Customer Rating : 2 / 5.0
Best Buy Price Guarantee ASUS Eee PC Seashell 1008HA-PU17-BK Reviewed by Sean P. K. Evans (Canada)

I would like to acquirement an ASUS Eee PC Seashell 1008HA-PU17 (1008HA-PU17) netbook, but ASUS will aboriginal accept to access the 1008HA-PU17’s functionality and utility, as acclaimed in this review.

The array is assuredly congenital to the 1008HA-PU17; I accompaniment afresh that this array cannot, beneath any circumstances, be removed by the end user. In added words, I accept no way whatsoever to bandy another, actually answerable backup array if the congenital corpuscle dies. This is a accord breaker of a blooper for me; the array actually accept to be dispensable as it is not aberrant for batteries to crap-out. I am not traveling to amusement my big-ticket 1008HA-PU17 like a disposable BIC lighter every time the array craps-out. In addition, if I run out of abstract on the road, I wish to be able to bandy in a anew answerable battery. The absolute array activity is not 6 hours as advertised, but afterpiece to 3.5 hours. If I angry off Wi-Fi, dimmed the LCD and didn’t do actual much, I ability get the 1008HA-PU17 to endure for 4 to 4.5 hours. To access functionality, I wish ASUS to alter the array and advancement it to a 6-cell Lithium Ion 63 WHr assemblage that is begin in the ASUS Eee PC 1005HA-PU1X and lasts up to an absorbing 10.5 hours.

There is poor accessibility of apparatus in the 1008HA-PU17. The accepted covers on the base of netbooks for extensive the apparatus are non-existent. I would accept to abolish the absolute base awning or the keyboard in adjustment to ability the changeable parts. This is not convenient and I would lose my agreement alms of 24 months if I accessible the closed compartments. To advance functionality, I wish bigger accessibility to all components.

The 1008HA-PU17 is a carriageable device; the bright awning does not plan able-bodied in some types of lighting, for archetype it will acutely blemish my appearance in absolute sunlight or aberrant sunlight on trains. Furthermore, the best awning accuracy in array use is automatically reduced. The accuracy should be bent by the user and not a absence ambience in the 1008HA-PU17. It would be advantageous to accept 1024×768 awning resolution in the affectation settings, which some programs crave as a minimum condition, i.e. locations of MS Works. The boilerplate best adverse arrangement of 171:1 is low and the addled colours accommodate a black picture. The 1008HA-PU17 uses Intel’s apathetic GMA 950 cartoon chipset, which is a above setback as the 720p H.264 and 1080p files will benumb in abode and debris to play aback in a bland fashion. To access functionality, I wish a non-glossy screen, chiral ascendancy over awning brightness; a cartoon affectation with added adverse and brighter colours and the GMA 950 chipset should be replaced with an upgraded chipset that can handle 1080p files.

The touchpad key is too small, beneath acknowledging and dimpled. To access functionality, I wish the absolute touchpad replaced with a abounding destroyed multi-touch pad.

I apprehend that no netbook in the exchange currently appearance a congenital DVD/CD player. However, this is an important affection for anyone absent to collaborate with the harder drive. One band-aid is to buy an alien DVD/CD player. To access functionality, I wish ASUS to appearance administration in this breadth and be the aboriginal to add a DVD/CD amateur to a netbook. In addition, this would be a able business apparatus to access ASUS sales.

There are alone two USB ports, the accepted third USB affiliation on the 1008HA-PU17 needs to be added. The artificial flaps are so abutting to the inset ports that I cannot constituent added USB devices, such as a SanDisk memory-card reader, I would accept to resort to a baby USB addendum cable. There is no DisplayPort, HDMI or ExpressCard slot. The alone video achievement is a VGA socket, but it’s not your archetypal connector; in adjustment to fit the anchorage on a netbook this thin, I would accept to use a proprietary achievement that turns to VGA via a dongle, which is inconvenient. To access functionality, I wish all of these anchorage issues fixed.

The seashell case has a high-gloss accomplished apparent that does attending smartly polished, yet even with the a lot of accurate administration it is bound afflicted with fingerprints and baby marks, which advance to a smudge-prone anointed aspersing look. In addition, there are reflections if accretion in brightly-lit rooms. To access functionality, I wish the high-gloss case accomplishment replaced with a added anatomic matte accomplishment as on the OCZ NeutrinoNetbook.

The speakers are biased appear highs with little middles and ephemeral basses, with complete characteristics that are acutely minimalist. ASUS should not apprehend end-users to accept to use earphones, to apprehend complete properly. To access functionality, I wish an upgraded apostle system.

In absorption to the individual left/right rocker button beneath the blow pad, to access functionality I wish it to be breach in bisected to actualize two buttons that are not annealed like the ASUS Eee PC 1000 netbook series.

The 1008HA-PU17 has a quiet low acuteness fan that causes the 1008HA-PU17 to get absolutely hot afterwards a few hours of accustomed use and would be afflictive sitting on my legs. To access functionality, I wish added fan ability to accumulate the 1008HA-PU17 continuously air-conditioned no amount how abounding hours it is functioning.

There are not a lot of account included with the 1008HA-PU17. Within the colourful box, you’ll get the netbook itself, an AC ability brick, ability cable, a few booklets, a disciplinarian CD and a low superior careful sleeve. Those who adopt accoutrements with pockets or harder cases will accept to boutique about for one.

Subsequent to autograph this analysis it has appear to my absorption that ASUS has just appear their latest netbook incarnations alleged the “Asus Eee PC 1201N” and “Asus Eee PC1005PE”, which boldness some, but not all of the problems acclaimed in this review.

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