Liliputing was able to get their hands on a 1002HA and posts a review.
The Asus Eee PC 1002HA is smaller, lighter, and (with a list price of about $499) a little more expensive than the Asus Eee PC 1000H. It has a nicer looking exterior and ports that are spread out across the unit, with the VGA, power, and Ethernet ports on the back of the laptop. But the netbook also has a lower capacity battery and there’s no option to purchase a higher capacity battery.
So if your primary concern is battery life, you might want to look elsewhere. If you want all the power of an Eee PC 1000H in a case that weighs about 11 ounces less and you’re OK with 3.5 hours or so of battery life, the Eee PC 1002HA might be worth a look.
The book covers all the basics, with an introduction to Linux for people who aren’t familiar with the nuances of Linux and Xandros in particular. There’s also information about all the preloaded software, advice for extending your battery life, and tips for backing up and restoring data.
Honestly, I’m pretty sure the information would be available online, but for the beginner who needs help in Googling, they’d appreciate a book with all the information they need in one go.
Asus Eee for Dummies is available in Amazon for $16.49.
We’ve all raved how Windows 7 is relatively lightweight; in fact we’ve seen loads of netbooks running it. However, those are Atom netbooks and this is the first time I’ve seen a first-generation netbook (Celeron 900 MHz), the ASUS Eee 900, run Windows 7:
Netbooks, since they came out, have presented a strong competition against laptops. They’re cheap and they’re often more than good enough for the non-power user who needs nothing more than to surf the net. That’s why netbooks are driving low-end laptops to cut down their prices. According to Digitimes,
Low-end notebooks have faced declining market demand during the second half of this year largely due to the rise of the netbook market. This has forced PC vendors to cut their low-end notebook pricing to clear overstocked inventory in Taiwan, according to sources at channel vendors.
Personally, I like this development. What do you guys think?
Honestly, as much as I love the Linux community had at work developing the perfect OS for the Eee, we’d also like to see the community make something that doesn’t make somebody snicker when mentioned at a professional environment. And “Easy Peasy” as a name for a Linux distro just doesn’t cut it.
This 13000mAh after-market battery is available at eBay. It’s targeted for the 1000H series, but it also works on the 900 series. It does provide 10-14 hours of battery life, but… it’s, well, ugly. If the battery makes an Eee (or any netbook) less portable, then it totally misses the point.
The latest version of Eeebuntu, a custom version of Ubuntu Linux that supports the WiFi, graphics, touchpad, webcam, and sound drivers for most Eee PC models out of the box, has been released.
It basically contains all applications you need and it can work out of the box. It comes in three flavors: Standard, Netbook, and Base. Of the three, Base would be the lightest and contains only the bare essentials, and it reminds me of eeeXubuntu. The Netbook edition uses the Netbook remix interface, and Standard pretty much resembles the Xandros installation when in advanced mode, except that it has a dock.
Written by Ade Magnaye on December 18th, 2008. 1 Comment »
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If you want to try another OS meant for netbooks, then you should definitely check out Jolicloud when it comes out in 2009. It seems to be a Linux-based OS with an emphasis on cloud computing.
The founder of Netvibes is behind this project, and there isn’t much information about the project so far. But who cares, the more attention netbooks are getting, the better, right?
Written by Ade Magnaye on December 16th, 2008. 1 Comment »
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Liliputing was able to get their hands on a 1002HA and posts a review.
And the inevitable happened: the first “For Dummies” book for the popular Netbook.
This 13000mAh after-market battery is available at eBay. It’s targeted for the 1000H series, but it also works on the 900 series. It does provide 10-14 hours of battery life, but… it’s, well, ugly. If the battery makes an Eee (or any netbook) less portable, then it totally misses the point.
The latest version of 
