- Intel Atom CPU
- 1GB Memory 40GB SSD
- Linux
Great if you change the OS to eeebuntu
06/19/2009
This review is from: ASUS Eee PC 1000 40G – Pearl White NetBook Intel Atom 10.0" Wide SVGA 1GB Memory 40GB SSD Integrated Graphics
Pros:
SSD is great, slower than a HDD but if it's in rough or clumsy hands, can't beat it. Screen is very nice as well as the integrated web cam, my sister in Japan commented my image looked better than it did on my laptop. Battery life is as promised in my case.
Cons:
Included distro of Linux is awful. Some thing didn't work at all, other things did not work as they should, and other thing it just refused to let you do. Can't install wine (or even I couldn't get it to function properly, got it installed just couldn't get it to work. My OS would try to open a file when I tried to access file properties.
Overall Review:
They tried to hard to make it idiot proof and just ended up making it useless. So I did some reading and found eeebuntu. Now I love this thing! Everthing is working as it should. Google earth is being slow, but Wine is working and the windows programs I need run fine too. Plus there is a huge library of free software that you have access to, just put on a desktop astronomy program I found in the education section. :) This little machine is fun :) Would have gave this netbook 5 stars if it came with eeebuntu by default. I've heard easy peasy is a good OS choice too for this machine.
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- Lance G.
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