Last year, netbooks were the must-have on Christmas lists everywhere. This year’s no different, with stacks more nifty numbers to turn your head. So is the new Asus Eee PC 1005HA Seashell Windows 7 edition worth your wonga? Or is it slowed down by Microsoft’s spanking new OS? read our Asus Eee PC 1005HA Seashell Windows 7 edition review now and find out.
Asus were first on the scene with netbooks, and it is thanks to them that you can’t escape someone surfing the web with a diddy netbook on their knee in coffee shops, cafes, park benches, anywhere where with Wi-Fi in the air. And the Eee PC Seashell 1005HA, which we first reviewed back in the summer, is undoubtedly the Taiwanese titans very best effort.
We’re taking another look at the Asus Eee PC 1005HA Seashell now though because it comes with Windows 7 pre-installed. It runs well on this natty netbook, but noobs who prefer the style of Windows XP can adjust the settings and tweak it into something more familiar, making it into your trusty little web companion that you’ll use everywhere. Surprisingly things moved along at a decent lick and it really puts the old-school Ubuntu found on the first Eee PCs to shame.
Elsewhere, little has changed with the Asus Eee PC 1005HA Seashell. It has a satisfyingly flat and smooth ergonomic keyboard, and once you’ve adjusted your typing to netbook key-closeness, you can really tap out your emails at lightning speed. The multi-touch trackpad is a little textured, but it is not off-putting. In fact, it feels oddly nice. However, the plastic trackpad button is a little too shiny, making your click-finger or thumb stick to it a little at times. The built-in camera is good quality for a netbook, as some tend to have a dark picture, such as the MSI Wind U1000. It also has extra effects and borders that you can add if you like to do vain self-snaps.
If this is your first netbook, or if you were an early-adopter looking for something with a larger hard drive, the Asus Eee PC 1005HA Seashell is ideal. And now it packs in Windows 7, there really is no excuse not to consider opening your wallet and doling out your doe.
