Netbook Review – Does the Asus Eee PC stand up against a MacBook?

andrew — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 21:29:01 +0000

We talk about netbooks a lot here on LaptopPimp, and we also tend to wonder about the future of Mac and the netbook market. Well, MacWorld got around to wondering the same things and they posted a large article about how the Asus Eee PC holds up against a MacBook. Here’s some of the highlights: Size: My first impression—and one that’s endured—is that the 1000HA is small. Smaller, in fact, than any laptop I’ve ever owned. So it was complete culture shock to suddenly find myself with a laptop computer with a downsized keyboard (Asus claims it’s about 92 percent the size of a “full” laptop keyboard, but it definitely is markedly smaller than what I’m used to) and overall dimensions so small that I have trouble balancing it on my lap without having it fall through my legs. The keyboard does have nubs on the home row keys, which makes touch-typing possible. The unusual and somewhat cramped keyboard layout (cursor keys jammed into an area to the left of the right shift key) took me about a day to get used to. No OSX: The operating system running on the Eee PC is likely to be the biggest Achilles’ … Continue reading →

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Netbook Review – Does the Asus Eee PC stand up against a MacBook?