Fab little netbook
Firstly, thanks a lot to CW for a great review, one that helped me decide on this netbook.
I downsized to the Asus 1015px from a larger, Samsung laptop with a Core 2 Duo processor and was expecting to notice a significant drop in performance. Although it's a bit slower at times, with the recommended 2gig ram upgrade, it's certainly never annoyingly slow. In fact for most things (ie nothing too graphically intensive like serious games) it breezes along quite happily and I'll be doing everything I did on my full size laptop with this, apart from play dvds, but I'll get an external drive if that turns out to be an issue. Getting used to a smaller screen hasn't been a problem either, after a short while it just seems normal.
Asus EeePC 1015PX 10.1 inch netbook Intel Atom N570 1.66GHz 1Gb 250Gb WLAN BT Webcam Win 7 Starter - White
I agree the sound isn't exactly room filling but as mentioned it can be tweaked with a bit of effort and I've got mine running loud enough for my (crap) ears.
Regarding the sensitivity of the touchpad, it can be 'intelligently' adjusted, via the Elan Smartpad window from the taskbar, so as not to react so readily to unintended input and I've had no problem with mine.
Asus EeePC 1001PXD 10.1 inch netbook Intel Atom N455 1.66GHz 1Gb 250Gb WLAN Webcam Win 7 Starter - Black
I know Windows 7 Starter has been well slagged off by a lot of people but I've chosen not to upgrade, mainly because I'm poor! Anyway, it's fine for what I need to do, and by Googling I've found all sorts of ways to personalise the desktop, including 'Oceanis' for easily changing the wallpaper. So I reckon if you're not sure about Windows 7 Starter just try it out first before you worry about upgrading.
The excellent non reflective screen is very bright and I have mine turned down to half way most of the time. This obviously helps the already excellent battery life, but don't expect 11 hours, I get about 6 or 7.
Asus EeePC 1015PEM 10.1 inch netbook Intel Atom N550 1.5GHz 1Gb 250Gb WLAN Webcam Win 7 Starter Black
Everything you read seems to suggest tablets are the way forward but I know I couldn't possibly use a tablet as my only computer, even though my needs are modest. This netbook, on the other hand, is now all I use and it suits me fine. I chose the Asus 1015px after a lot of humming and harring, I'm very pleased I did because it works brilliantly.
Acer Aspire 5336 15.6 Notebook Intel Celeron T3500 Processor 3GB RAM 320GB HDD Windows 7 Home Premium - Black
I downsized to the Asus 1015px from a larger, Samsung laptop with a Core 2 Duo processor and was expecting to notice a significant drop in performance. Although it's a bit slower at times, with the recommended 2gig ram upgrade, it's certainly never annoyingly slow. In fact for most things (ie nothing too graphically intensive like serious games) it breezes along quite happily and I'll be doing everything I did on my full size laptop with this, apart from play dvds, but I'll get an external drive if that turns out to be an issue. Getting used to a smaller screen hasn't been a problem either, after a short while it just seems normal.
Asus EeePC 1015PX 10.1 inch netbook Intel Atom N570 1.66GHz 1Gb 250Gb WLAN BT Webcam Win 7 Starter - White
I agree the sound isn't exactly room filling but as mentioned it can be tweaked with a bit of effort and I've got mine running loud enough for my (crap) ears.
Regarding the sensitivity of the touchpad, it can be 'intelligently' adjusted, via the Elan Smartpad window from the taskbar, so as not to react so readily to unintended input and I've had no problem with mine.
Asus EeePC 1001PXD 10.1 inch netbook Intel Atom N455 1.66GHz 1Gb 250Gb WLAN Webcam Win 7 Starter - Black
I know Windows 7 Starter has been well slagged off by a lot of people but I've chosen not to upgrade, mainly because I'm poor! Anyway, it's fine for what I need to do, and by Googling I've found all sorts of ways to personalise the desktop, including 'Oceanis' for easily changing the wallpaper. So I reckon if you're not sure about Windows 7 Starter just try it out first before you worry about upgrading.
The excellent non reflective screen is very bright and I have mine turned down to half way most of the time. This obviously helps the already excellent battery life, but don't expect 11 hours, I get about 6 or 7.
Asus EeePC 1015PEM 10.1 inch netbook Intel Atom N550 1.5GHz 1Gb 250Gb WLAN Webcam Win 7 Starter Black
Everything you read seems to suggest tablets are the way forward but I know I couldn't possibly use a tablet as my only computer, even though my needs are modest. This netbook, on the other hand, is now all I use and it suits me fine. I chose the Asus 1015px after a lot of humming and harring, I'm very pleased I did because it works brilliantly.
Acer Aspire 5336 15.6 Notebook Intel Celeron T3500 Processor 3GB RAM 320GB HDD Windows 7 Home Premium - Black