I started with an eeePC 701, and the 1000he is an incredible improvement. The processor is hyperthreaded, so you get two virtual cores, and the stock clock seems fast enough. The technically capable will be able to overclock (mine goes to 1.9ghz stable). Keyboard is spaced out and great to type on. Even though the keyboard is a huge improvement on previous netbooks, you will still need agile fingers to keep full typing speed. Screen is good and easy to read even at half brightness. The integrated video card is decent enough to play games like Unreal Tournament, Tribes2, Half-Life 2.
Be sure to buy a 2GB stick of RAM. This is a necessary purchase, and an extremely easy install. Not only will everything be much faster, but with the newest BIOS firmware the Intel integrated graphics can make use of this extra memory (since the video card operates on shared memory).
Mine is currently running Windows 7, which runs even better than the stock XP install. I am dual booting with Ubuntu, which detects the wireless card without hassle.
In my opinion, this is as close to perfect as the current gen netbooks are going to get. The only things I would change about it would be a beefier video card and a slightly larger screen (for at least 768 vertical resolution). Honestly though, wish for too much and you step out of the 'netbook' classification.Get more detail about ASUS Eee PC 1000HE 10.1-Inch Black Netbook - 9.5 Hour Battery Life.
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