Go anywhere in style with the Eee PC 1005HA-E. Weighing less than 2.5lbs, the 1005HA-E is the perfect on-the-go companion. With built-in Wi-Fi 802.11b/g/n, a .3MP webcam and Digital Array Mic, you can stay connected with friends wherever you go. The 1005HA-E’s 92%-scaled ergonomic keyboard and Multi-Touch touchpad make it a breeze to type and navigate through content. And a brilliant 10.1 inch matte LCD display makes viewing documents and multimedia content more comfortable than ever. With its sleek curves and smooth lines, the Eee PC 1005HA-E offers superior style without sacrificing performance or mobility.
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Superior to newer Toshiba NB205-N325BN Jul 11, 2010 After reading some of the reviews that were left to rate this machine, I could not help jumping in to add my 2 cents. I will try to be concise and to the point:
This Asus Eee is superior to many other netbooks in this category, namely Toshiba NB205-N325BN (that I own and planning to sell) in all aspects except perhaps a battery life. I have just bought this Asus model as a gift to my relative and have been able to test it while setting this up.
Asus Eee has these Key Advantages:
* Great textured mouse pad, much better than one found on Toshiba
* Speaker is also much louder
* Performance is not as lagging as Toshiba's
* Asus has Windows XP! This is really huge! Windows 7 Starter should never have been on netbooks to begin with. W7 Starter is pure trash with 90% limitations and is very, very slow despite my attempts to optimize the kernel, etc. Never buy a netbook with W7 Starter - you will regret it!
* Better Keyboard than on most netbooks
* Non-reflective active TFT screen
* Wireless LAN card N type vs B/G type still found on Toshiba
* Very light weight
Having stated all these facts, I am going to sell my Toshiba netbook and buy this Asus gem instead.
good option Jul 02, 2010 at a good price you really get a good netbook, but be awaer that it only has a n270 processor with a 1.6 Ghertz speed, if what you only want is to surf on the internet this netbook is quite convinient. nice design low in weight - 1.1 kg. the key board is big enough for typing comfortly, but battery life lasts no more than 3 hours.
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Awesome product, great price, very light and well made Jun 25, 2010 You would be crazy to pay 2x for an iPad that doesn't even have a keyboard. For the price, I think this one of the best portable computers on the market. Battery lasts very long, it is extremely light, and has more than enough computing juice to get what you need done. Any you can not beat the price.
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Quality issue: Battery died after 8 months Jun 05, 2010 I bought the 1005HA-EU1X-BK with a 4-hour battery in Oct 2009. The netbook fitted our needs well and was very convenient around the house. However, it seems that this netbook has some serious problems with its power system. First, I soon ran into the problem of the charger not working after leaving the charger plugged in the power outlet but without connecting to the netbook. After calling Amazon for a replacement, I found out online that cooling down the charger brings it back to life again.
Then there was about half a year of happy experience with it, with about one charge cycle every couple of days. Then, about a month ago, I noticed that the battery would never charge to 100% and the orange charging light would always blink, even if I left it plugged in all night. Then about a week ago, the battery suddenly died when I plugged in the charger. The battery indicator always showed 0%, and the orange indicator light always blinked as if it was charging. The battery indicator never showed anything more than 0%, and as soon as I unplug the charger, the netbook turned off due to lack of power.
Conveniently, Asus only has a 6-month warranty for battery. I called Asus technical support, and was guided through updating some driver which had no effect. I also updated the BIOS to the latest, which did not have any effect on this either. According to Asus technical support, my only option probably is to buy a new battery.
I think it is outrageous to have to buy a new battery after a mere 8 month of usage. I'm grumpy, but I can't think of a better alternative. I like the netbook, but definitely not the battery.
Cheap, but decent May 22, 2010 Pros: The title says it all. This product is cheap. In the pro category, this means inexpensive. The computer works great: it is not slow as some people have mentioned (are they trying do finite element analysis on these or something?). This is my second eeePC and I am still on the pleased side. I have to compare it to my other one, an older 1000H which is almost exactly like the newer 1000HE. The biggest improvement to the 1000H and HE is that the right shift key is full size on the 1005HA where the 1000H and HE have this tiny little blackberry-size right shift key that is considerably annoying for most people.
Cons: What can I say, this thing is cheap. The first thing I noticed is that the keyboard flexes when you type on it, due to the very thin plastic backing the keyboard lies on. As I type this my keyboard is bouncing up and down and I'm wondering when the thing will just cave in. The camera is .3 megapixels as opposed to my 1000H's 1.3 megapixels. It still works fine, though. My biggest con, though, is it's very apparent that Asus and Windows rushed through their operating system. When I first powered this thing on it got stuck on the welcome screen and would not display a user even though the OS was vociferously asking me to select a user. I had to re-install from the "secret" partition, something I doubt less technically knowledgable users would know how to do. When I got Windows to finally work there were still some aesthetic problems. Nothing big, but it was still annoying and somewhat of a letdown considering how smoothly my experience with my 1000H has gone.
Overall, my experience has been good with this product. I get the feeling the difference in price with this thing and the 1000HE is because you're making a BIG gamble. It looks cheap, feels cheap, is obviously made cheap, and, therefore, costs cheap. I don't have great peace of mind with this thing as I'm afraid it may break at any moment. This gamble may pay off for me because I've been savvy enough to know how to navigate its problems, but if you're shaky on the tech side and you can handle a small right shift key I highly recommend going for the HE. The HE has a few features this one doesn't and my older brother 1000H runs much more smoothly than this one.
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based on 21 reviews
Superior to newer Toshiba NB205-N325BN Jul 11, 2010
Quality issue: Battery died after 8 months Jun 05, 2010
