no news on availability of 1000HE yet?

was going to get a 1000he this weekend.

then i noticed the white 1002H...

anybody have comments on this?

i assume no 7 hr batt life like the HE...how long realistic? 5? 4?

not the 1002HA

the 1002H



C-zone price list listed it as RM1699

or did they mislabel and it's actually the 1002HA?

Although Win 7's power management is quite flexible for the 1000HE, SHE still allows you to squeeze out more from the battery.

Below is a solution provided by a forummer @ eeeuser.com. It worked for me:

As for AV, word around is that NOD32 v3 is lightweight and good. I personally use AVG8.5 Free, but might change to Nod for more batt life.

the thing with the 1000HE is that it's too perfect already.

Feature packed + 7 hours (realistic) batt life = RM1500 (for fark's sake i bought mine 4 days ago and it was RM1.6)

Asus knows they can do better by coming out with flashier looking models (1004 and 8) with less batt life but still charge a higher price.

If they don't discontinue the 1000HE, nobody in this economic climate is going to spend RM1.7 to RM1.9 on a netbook that looks nice, but less performance.



In conlcusion, the 1000HE is awesome (same goes for the Samsung NC10/20 and that Acer with the tumor looking 9-cell sticking out)

Again, intangible value is of personal preference.

Early netbook adopters of the 901 and related will definitely feel and see the difference of weight and size of the 1000HE. After all, the 1000HE IS quite the behemoth compared to say the S10 or D250/150. I would say the 1000HE will be the last of the 'fattys' as they are the last of the 'function over looks' series. It's only understandable from a business point of view to focus on asthetics to max profits and min costs. (It's anytime cheaper to put a fancy casing on a netbook over including a high capacity 6-cell)

However for ppl like me (and presumably michaelpaul), the 1000HE is my first foray into netbooks and my last laptop was an old and heavy Compaq V2405 (charger added weight as well because battery was worned out).

I'm fortunate and glad that I didn't settle for the S10 or Wind (although I would still be content with them), as the 1000HE battery life is above all else what I wanted.

Moving on the battery life, I don't think michaelpaul's statement that with wifi on and 70% brightness gave him 8 hours battery life is entirely accurate.

The 1000HE is amazing, but it's not *that* amazing.

I'm pretty sure that you had minimal surfing done and perhaps the majority of the time the netbook was either idle or just simple word processing?

well, then that's very bloody amazing then

post up your settings:

OS:
Anything turned off?: BT? Ethernet?
SHE setting?

edit: on a side note, was watching a video on my HE last night @ 12am, fell asleep with the thing on. Woke up at 6am and it was still up and running. Didn't check how much batt life left tho.



another thing:

Windows' battery meter is rather inaccurate in calculating real battery life.

If you really want to know what your battery is capable of, please install:
http://osirisdevelopment.com/BatteryBar/index.html

This post has been edited by Gurdian: May 22 2009, 11:38 AM

My turn:

1. More or equal to 9 hours (realistic usage, wifi on etc.)
2. 1.45kg is fine with me.
3. 3g Modem a must
4. As long not thicker than average notebook
5. Pricing is impossible in Malaysia with all the markup, so RM1500-1600
6. ION platform
7. HDMI
8. Higher Res (1280x720 or 1366x768)
9. No more Elantech touchpad, Synaptic is fine.
10. Play CRYSIS! (lol j/king)

havocx, could you point to me where you got your 12-cell batt for RM250? would love to get one for my 1000HE. It fits right?


Btw, 1000HE reviewed in In.Tech@The Star today.

anyone have any news about 1005ha arrival?

crazy battery life there

serious? it's never coming to our shores or will just take longer?

XP battery meter has never been accurate.

BatteryBar is a good choice, as it's very accurate.