I have a 1000 and I really like it. Came with Xandros, but wiped it for Arch ;) 8GB SSD + 32 GB second SSD. I run KDE 4 and develop parallel code on it without any problem. I upgraded to 2GB of ram, really easy to do and it does _not_ void the warranty. I also switched the wireless card. The rt2860 might be good, but its driver is bad. A good example of code dumping... now its does not evolve much: its in staging tree. I changed it for an intel iwl4965. Everything on it works: wireless, bluetooth, external monitor, suspend, etc. I did developped acpi-eeepc-generic for the extra butons and such: written in bash and only depends on acpid. http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=23318 Pros: -Keyboard is better on the 1000 then the 90{0,1}. Not only the size but also the feeling. I had a 901, and the keys near the / were jumpy. -6 cells battery, more then the Acer Aspier One -1.3 Mpixel webcam -Good SSD size: 40GB is more then enough. Fast 8GB is for arch, the slow 32GB is for the rest. -Can run kde 4 with kwin special effects -Everything works (special keys, suspend, rfkill, etc) -Does not come with XP Cons: -The touchpad can be jumpy when using 2 finger scrolls. 2 finger circular is fine though. -Battery might seem big: it comes out a bit. It's less oversize then on the 901 though: when it was open on my lap, it could just fall on its back! -Webcam is a bit dark -Speakers could be louder -Xandros is really bad I love my 1000 ;) 2009/9/28 Aaron Griffin <aaronmgriffin@xxxxxxxxx> > On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 4:15 PM, Corin Schedler <corin.gs@xxxxxxxxx> > wrote: > > On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 04:00:32PM -0500, Aaron Griffin wrote: > >> On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 3:55 PM, <hollunder@xxxxxx> wrote: > >> > On Mon, 28 Sep 2009 15:22:15 -0500 > >> > Aaron Griffin <aaronmgriffin@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> > > >> >> On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 3:13 PM, Roman Kyrylych > >> >> <roman.kyrylych@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> >> > * Read reviews, there are lots of them. > >> >> > (even http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_netbooks :)) > >> >> > >> >> Awesome! Thanks for this > >> > > >> > I look around for some time and would probably go with an eeepc. It > >> > seems they switched to windows again tough. > >> > Netbook based on the ion platform seem to be available now (nvidia > >> > graphics) but there likely are still no dual core atom ones. > >> > > >> > I eventually decided to go for a thinkpad instead, 'just' have to find > a > >> > model that suits since you can't customise them here... > >> > >> I've begun looking in depth at the Eee 1005HA model. Does anyone have > >> experience with this one? I notice there are P, V, and B models (in > >> order of most expensive to least), with slightly varying specs. > > > > I have a 1000H. It's slightly older but almost identical to the HA > > model. It's been running Arch since I bought it and it runs great. The > > hotkey power switch for the WiFi card doesn't work, and there seems to > > be a slightly higher power drain in suspend mode than the XP install > > that came on it. I'm not sure if that has to do with my suspend > > configuration or what, but it's worth noting. > > > > Anyway, I typically run GNOME...xcompmgr (or compiz) works, but it can > get > > 'stuttery' if you're doing much more than web browsing. Video/media is > > hit and miss for me - YouTube is watchable, Hulu is not, for example. > > > > I'd recommend it if you want to get a netbook. The only hardware gripe I > > have is the 'mini' right shift key - it's the size of a standard letter > > key, and it's super annoying especially with how much code I write. It's > > awesome otherwise. > > The shift key is fixed on the 1005 and 1008 models. I've seen this > mentioned in a few reviews. > > http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/electronics/detail-page/1005ha_bk_keyboard.jpg >
