I just bought the 1000HE and I can confirm it is RM1599. Battery is very good, with wifi on and screen at normal brightness, I can get over 7 hours.

Once you use this netbook and see the long battery life, you realise that all other netbooks are not worth it.

Only other machine worth it in terms of battery life is the Samsung NC10 and N110, both also, not in Malaysia.

what is the RM39 U Care warranty about?

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Added on May 4, 2009, 4:22 pmI am getting 8 hours with brightness 100% and wifi on. I have a problem though, I had a Lenovo S10 and comparing both, the wifi capture is quite weak on the 1000HE. Is this normal?'

Isnt the wifi supposed to be N? and very good?


Even though just 10 feet from the wifi router, the signal strength shows "low". Anyone can help?



This post has been edited by michaeltan1943: May 4 2009, 04:22 PM

Anyone tried installing Windows 7 on their 1000HE? How to get the drivers?

thanks havocx for your detailed advice. Appreciate your kind efforts explaining.

Is Win 7 faster than XP then on your 901?

The RC which we all downloaded, is it a full functioning version that can be updated?

don't complain abt the HE button, not so bad. I had a Lenovo S10 and the click is so hard and loud until the neighbour 3 cubicles away can hear

This post has been edited by michaeltan1943: May 14 2009, 12:33 PM

How much do you think the Asus 1008 would be sold in Msia. According to retailers, it would be priced at RM1999.

This would definitely be doomed for failure like the S101 and 1002HA. Sales were so bad.

This post has been edited by michaeltan1943: Jun 13 2009, 12:31 AM

asus 1008 Seashell already lauched here but why no pricing???



http://www.lowyat.net/v2/latest/asus-launc...otebooks-2.html

who is their right mind would pay RM2k for a netbook? Soon, it would end up like the 1002, From RM1999 to RM1400 in 6 months when nobody buys.

havocx, is the 1005HAB wifi driver worth putting into the 1000HE. What does it really do?

http://www.liliputing.com/page/3

I heard the SSD is very slow as Windows XP is not optimised with SSD drives.

You'd be surprised that the HDD can tahan quite a lot. My netbook is inside my car 24 hours. Always go on hump fast and potholes and yet still working perfectly.

Any S101 and 1002HA users here fed up with battery life? I got a brand new 1000HE that I want to swap.

Easily can get over 7 hours of battery life with wifi on and screen 100% brightness.

no problem. Works perfectly.

just don't like white anymore and prefer something darker. When I said failure, I was referring to its sales/hefty initial price and not to the product's performance. Your English not that good?

bro, when did you buy? I saw, since last month, S101 SSD is RM1750 and and the 1002HA is 1450.

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Added on June 19, 2009, 8:27 pmNo more stock does not mean it was a big seller. Anticipating lesser sales due to the very high price, the distributor may have just brought in just a handful of units.


This post has been edited by michaeltan1943: Jun 19 2009, 08:27 PM

havocz, my friend coming down from US. Want to ask her to buy me a 1008. Total would be RM1400. But in Msia, its RM1999.

Is it worth the RM600 savings to buy from US? What are the risks involved besides warranty? Do Asus netbooks ever get spoilt?

thanks havocx, that is brilliant advice. But isn't the US adaptor 110volts? How can we use it here even with a plug adaptor? Our 240v would fry the machine?

I think we must get a step down transformer.

This post has been edited by michaeltan1943: Jun 26 2009, 09:40 PM

how do i buy from this Asus Royal Club?

d8kd, you sure it is a universal adaptor? Meaning I can use it at 110V or 240V and it automatically detects?

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That holds true for most Electronics you buy from the US except for Laptops. The Laptop adapter on its own is already a step down transformer. Even on the current laptops you'll have you will find that the Power Suppy being fed into the laptop will show 110V - 240V. That holds true for the one in the US too. Thats the reason why a lot of us and a lot of foreigners can travel between high voltage countries ( ie Malaysia, Singapore..etc ) to lower powered countries ( ie Japan, US, New Zealand, Italy..etc ) without having to bring along a Transformer or a Step Down Transformer. Besides, a Step Down Transformer, the cheapest is RM159 and it weighs a bomb, plus you'll never get through Customs carrying that in your luggage, not only is it heavy, being fully Metal would bring you very high up there as a terror suspect


Havocx, thanks for teaching me something new. Now I understand why also so many people buy notebooks from overseas as their adaptors can handle all regions.

Yeal lah, the step down transformer weighs like a huge batu man! Crazy to carry it and it is also ugly. Deters people from buying anything in the US.

Anyway, thanks again. I think I would go ahead and buy the 1008 then from the US.

true, better to buy original products. Got so many adaptors, some even only RM50, but, do you really trust them? If anything goes wrong, your notebook gets fried like KFC.

3rd party China adaptors are not worth it.

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Added on June 27, 2009, 11:49 am[quote=havocx,Jun 27 2009, 07:57 AM]


A tip though, instead of getting a dedicated Adapter just for one single model, you might also wanna consider getting those adapters that has multiple heads by AVF. It looks cheap but it does the work. Personally though Im not too keen on getting those types in case they dont charge the batteries proper, but since I got myself Extra Capacity third party batteries, those seemed like a good idea too.


Not worth the risk. Like handphone batteries better buy the original. As for adaptors, the wrong adaptor can make your notebook and battery like TNT. It can blow all your fingers and face up. Same like main mercun ie fireworks.

This post has been edited by michaeltan1943: Jun 27 2009, 11:49 AM