Asus EEE PC 1005P

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On my last travel I decided it was to be the last for my 3 kg 17" Full HD notebook. As the battery capacity of my iPod Touch 1G is insufficent for watching anything longer than one hour, I decided it was time for a new gadget: a netbook. A quick look through reviews revealed that the Asus EEE PC 1005PE was the best choice. An impressing battery capacity of 14 hours was listed. Limited availability of the PE had me look to the P version. Cheaper, but why? The guy in the store claimed the smaller HDD (160 vs 250) was the only difference. I tried to list differences from the Asus' website but found none. A google search indicated that the PE had a glossy display, which would rule it out as a choice. The PE battery was also of bigger capacity, 14 vs. 11 hours indicated.

I decided to buy the 1005P. Having used it for a couple of days, I have now an updated list of differences:

1) P does not have Bluetooth
2) P does not support 802.11n
3) PE does not have glossy screen
4) some keyboard difference I don't know the details on

More importantly, as I had a 128 GB SSD drive I planned to use I was sad to find out that HDD replacement was not trivial. The procedure was so complicated I decided to use the 160 GB HDD for now. Had I known this fact, and there would be another non-glossy alternative, I'd probably chosen another Netbook. At least the PE with larger HDD.

Using Win7 Starter for half a day, I had to install Ubuntu. While it did not work straight out of the box (wireless chip needed a kernel update), it was pretty much straightforward.

All in all, the difference in spec is probably worth the 500 NOK. If I could find it I would probably have gotten the PE. If ASUS had documented their models properly I would definately have gotten the PE model.

It's a very nice gadget I will probably use a lot in the next couple of years...the 2 GB memory upgrade is most likely not neccessary for its use but I just wanted it nevertheless

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