I have two Asus eee boxes, the Eee PC 1000 (not HA) and EB1012 tv frontend box for mythtv. I highly recommend you go with a SSD model for both battery life and durability of the system. I remember reading that there was a high rate of failure for the standard hard drive models. SSD model has two SSD drives. One 8GB faster for the OS, and a slower 32GB storage for /home. I've also got a 8GB SD card that fits completely in the side for extra space.
Linux support works out of the box for ubuntu 8.04 and up. Battery life is very good, I get about 3 1/2 - 4 hours on average. Ignore their 6 hour claims. :) My only gripe is the keyboard. They put an arrow key where the shift key should be, and it's a bit small for my large fingers. As a final note, why not support Linux and get the xandros model? While I highly recommend using ubuntu netbook edition in place of it, I'd rather support any version of Linux then support microsoft. Doing this will also show companies that you want Linux so they will continue to offer it as an option. Cheers, sV On 7 April 2010 07:11, Aidan Gauland <aidal...@no8wireless.co.nz> wrote: > Hello, > > I have a birthday coming up, and up for grabs is a netbook. I have heard > good > things about the Eee PC family from CLUGers a while ago, so I would like to > hear any opinions on this model in particular: > <http://www.enetcomputers.co.nz/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=ASUS103>. > (For > the impatient and those confined by an over-restrictive firewall, it is > listed > as an "Asus EeePC 1005HA"). Any recommendations of or opinions on other > models or families would be welcome, as well. > > Thanks, > Aidan > >
