The ASUS netbook reviews on Amazon are amazing, people love this little computer, with all of it's clever features. More than a hundred reviews and over 80% gave it five stars. I wasn't sure how useful a computer with a 10 inch screen would be, but after working with it for a few days, it isn't that bad. It's great for email and browsing the web, but I wouldn't try to do any video editing or graphics design on it. The 1000HE is powerful enough to stream hulu movies at a decent frame rate. The ASUS hardware is rock solid, with many extra features that more than make up for not having an optical drive. Three USB 2.0 ports, wireless networking, Bluetooth, SD card slot, external VGA port, webcam, stereo microphones, 1 GB Ram, 160 GB hard drive, and the latest 1.66 GHz Intel Atom N280 Processor. ASUS is known for their innovative motherboard designs and it shows in the quality engineering that went into this netbook.The battery life is advertised at 9.5 hours, but that must have been calculated without running any apps. We get more like 7.5 hours with average use, which is still pretty good. Running XP home edition, ASUS added Skype and Sun's Open Office software suite. The info on Amazon said that it was supposed to come with Microsoft Works, but Open Office looks much better. Overall I would highly recommend the Asus 1000HE netbook if you are looking for a second computer to travel with. It's small and packed with useful features, at an affordable price; what could be better than that? It will be interesting to see how netbook sales impact laptops this year.
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