Comments on: Review of the Asus Eee PC 1000HE

By: MF

MF — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 05:53:37 +0000

i dont know if the question will sound stupid,, but.. what exactly does the RAM memory provides…
and in the specific case of the eee pc 1000he,, how good is it?

By: david

david — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 23:42:13 +0000

i have a 1000HE PC. I upgraded the RAM to 2gb recently but have not noticed an increase in performance. I am running a program called rainmeter which shows you real time the % capacity of CPU and RAM being used and my CPU is always the bottleneck and my ram is never used past 47% of 2GB.

By: Miami Marc

Miami Marc — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 20:00:23 +0000

I was wondering what kind of netbook to get for traveling, and you have made a good case for the Eee PC. The Dell i have from two years ago is a freaking brick compared to modern laptops, and my newest ACER is too expensive to carry through customs and TSA screeners, who want to strip search everything, lol

By: Carol Garner - Albuquerque NM

Carol Garner - Albuquerque NM — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 04:26:17 +0000

I found the 2Gb RAM upgrade for under $25 on Amazon this evening & placed an order.

Has anyone tried out the BIOS update? It’s supposed to render media better, but I haven’t taken the time yet to fully read up on this.

By: Andrew Flusche

Andrew Flusche — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 04:19:52 +0000

@Kalani & Cooper – Thanks for your suggestions about the RAM upgrade. I might have to put that on my shopping list.

By: Cooper

Cooper — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 19:25:18 +0000

I love my EEEPC – I bought the first generation of it released by Asus and had no regrets.

I am sure the new ones are even better. My advice to anyone who is looking to grab one is to go with the RAM upgrade. I didn’t and mine gets bogged down once in a while.

By: Kalani

Kalani — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 17:38:31 +0000

I have the 1000he also. Bought it specifically for a trip to Bali where weight restrictions were a major hassle. Loaded it up with movies and tv shows (downloaded) to watch on the plane, and had a blast! (Hint: the free/open source Media Player Classic Home Cinema edition is your best friend for watching movies and tv shows with the slower processor that netbooks offer… google it!) It was a photography trip, so it was also great to dump my digital photos to review, and backup. Worked like a champ. No problem for Photoshop CS2 to do light editing. The battery life is awesome and the keyboard is excellent… MUCH better than the Acer Aspire One I purchased (and returned) first. With Bluetooth, 802.11n and otherwise identical specs, I don’t get why every (other) tech reviewer out there is no enamored of the Samsung N120 when this little fella beats the pants off of it, and is noticeably cheaper. Hint: J&R Music World has free shipping and no tax for anyone who doesn’t live in NY, so the price is great! Go for the memory upgrade. I only spent $20 on a 2gb ram chip, and I’m glad I did. It’s really the only upgrade this little ‘book needs, so there’s really nothing to “add up”.

By: Carol Garner - Albuquerque NM

Carol Garner - Albuquerque NM — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 04:49:51 +0000

I guess I don’t always ‘carry around’ the 500 GB drive; but I’m using it for my media (movies, music, pics); I’ve got a 250 GB drive (not portable) that I’ve mostly filled up. I’m digitizing a LARGE LP collection from the 60s and 70s.

But you are quite right – for everyday use, the HE’s HD is quite sufficient.

By: Open XML Document

Open XML Document — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:19:17 +0000

Thanks for the review, im really considering getting this!

By: Andrew Flusche

Andrew Flusche — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 04:08:07 +0000

@Mark – I’ll have to look into exactly how much RAM is being used. That should be interesting.

@Carol – Why do you carry around a 500gb hard drive? The 1000HE has 160gb, which is darn big in my opinion.