Comments on: Asus Eee PC 1008HA review

By: rawmom

rawmom — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 23:49:29 +0000

Sorry, tess. No disk drive or cd drive. I have had one for several months now and love it. However, every now and then I will be typing and hit a key that locks it up tighter than a drum. It's still running but the keyboard and mouse don't work. I wonder if anyone else has had that problem.

You can get an external drive so you can still play your games.

By: rawmom

rawmom — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 18:49:29 +0000

You can get an external drive so you can still play your games.

By: alainchenard

alainchenard — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 18:35:16 +0000

What is the maximum resolution on an external monitor? I'd like to use my 1400 by 900 acer x193W at times, but for long periods… so I wouldn't like to have to use a non-native resolution and get a monster headache…

thanks!

By: tess B.

tess B. — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 15:19:58 +0000

does the asus Eee PC 1008HA have a disk drive or a cd drive? something i can use to listen to music or play a computer game like the SIMS?
-thanks

By: orlando

orlando — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 05:57:26 +0000

Well, it has some really nice advantages over the older 1000H model , mainly in size and weight and probably a slightly better keyboard. The overall glossyness is just tasteless in my view, but a glossy screen really is a no-go, especially if you use it a lot outdoors – so i think i ll pass this one. Another quirk seems to be the bright blue led when its hibernating, the older model had this on the charger, and it used to lighten up the whole room at night, but could easily remedied by using black tape – that seems not to be an option on the machine itself ….i wonder whatever happend to the design department at asus, since the old eee models didnt have such easely avoidable flaws?!

By: Paul

Paul — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 22:06:33 +0000

2 questions:
How can you load software onto Asus 1000HA netbook?
What do they charge for MS Office after trial period?

By: Fanfoot

Fanfoot — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 23:27:34 +0000

Seems very nice. I do agree the lack of access to the internals is a problem. I would probably want to crank the RAM up to 2GB, given its an N-series CPU and supports that, but it sounds quite difficult based on the disassemblies I've seen. Sounds just slightly less difficult to upgrade the drive, which again I might be inclined to swap out for an SSD just because I like my netbooks to be solid state.

How are the speakers? I always find netbook speakers to be poor. More interested in the volume level (without distortion) for listening to movies or TV or whatever rather than cranking music thru them, but whatever you care to comment on…

By: Brad Linder

Brad Linder — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 12:20:08 +0000

I'm pretty sure I pushed the screen all or most of the way back in the
first photo in the design section. I'll double check when I get a
chance and let you know if I'm wrong.

On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 11:50 PM,

By: BoloMKXXVIII

BoloMKXXVIII — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 11:10:32 +0000

Fingerprint magnet!

By: jds

jds — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 04:49:55 +0000

How far back does the screen tilt? I'm curious to know whether one can semi-comfortably use the machine as a pseudo e-book reader.

By: Matthew.S

Matthew.S — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 01:02:38 +0000

With the rocker style mouse button, is it possible to click both buttons at once? I don't think lmb+rmb does anything in windows, but it is very helpful in Linux.

By: Brad Linder

Brad Linder — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 00:43:07 +0000

Nope.

On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 8:03 PM,