Pros: Dual-core, good battery life, and battery saving options in Linux. Streaming a 720p movie from the internet was choppy, but it appeared smooth when it was coming off the disk and this machine is not made for that, so if you want streaming hd video look at the 1015PN despite its lower battery life.

Cons: VGA port is close enough to third USB port that even slightly bulky usb devices might be blocked if you have a monitor or projector plugged in. Mousepad size, listed as a feature, is actually annoying. Like someone else I'm coming from a 1000h, who's touchpad size never bothered me and manages to stay far enough away from the left side of the space bar for typing without accidentally tapping the touchpad. This touchpad is also level with the top of the keys and almost borderless with the space bar. Disabling tap-click is a solution I prefer not to use. Another listed feature is the keyboard but I find I can hit the edge of a key and press it until I hit the case(exposed between the keys) and the key never registers as pressed. Be on target. Last thing: the 1000h let you get to the hdd without voiding the warranty, this does not.

Overall Review: Had to update the bios to get my 2 gigs of ram working(KVR1333D3SO/2GR), but since then it has been fine. Wireless in Linux: had to get the brcm80211 module for wireless, the wireless button does not work out of the box(or possibly at all), and after a long suspend the wireless no longer works until restart(haven't tried anything else, maybe reinserting the module is the only necessary action). Battery in Linux: >10h. I did not find any battery saving features unavailable in Linux...using a powersave governor, disabling bluetooth and such, and running at minimum display brightness seem to be all that is needed. This series of Atom CPUs does not support the super-hybrid engine's(SHE) overclock and underclock from the Atom N270, so the kernel does not create the cpufv/SHE interface.

Pros: The first thing I did was wipe the HD and install Ubuntu 10.10, which works fantastic on this computer. It's almost as if Ubuntu was *made* to run on this thing. All the function keys work (volume, brightness, etc), power saving features work great, and suspend/hibernate work flawlessly. I currently have the stock 1GB of ram installed, but am considering putting 2GB in. I'm also considering an SSD as it would make the suspend/hibernate work even faster (currently resume from suspend takes about 10s and resume from hibernate is close to 30s). The keyboard is as good as you can expect from a unit this size. The right shift key is a bit small. Also, the touch pad works pretty well and Ubuntu takes advantage of its multi-touch options (2 and 3 finger tap works). The battery routinely gets about 10hrs between charges with default Ubuntu power savings and moderate usage (3 or 4 firefox tabs open, playing music, etc...). Finally, it looks awesome.

Cons: As with any netbook, the small keyboard and screen take some getting used to. In the end it's a tradeoff between that and maximum mobility. Also, it's probably a little bit heavier than other netbooks due to the larger battery, but again - that's a tradeoff you undergo for more battery life. The built-in speaker is awful. Also, I wish it came stock with 2GB, especially at the current price point.

Pros: light weight good batterylife

Cons: windows starter sucks

Overall Review: If you buy the ram upgrade you must update the bios NBM 2G|CRUC CT25664BC1067 R go to the start menu>all programs>ASUS>ASUS Update for EEPC>>ASUSUpdate.. you can use that and update BIOS from the internet it should have a checksum and such stuff built into it so doing it over the wireless is ok.. but plug in the power

Pros: Small and portable (which is really to be expected from a netbook). Touchpad is low friction and easy to use. Keyboard has nice tactile feedback and doesn't feel as cramped as a lot of other keyboards. The Dual core Atom makes a noticable difference compared to other netbooks I've used. Battery Life is unbelievable even for a laptop. I actually get pretty close to 10-11 hours of use when I'm just web browsing or listening to music. Streaming video (netflix, youtube, hulu, etc.) and Video Chat on Skype on occasion bring the life closer to 7-8 hours. Still some of the best battery stats I've seen much less experienced.

Cons: The 1GB of RAM is a huge bottleneck, even with Windows 7 Starter. On top of that, it is only upgradable to 2GB. It is not compatible with 4GB. I suspect the chipset does not support this. I did actually try it. I was really looking for a laptop/netbook with a slightly higher resolution, but it's pretty on par with the competition. Replacing the HDD (say with an SSD) voids the warranty. The Touchpad is always in the way when typing. Just get rid of tap to click. The Hard-Key for the mouse buttons is one strip with no noticeable or tactile indication of left or right click. The speaker is horrible for anything other than simple audio. It will actually buzz when playing louder sounds. Expect to use headphones for almost everything.

Overall Review: To their credit, the laptop is only spec-ed for 2GB DDR3. I'd had experiences before where that ended up not being an issue, but in this case it was true. So I didn't take an egg off of that. I have yet to try 2GB to see how much of a difference it would make. Lots of people complain about Windows 7 Starter, but really I don't mind it. It's not really much different than Home or Professional for the average user. It just doesn't look as nice and it is missing one or two features that people might actually miss for a netbook (but most of these can be replaced with 3rd Party Software anyways...) There are nice multitouch features, but asside from scroll, I find them all pretty useless. I disabled most of them. Including Tap-to-Click. I've never understood why that is any easier than clicking an actual button. It's always caused more problems for me than it's solved. All in all, for the money, this netbook is worth it (if you upgrade RAM and don't mind speaker buzz).

Pros: * lightweight * long battery life (7-8 hours surfing the web via wi-fi on reasonable settings)

Cons: * touch pad stopped working after a few months. * small screen * small keys

Overall Review: Touch pad stopped working after a few months. I later had problems with the OS, so I payed to mail the netbook back to ASUS. It was covered under the 1-year warranty that came included. When I received the netbook back, the OS had been reinstalled, but the touch pad still didn't work. The receipt acknowledged my request to fix the touch pad. I called customer service again and they told me I needed to pay to send it back in for repairs. ASUS customer service was curt and not friendly. They were obviously following a script and had more important things to do. I searched for solutions on Google. Many forums pointed to the settings for the touch pad being inadvertently changed, but I checked and nothing was wrong. I reinstalled the touch pad driver, which I downloaded from ASUS's website. This didn't help either. Will NOT be buying from ASUS again.

Pros: IT IS A NETBOOK; not a laptop therefore it does not have the power of a laptop. SMALL AND LIGHT WEIGHT. Cought between buying a laptop; smart phone or this. Chose this because of size and weight 3lbs. For what I wanted ocasional use and portability it fit the bill. Have no regrets Battery life is 8hours. I have ran 3 2hour movies back to back and still have some left.

Cons: Time out of the box to usable is 2hours. My complete setup was most of the day. Installed 2Gb of RAM; run ASUS Setup to install Windows Starter; then ran Windows Antime Upgrade to upgrade it to Windows 7 Home Premium 32 Bit plus updates. Graphics are nominal. Touch Pad takes some getting used to and still funny.-Use a USB mouse Comes with a lot of Cloud Computing software that I did not need. Little sluggish but what do you expect out of a 1.5Ghz Intell Atom. This is not a laptop.

Overall Review: Be Carefull when removing the blotware. I found out the hardway. Had to start all over again. After I got it usable I installed Acronis True Image for Netbook and backed it up to start with. That way I had a place to go back to if I screweed up. There are 3 things to leave in ASUS eSplinded (changes the contrast when playing movies); ASUS Hotkey service(use out of the special F keys); and ASUS Hybrid Engine (changes power plan when going on batteries) I uninstalled the software 1 at a time to make sure I did not take out something dependant on something else. I installed Adobe reader and flash player. and some other free software I found to be usabe plus some bought software that I copied over to a USB stick and installed from there. This is not my main computer as I have a High Powered Desktop at home. Also have my personal files synched with it. Have a3g/4g USB network adapter so now I have network anywhere. IT IS NOT A LAPTOP

Pros: Small foot print Long Battery life Black looks sleek (no smudging) and professional

Cons: No SSD factory option 1 GIG of memory Bloat-ware No driver disk included

Overall Review: I bought a nice case logic sleeve for this little guy. I installed an 60GB SSD and 2GB ram right off the bat and fresh install of windows 7 ent. I had a 16GB sd flash card so I installed debian to dual boot with windows7. Works great thus far. I would recommend this for the people that are willing to upgrade the memory and hard drive. Works much faster/better with the mem/disk upgrades. The SSD was a pain to upgrade though.

Pros: Long battery life Dual core cpu Wonderful keyboard

Cons: With a higher screen resolution it could become my primary computer (but the 1024 x 600 is perfectly usable). In ubuntu make sure to disable "Enable mouse clicks with touchpad" in "Mouse Preferences / Touchpad" because bumping the touchpad while typing will drive you crazy.

Overall Review: I installed stock ubuntu 11.04 when I got it and everything has worked perfectly. The touchpad seems to work better than most netbooks, but I mostly use my mini mouse. It isn't quite as fast as my quad core desktop, but it is very zippy for a netbook, especially for one with a 5400rpm hard drive. The battery is amazing. I turn off most power saving features so that the screen runs at full brightness, disks don't idle, and it lasts me 6 hours easy. The biggest thing holding me back from using my other laptop regularly was the keyboard and this keyboard is simply awesome. I can type almost as quickly as on my natural keyboard and I'm getting faster. I was thinking of upgrading it to 2 gigs of ram, but even when running eclipse and qt-creator at the same time I am using less than 700 megs of the gig that it shipped with. Simply put, it's the best laptop, let alone netbook that I have ever owned.