug in your external HDDs and optical drives. The 1000HE has the full array of 2.4GHz wireless networking (802.11b/g/n) for your internet needs. The 1000HE is noted particularly for it’s battery life, with a theoretical runtime on 9.5hrs on the included battery. With 1GB of RAM you have ample memory, though it is simple and quick to upgrade the memory on the 1000HE netbook by simply adding another $10-15 1GB stick to maximize your netbook’s capability. The 10” screen at 1024x600 resolution works well for the vast majority of web pages to prevent horizontal scrolling, though of course you’ll simply have to get used to vertical scrolling in any event, unless you’re looking at a content-less page.

Now, if I can only convince lovely wife that this sub-$400 purchase is actually an investment and will simplify our travels so she won’t fight too much when my Asus 1000HE netbook shows up!