Netbook Reviews : Best Price : Best Buy

I was wavering between the EEE PC 1005 HA and Toshiba NB205-N325 Netbook and had pretty much settled on the Toshiba as it had the new Atom processor when I realized there was a new Asus out. This has a bigger hard disk and also didn’t have a battery that stuck out in the back like on the Toshiba and that pretty much settled it. I did not get exctra RAM and I am pretty happy without it, I just put in a SD card and enabled The ReadyBoost feature in Windows 7 and that makes an amazing difference. I would have preferred a matte finish, so only issue is you need a wipe cloth handy for all those fingerprints you end up leaving on it. Love it otherwise.

Got this for the long battery life. It really does get most of the advertised 14 hours. Got about 11 hours with wireless access during most of that time, a fair amount of work on the machines, and there was still a tiny bit of battery life left. So I’d say the numbers (14 hours would reflect less work and less wireless use) are not too far off. The machine is very sleek, somewhat heavy for its size (the battery probably makes up a good deal of the weight gain), and the Windows 7 is usable. I’d say that it was a good package if battery life were near the top of your desire list.