ASUS' newest netbook, Eee PC 1008HA,
features an all-new chassis inspired
by the natural curves of a seashell.
ASUS has created some nice-looking
netbooks, including its Swarovski-
studded Eee PC S101, but the Eee PC
1008HA takes a more subtle approach.
The system overall sports a sharp and
clean design, largely a result of the
curved panels that extend over its
edges and hide the ports. The glossy
black lid (also available in white;
blue and pink will come later this
year) is covered in a new Infusion
finish that allows the 1008HA to be
scratch resistant; but it's far from
fingerprint resistant. The 1008HA is
thinner than most other laptops in
its class measuring 10.3 x 7 x 1.0
inches. All of the ports on the
1008HA are covered with plastic tabs,
giving this netbook its uniform look
. Despite its size and dimensions it
packs a comfortable and spacious
keyboard. Unlike the island keyboard
of the 1000HE, there are no spaces
between the raised black matte keys
which was found to be pretty flat.
ASUS keeps the correctly placed keys
it mended with the ASUS Eee PC 1000HE.
The right Shift key is full size and
directly below the Enter key. A Wi-Fi
and touchpad on/off buttons sits above
the keyboard. The trackpad on this
netbook is pretty different from the
rest. Blending in with system's deck,
the 2.5 x 1.5-inch pad is covered with
small braille-like dots. Unlike most
netbooks, the pad had very little
friction, and navigating the desktop
didn't require much backtracking. As
with other Eee PCs, the touchpad also
supports multitouch gestures; using
two fingers to pinch the pad and zoom
in on a picture was easy, and the
image quickly rendered in its new size.
The single mouse button was comfortable
for making selections, although we
prefer the 1000HE's dedicated right and
left buttons. The screen is pretty
impressive with the 10.1-inch,
1024 x 600-pixel resolution backlit LED
display and thus it allows the web pages
and windows to fit to size on the screen.
From afar, the inch-thick glossy black
bezel looked as if the screen was flush
with the frame, though on a closer
inspection one can easily notice the
upright frame. Above the display, a 1.3
-megapixel Webcam provided extremely clear
images in a Skype video chat. The speakers
located at the bottom front edge of the
system allowed us to hear his voice loud
and clear from across the room. As far
as performance is concerned with the
same 1.66-GHz Intel Atom N280 processor,
1GB of RAM, and Windows XP as the ASUS
Eee PC 1000HE, not much of a change in
everyday performance or benchmarks on the
1008HA Seashell can be seen.
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