1000HE Now In Stock at Amazon!!!! Even the Blue one!!! $374.00

ASUS Eee PC 1000HE 10-Inch Netbook (1.66 GHz Intel Atom N280 Processor, 1 GB RAM, 160 GB Hard Drive, 10 GB Eee Storage, Bluetooth, XP Home, 9.5 Hour Battery Life) Blue: $374.00


Note that it may take a day to ship.

 

I have the blue one too Got it from GentechPC and it arrived yesterday. One thing I have to point out is that the blue looks much darker in real life - almost a navy blue.

 

I might have opted for the blue if I knew that. I wasn't feeling the blue in the picture.

 

Yeah, i initially wanted a black one, but decided to go with the blue simply because i never owned a blue computer before. To my surprise, I actually like the blue A LOT better than the black. The stock pictures are a bit deceiving and really don't do justice to the real color of the 1000HE.

 

Are you gonna do a review david? Id love to see one from you

 

There's already a review up for the 1000HE, so I'll probably pass on this one

 

its all good I just knew you were the reviewing master id figure you were picking it up

 

What do u think about the so far? I thought it was a little husky but I love it. I have it on my lap right now while watching tv with the misses.

 

It's a near perfect netbook. I'd give it 95/100. The 5 points docked is for the slightly bulky build and the lack of a backlit keyboard

 

Yeah, a backlit keyboard would have been the bomb.

 

I ordered one from excaliberPC on ebay yesterday, however they haven't shipped it nor reply my mail back.. I sent a support through their site and yet the same.. do you know if they are a reliable and trustworthy store? any personal contact information that I can contact them? I think excaliberPC has an account here right? and sorry for bringing this up in your topic..

 

Yes, excaliberPC is a reliable reseller, but they sometimes fall short on replying inquires. I'm sure you'll get your netbook and it's most likely that they are currently out of stock for now, hence they haven't shipped it out yet. Shipments for EeePCs usually come quite often (about once every 1-2 weeks). They too have a rep here on the forum, just like gentech and xoticPC, but lately, they haven't been around nor do they offer any real technical help for NBR members. I wouldn't worry too much and recommend you try calling them on Monday.

 

I'll try to do that Monday.. I just hope I just don't get scammed by them

 

I've seen ppl order from multiple places and cancel the extra orders once they get a tracking number. Risky for sure.

 

yea..this laptop is truly a big hit in the market

 

I ordered my laptop from them and had a good experience.

You shouldn't worry about being scammed

 

Did you order directly from the site?

 

I have to chime in on this one, I got mine from jr.com (about 340 w/ LIVE Cashback)

I love this computer, it is really a great computer i love it, I have been finding myself using the computer more than my mbp. I will let something run on my mbp and type on this one... i love it. I took it to a meeting a few days ago and it was very nice and easy to use in a corner. Also the weight and battery make it an amazing system.

I am actually considering selling the macbook pro and just keeping this one. I have a Quad Core at work and we have like a million computers at home.

 

wow.. I can't believe someone is willing to trade his mbp for this one

 

I can see how someone would do that if they don't need to run any CPU intensive tasks. The 1000HE is truly an outstanding netbook. I'm considering to throw in a 128gb or a 256gb SSD to make mine fly with colors

 

can we swap ssd into the 1000he? if yes how do we do that?

 

Sure, I don't see why not. The 1000HE uses a standard 2.5" SATA HDD

 

can this fit to the 1000HE:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...Froogle-_-Solid+State+Disk-_-Intel-_-20167005

 

yup, that'll work

 

Yeah, but using a $363 HDD in a $374 machine does not make a lot of sense to me...

If you want to make good use of those high-end Intel SSDs, the remaining parts of your system should be powerful. I think a high-end SSD in an ATOM platform is just a waste of money...


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All i do on my notebooks is surf the internet and do some basic word processing. I do not need anything else really from a computer. So i figure what the heck... I just turned on my macbook to make this post .

 

Funny thing is that I was always SO anti netbook, I had the U6s, but after using the 1000HE there is BIG difference.

They boot up faster (even when I tried to get the U6 to do that) and is very compact and the battery life is amazing.

 

I think this is more of a personal choice than anything else. Putting a premium SSD HDD in a netbook will provide exceptional performance for almost any office related programs you run. The CPU will still be the limiting factor, but having programs open and close almost instantaneously does sound very appealing!

I'm also coming from an Asus U6 and agree with you 100%.

 

David you sold that U6 yet?

 

Yup, it's currently in the hands of a travel agent in sunny Florida

 

thats awesome im proud of you kid! The guy is lucky though he got a great notebook

 

I was skeptical as well, especially when the first batch came out with those other processors. I think the atom processor made the netbook a winner.

 

I was pretty disappointed the blue is darker than the pics

 

You could always put a skin on your HE:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.h...l=search-alias%3Delectronics&tag=epc1000he-20

 

I'm actually very glad that the blue is darker I prefer a prussian blue more than a persian blue like the one in the pictures; however, this doesn't really help prospective buyers at all.
But like uqmoore said, you could easily add a different color/design skin of your choosing.

 

Well I don't know, skins just seem.. tacky or cheap.

I really liked in the pics how bright and metallic the blue was

 

David if you dont mind, what were you able to get for your U6? I still have mine (dad uses it for work) and would like to have an idea as to what I can expect for it...

 

I had the U6V-A1 (with vista and XP, upgraded the wifi card to 5300) and I sold it for $1299 + shipping. I'm sure if you get the U6S, U6Sg or the U6E, it would be much cheaper.

 

Gotcha.... seeing that I bought it from Best Buy, I dont think it will be worth anything over 900 dollars or so (though I did pay close to 1700 for it). Learned my lesson that that laptop.

I am sure my dad will learn to love it as much as I did

 

I find that I must make another random post about my 1000HE, there are two reasons for this post.

1. To talk about how killer the keyboard is on this thing.
2. To actually use this keyboard to see how fast I can type on it.

I am a keyboard junkie, I love trying out new keyboards, I think honestly I could be the best keyboard reviewer EVER. I always like to get new keyboards and try them out. When I go to Office Depot I will always type on the demo keyboards to try them out (its always something very random too... like I think this keyboard will be too slow for my uses) cheesy I know.

But this keyboard is very clean and easy to type on, I find it to honestly be as good as my U6s. It is slightly smaller, but that does not slow me down one bit. I have typed on:

MSI Wind - keys are a bit too cramped, placement of punctuation (,./) is not very good
ASUS 900 & 1000HA - Right shift key says it all (plus the 900 is just TOO small)
ACER Aspire One - Again the same issues of the MSI, plus I believe the mouse on that is total trash
Dell Mini 9 - Function keys are not dedicated, I am sorry I love using basic windows commands without it, no point.

This keyboard is really great, anyone that is worried that the keyboard will not bee good enough, I can tell you that is the least you should worry about.

I can honestly say this is one of the best keyboards out there, and can give some full size notebooks a run for their money (specifically ACER, COMPAQ, and if you give me some time, I will find a few more) i think I am starting to like it better than my MBP too...

I am becoming an ASUS fanboy... WATCH OUT APPLE!!

 

The only thing the keyboard is missing is a full size right shift key.

 

Agreed, but it only took me about 2 hours to get used to it, I think I am using my right shift on the left edge on all my keyboards now.

 

I can't wait to get mine on Wednesday

 

You wont be sorry, I can tell you that..

 

Thanks! Now you're making me more excited

 

I'm actually surprised that I've been using it so much. The nice thing is, when I get home from work, I don't have to plug it in the whole evening. I'll even sit it on the night stand and check email first thing in the morning, all before plugging it in again.

 

I should also add that another fun and useful feature about the 1000HE is the Mac-like multi-gesture touchpad

 

Oh yeah, that was a pleasant surprise to me. I avoided touch pads until I started using this one.

 

Yes ive seen it very cool you always have to ask yourself how Asus puts all these features in there notebook for like nothing lol.

 

Yeah the 1000H was supposed to be uber cheap and now this is a good $80 or so less.

Id love to feel the new keyboard. I liked the 1000H keyboard and I fixed the shift key issue by using a program that autoloads with windows that let my up arrow key work as shift (and can toggle that on/off with a key press) but these keys look more flat. The longer battery life is a plus too.

Anybody with the 1000HE ever get hands on with the 1002HA? Thats the one I think I like the most in looks even though it does not have the "fixed" keyboard or long battery life.