A newer, bigger version of the Asus Eee PC has arrived. The Asus Eee PC 1000H Notebook has a 10 inch screen, and is now the biggest of the Asus Eee PC notebook series. There are a number of enhancements in the Asus Eee PC 1000H, including an updated look and feel from earlier Eee PC models.

Along with the larger screen, the 1000H has a more spacious keyboard. The 800MHz Celeron processor from previous versions has been replaced by a 1.6-GHz Intel Atom processor.  The 1000H is the first Eee PC to feature a hard drive rather than a solid state drive. It has a 80GB 5400-rpm hard drive for the Windows XP version. There is also a Linux version, the 1000, which has a 40GB Solid State Drive. Both Linux and Windows versions have 1GB of RAM.

Also improved are the Wi-Fi networking, sound system and webcam (1.3 Megapixel).

The notebook weighs 3.2 pounds, which puts it in the Ultraportable class, at a price quite unknown for an Ultraportable notebook not so long ago. It is however, one of the largest of the new crop of similarly sized mini-notebooks, and has a number of competitors in this up and coming market. The price of the Asus EeePC 1000H was dropped by $100 a week after it was released.

Posted on August 6th, 2008 by mervyn