Asus 1005ha – Windows 7 Starter
OK, three days in and this tiny piece of machinery has left me in awe!
Battery life – 8 hours without even a dent in the battery, I actually had to plug it in last night but two and a half days without touching the power cable. I give it 10/10 for this feature.
System – Right, not happy about some of the features of Windows 7 Starter, it bugs me that I cannot change my wallpaper and wish I held out for Windows 7 Home… Actually considering the upgrade, I would like to be able to run my old XP scanner as it has got to the stage where I would like to use it again. But all in all it’s pretty good, I do feel like I got ghetto style Windows 7 but my system can take anything up to Ultimate so may upgrade if this bugs me to much. OS – 6/10 (pretty sure if I upgraded this would improve).
Browsing is pretty awesome and some of the gestures are a bit scratchy but the web cam is pretty good, and I like the fact I can zoom on pages and it keeps everything in line, the mouse pad is odd in some ways but it is almost there on the gestures, this could of course be me just getting used to them, but its not immediately intuitive. The wireless range is awesome to boot, my standard laptop loses connection like crazy if I move to the living room with it, but this little beast is still showing full connection. Machine – 7/10
Round up – All in all I couldn’t have asked for a better little netbook, battery life is awesome, and the general running of software is pretty good and the overall laptop is awesome… How can I put it… if you’re looking, just get it!