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Asus EEE PC 1000 XP

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Pros
Big, bright 10-inch screen
Great keyboard and mouse
Cons
It borders on ultraportable-sized

Pricing: Inexpensive: $449 (9/29/2008)
Performance: Very Good: 82
Features: Good: 70
Design: Very Good: 83

Find out how these four scores, and their relative weights, combine to produce the PC World Rating.

Pricing

Inexpensive: $449

Performance

Very Good: 82

WorldBench 6 Tests - Very Good: 37
WorldBench 6 Score	37

WorldBench 6 Component Results (seconds)
Adobe Photoshop CS2	1331
Autodesk 3ds max 8.0 SP-3 DirectX	1041
Firefox 2	758
Microsoft Office 2003 with SP-1	586
Microsoft Windows Media Encoder 9.0	947
Multitasking	1502
Nero 7 Ultra Edition	734
Roxio VideoWave Movie Creator 1.5	614
Winzip Computing WinZip 10.0	612

Battery Test
Number of Included Batteries	1
Battery Life (Video Playback in hh:mm)	04:32

Features

Good: 70

CPU & Memory
CPU	1.6-GHz Intel Atom N270
System Memory	1024
Type of Memory	DDR2-667 SDRAM

Video & Display
Display Size (inches)	10" Display
Horizontal Resolution	1024
Vertical Resolution	600
Video Chip Set	Integrated Intel 945 Express Chip Set
Video Memory	Using main memory
External Monitor Interface	Integrated
Wide Screen	Yes

Storage
Total HD Size (GB)	80GB Hard Drive
Floppy Drive	No
Number of Media Slots	1
Other Removable Media Drive	SD Card

Ports & Expansion
Serial Ports	No
Parallel Ports	No
USB Ports	3
FireWire Ports	0
Microphone Ports	Yes
Headphone Jacks	Yes
S-Video Ports	No
Composite Video Ports	No
Docking Station Port	No
Infrared Port	No
Shared Mouse/Keyboard Port	No
Mini PCI Port	No
PC Card Slots	0
Express Card Slots	0

Connectivity
Network Port	10/100Base-T ethernet
Wireless LAN Type	802.11n
Bluetooth	Yes
Modem Type	Not Included

Other
Standard Number of Batteries	1
Type of Batteries	Lithium ion
Built-In Speakers	Stereo
Dimensions	10.5 by 7.5 by 1.6
Min. Weight (lbs.)	3.2Lbs.
Average Weight (pounds, with accessories)	3.7
Accessories	Notebook, battery, AC adapter
Pointing Device	Touchpad
Multipurpose Bay	n/a
Operating System	Windows XP Home
Included Software	InterVideo WinDVD, Microsoft Works, Sun Microsystem StarOffice 8, Skype

Warranty & Support
Labor Warranty (years)	Two
Parts Warranty (years)	Two
Weekday Support Hours	15.5
Saturday Support Hours	9
Sunday Support Hours	9
Toll-Free Support	Yes

Reliability & Service
Summary of results for all of brand's products in this category	This Taiwanese PC maker--best known for building components and systems for other vendors--sells under its own brand, too. Asus notebooks earned average marks for reliability, but we got too few votes to rate the company's support.

Reliability of brand's products in this category
Reports of products with core component problems	Average
Reports of products with failed components	Average
Reports of products with any significant problems	Average
Reports of products arriving with problems	Average
Overall satisfaction with reliability of brand's products in category	Average

Design

Very Good: 83

Asus Eee PC 1000H 80G XP Mini-Notebook Review

by Darren Gladstone, PC World

- Ever since the Eee PC 4G opened up the mini-notebook market last year, Asus has been pumping out different flavors of the Eee, including versions of the original with XP and models sporting slightly larger screens and a multitouch pad. With the $460 Eee 1000H 80G XP, though, Asus addresses many of the previous problems we've had with earlier mini-notebook models--and it creates a solid second-gen machine in the process.

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