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jharker · 05-30-2009, 10:12 AM

Hey, folks! Just to add my two cents, I recently bought a 1000HE as well and am quite pleased with it. Before this I owned an original Eee 4G and it was okay, but the screen was a bit too small and the keyboard was wonky. In contrast, the 1000HE actually has a screen big enough to do work on, the keyboard is completely different with a nice response, and the battery life (which is what I bought it for) is fantastic.

I love looking at the battery and seeing the icon is almost empty, then mousing over it and reading "1:30 left".

I've installed Ubuntu 9.04 (my preferred OS) to dual-boot, but haven't had much time to fiddle with getting a few hardware details right. Most of it "just works" with 9.04, though. Anyway, I've been using the XP side and it's fine for what I need at the moment.

05-30-2009, 10:12 AM	#126
jharker Developer Posts: 345 Karma: 3473 Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Brooklyn, NY, USA Device: iRex iLiad v1, Blackberry Tour, Kindle DX, iPad.	Hey, folks! Just to add my two cents, I recently bought a 1000HE as well and am quite pleased with it. Before this I owned an original Eee 4G and it was okay, but the screen was a bit too small and the keyboard was wonky. In contrast, the 1000HE actually has a screen big enough to do work on, the keyboard is completely different with a nice response, and the battery life (which is what I bought it for) is fantastic. I love looking at the battery and seeing the icon is almost empty, then mousing over it and reading "1:30 left". I've installed Ubuntu 9.04 (my preferred OS) to dual-boot, but haven't had much time to fiddle with getting a few hardware details right. Most of it "just works" with 9.04, though. Anyway, I've been using the XP side and it's fine for what I need at the moment.