Asus Eee PC 1005HA SeaShell N270 (Netbook) Reviews: Windows XP Home 10.1" Screen Laptop computer

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+ This laptop scores very high on battery life. - It has no outstanding negative points. “The asus eeepc is small in overall size, yet the keyboard is 98% size of a typical…” Lee, Walton-on-Thames View all 70 real customer reviews

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Single Core Processor with 1GB of Memory and 160GB Storage on Windows XP Home. 10.5 hours of battery More »

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70 verified purchasers have reviewed this product.
93% of people recommend it.

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Battery life	9.2
Design	9.1
Performance	8.4
Size and weight	9.2
Value for money (at time of purchase)	8.9
Overall rating	9.1

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Often on the move (14)

Business user (2)

Other (36)

*not all purchasers provided a score or review

Score 9.0/10

Lee, Walton-on-Thames , “Often on the move” More like this »

+ The Asus EeePC is small in overall size, yet the Keyboard is 98% size of a typical desktop keyboard. Has an amazing 8/9 Hours battery life, good screen quality, nice keyboard layout, great connectivity via Wireless-N and Bluetooth. It's great for doing one or two everyday things at a time, such as email and writing a document, browsing the Web, Windows Live Messenger etc. It looks sexy and has caught the attention of most offices I used it in. VGA output is useful for connecting to a TV or monitor.

- Speaker audio quality is not too great. When running on battery certain programs such as High Definition video sometimes do not run smooth and BBC iPlayer does not run too well when on batteries - THOUGH you can adjust default performance settings to achieve better video performance but would sacrifice battery life.

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30 of 31 people found this review helpful

purchased 30 Jul 2009

Score 10.0/10

Andrew, Coventry , “General home user” More like this »

+ Light weight, sleek design, compact, v. good battery life, decent perfomance for the size of the laptop. Excellent purchase, have already recommended to several friends and work colleagues.

- Non really, mouse pad is very precise but on occasion the scroll will not work proficiently enough.

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18 of 18 people found this review helpful

purchased 01 Aug 2009

Score 9.0/10

Alex, Hove

+ Gorgeous looking machine - Hoping it performs slightly faster when I install Windows 7

- Shine on screen means that using outdoors is tricky

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20 of 23 people found this review helpful

purchased 17 Jul 2009

Score 9.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Powerful for a netbook, small, great battery

- can accidentally hit trackpad while typing. but there is a switch to turn on/off

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12 of 12 people found this review helpful

purchased 07 Aug 2009

Score 9.0/10

Vim, London

+ Highly portable. Good for basic needs. Good WLAN and Bluetooth functions. Excellent battery life.

- Not really bad, but with extended life 6-cell battery comes a little added weight. Worth it, though.

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12 of 12 people found this review helpful

purchased 13 Aug 2009

Score 9.0/10

Jeffrey, Margate , “Often on the move” More like this »

+ Bright and sharp screen, Good battery life.

- The Black version retain fingerprints easily apart from that None.

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8 of 10 people found this review helpful

purchased 25 Jul 2009

Score 9.0/10

Gianluca, Galway , “Business user” More like this »

+ Battery life

- webcam and speaker could be better

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5 of 5 people found this review helpful

purchased 20 Aug 2009

Score 9.0/10

Paul, Sunderland , “Often on the move” More like this »

+ excellent battery life, weight and size good quality display

- mouse finger pad is bit unreliable

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6 of 8 people found this review helpful

purchased 05 Aug 2009

Score 10.0/10

Craig, Northampton

+ Battery just keeps going and going. The screen is very clear.

- None.

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4 of 4 people found this review helpful

purchased 25 Aug 2009

Score 9.0/10

James, St Albans , “Business user” More like this »

+ It performs well overall and looks good. Very light weight, easy to carry around.

- Mouse pad. Not easy to get the hang of it or use in a precise way.

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6 of 8 people found this review helpful

purchased 04 Aug 2009

Score 8.0/10

Nick, Exeter , “General home user” More like this »

+ Small size, good keyboard, adequate screen

- touchpad (need a mouse)

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7 of 11 people found this review helpful

purchased 26 Jul 2009

Score 8.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Reviewer left no comment

- immediately after I got it, the lcd showed a line of bad pixels.

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4 of 5 people found this review helpful

purchased 04 Aug 2009

Score 9.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Small, light, nice design. Great battery life.

- At this price and level of portability, not much to criticise.

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3 of 3 people found this review helpful

purchased 26 Aug 2009

Score 10.0/10

jon, cambridge

+ brilliant notebook, care it nearly every where i go and just really pleased to have it!!!!

- lil bit slow on the online games but you get used to it lol!!

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3 of 4 people found this review helpful

purchased 12 Aug 2009

Score 9.0/10

Andy, St Albans , “Student , home work”

+ Good , easy to use and load programs

- keyboard and mouse sometimes freezes meaning you have to turn off .

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2 of 2 people found this review helpful

purchased 11 Aug 2009

Score 10.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Design and functionality

- Weight

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4 of 6 people found this review helpful

purchased 19 Aug 2009

Score 10.0/10

stu , london , “Often on the move” More like this »

+ Perfect as a notebook in everyway

- None

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5 of 8 people found this review helpful

purchased 30 Jul 2009

Score 10.0/10

Georgina, Hull East Yorkshire UK

+ I am using this mainly as a ebook reader and it is perfect, and the long battery life makes it great for trips on planes etc.

- Reviewer left no comment

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 15 Sep 2009

Score 10.0/10

Kate, London , “Often on the move” More like this »

+ small, lightweight, shapely, easy to use mousepad, good size keyboard, value for money

- not quite as fast as a larger PC

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 19 Sep 2009

Score 8.0/10

George, Birmingham, UK

+ The keyboard size is excellent.

- The keys are a bit plasticky and squeaky!

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 25 Sep 2009

Score 8.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Design, Battery,

- Touch pad, keyboard not responding well, no sleeve in the package, no software (just testing for few weeks), system often not responding

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 21 Sep 2009

Score 10.0/10

Susan, Glasgow , “Often on the move” More like this »

+ Small and light. Good battery life. Keyboard feels like normal size.

- none

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 29 Sep 2009

Score 9.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser , “General home user” More like this »

+ Great battery life. Good design & features.

- With the netbook open it can easily tip back on your lap. Not a real issue but something to be aware of. Stick to only a few open screens as it's not the most pwerful processor as you would expect in a net book.

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 30 Sep 2009

Score 9.0/10

Jools, Norwich

+ Does everything I needed it for. Excellent piece of kit and good value.

- None spring to mind.

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purchased 01 Oct 2009

Score 9.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser , “General home user” More like this »

+ light, longer battery life than other makes

- Can't think of any right now.

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purchased 21 Sep 2009

Score 7.0/10

Rubina, London

+ Battery life is really good goes on for hours on end
nice size keyboard and is light

- The application takes long to open

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purchased 04 Oct 2009

Score 9.0/10

Barry, Doncaster

+ Looks good and performs well for a netbook. Keyboard works well with good feel and response.

- The touch pad whilst works very effectively feels odd due to not being flat and after 15 mins use have to give up and resort to a mouse!

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purchased 03 Oct 2009

Score 10.0/10

Mike, Derby

+ Light, very portable - good screen, brilliant battery life, boots quickly and has wireless N Overall very good package and cheap too

- Reviewer left no comment

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purchased 05 Oct 2009

Score 10.0/10

Mike, Galloway

+ Bought this PC after reading positive reviews; so I was delighted to have it up and running within a very short time of unpacking. It feels, and is solid. Very simple to set up, and felt immediately at home with the keyboard - nice positive feel to it. I use quite a few different keyboards, from full size to standard laptop. Didn't take long to get the fingers tuned to this one. The touchpad isn't bad - but because I do a lot of photo and design work I much prefer a mouse. Peripherals such as external hard drive and DVD all functioned exactly as expected on installation. Nice bright display, even on battery power. Very impressed with the battery life - it's pretty close to the maker's claim, and I guess much will depend on the software you have running and what you're doing. The pre-installed Skype and webcam all fired up perfectly. I haven't installed any additional memory (yet) but I am impressed with the PC's ability to handle Photoshop Elements and InDesign even if you have to allow for the fact that it is a small screen, and the mouse does come in very handy to shuffle the image around in the available area. I used this PC for a week's photo tour travelling on French railways, and its small footprint came in very useful indeed. I might consider upgrading to Windows 7, but I'm a very happy bunny with this one!

- Nothing glaringly obvious to me at all.

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purchased 13 Oct 2009

Score 10.0/10

Laura, Aberdeen , “General home user” More like this »

+ The battery life is outstanding.
The keyboard is a good size; very easy to use but still compact.
The dimpled touchpad is very well designed and intuitive to use.
It's lightweight, super-portable and lovely to look at (check out the sparkles!)

- This is really just nitpicking but the screen doesn't work that well outdoors and the black edition picks up fingerprints very easily (so yes,these are very, very minor downsides)

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purchased 16 Oct 2009

Score 9.0/10

Kris, Birmingham , “General home user” More like this »

+ weight, battery life, size

- system is rather slow, old OS (xp)

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purchased 19 Oct 2009

Score 9.0/10

John, London , “General home user” More like this »

+ Attractive design, excellent keyboard. Very easy to take on journeys.

- Haven't found any yet but have only used it for short periods.

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purchased 20 Oct 2009

Score 10.0/10

linda, watford

+ small, light, nice design

- not in love with the touchpad/mouse bar.
it's not as fast as I expected
no office so using opensource word processor and works - but can live with that and outlook express - takes me back!

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purchased 15 Sep 2009

Score 10.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser , “General home user” More like this »

+ small, nice, great battery life

- Reviewer left no comment

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2 of 4 people found this review helpful

purchased 28 Aug 2009

Score 9.0/10

Dave, Shaftesbury, Dorset

+ Delighted with ease of use, lightweight and general 'feel'

- Reviewer left no comment

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1 of 2 people found this review helpful

purchased 03 Sep 2009

Score 9.0/10

Hashim, London , “General home user” More like this »

+ Battery life and weight.

- size of screen.

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0 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 14 Sep 2009

Score 8.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser , “Often on the move” More like this »

+ battery life

- Reviewer left no comment

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0 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 21 Sep 2009

Score 9.0/10

Gary, Dublin

+ Scores well in all departments...

- really wanted with 2mb Ram installed and in Pink but not available... a minor issue...
A Nice to have would have been hdmi...

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purchased 25 Sep 2009

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Expert reviews for Asus Eee PC 1005HA SeaShell N270 (Netbook)

PC Advisor expert review - by Darren Gladstone

We can sum up the Asus Eee PC 1005HA in one sentence: it's a slightly thicker, slightly cheaper version of the Eee PC 1008HA.

This Asus Eee PC 1005HA SeaShell N270 (Netbook) review continued on PC Advisor

reviewed 23 Jul 2009

Product Features

Screen Size in Inches	10.1
Screen size is measured diagonally from corner to corner.
Operating System	Windows XP Home
Software on which the device runs
RAM in GB	1

Number of Cores	Single
Computer processors are made up of 1 or more cores. Having multiple cores allows the computer to process more information at once making it faster.
Hard Disk Capacity in GB	160
Hard Disk capacity is measured in GBs which stands for Gigabytes. A gigabyte is 1000 MB or megabytes. The more GB you have the more info like photos and music you can store.
Screen Resolution (pixels)	WSVGA
The number of pixels the screen has. The more you have, the more detail the screen can display, given a high quality source. A breakdown of resolutions can be found on Wikipedia here
Processor Brand	Intel
There are 2 main manufacturers of computer processors. They are Intel and AMD.
Processor	ATOM
This is the processor model range. Different types of processor have different types of functionality. For example Centrino processors are specifically designed to increase battery life in laptops.
Processor Number	N270
This is the specific processor number in the processor range.
Processor Speed in MHz	1600
The processor is the driving force of your personal computer. The higher the number in Megahertz or Mhz the faster your computer will run. Don’t forget that other factors such as the number of cores will have an effect on speed.
USB Port	3
Socket for connecting devices such as a computers and other components
Integrated Webcam	Yes
A webcam is a small, in-built camera that allows you to record video to upload to popular sites like Youtube or have video chats with friends on Instant Messaging services.
WiFi	Yes
Wifi allows you to connect your device to wireless routers or modems which allows you to connect to broadband internet.
Bluetooth	No
Bluetooth is a technology for the wireless transfer of data such as contacts, photos and music between mobile phones, computers and a host of other Bluetooth enabled devices. Read more about Bluetooth on Wikipedia
Bluetooth	Yes
Bluetooth is a technology for the wireless transfer of data such as contacts, photos and music between mobile phones, computers and a host of other Bluetooth enabled devices. Read more about Bluetooth on Wikipedia
Fingerprint Access	No
Fingerprint access offers you an extra layer of security on your computer and is essential for any budding secret agent.
Remote Control	No
DVD Writer	No
DVD Writers can be used to copy data, music, documents or films from your laptop, netbook or desktop computer, onto a blank DVD. DVD writers can also copy info onto blank CDs but CDs have a lower storage capacity. Normal DVD discs can store up to 4.7GB of info. DVD stands for Digital Versatile Disc.
Card Reader	2 in 1 Card Reader
A memory card reader allows you to connect various types of card such as SD Cards, MMC Cards or Compact Flash Cards to your laptop or desktop computer. Memory Card Readers are extremely useful for photographers as it allows you to quickly transfer your snaps from camera to machine meaning you can have them uploaded to your favourite website or printed out in a matter of minutes.
Battery Life in Hours	10.5
Battery life is important if you travel a lot. Long train journeys can be a pain if you don’t get more than 3 hours of life out of your laptop. It’s worth remembering that a lot of trains offer power sockets now so don’t be put off by a low battery life unless your lifestyle demands ultra portability.
Weight (kg)	1.27

Brand of Graphic Chip	Intel
Graphics cards in desktop computers and graphics chips in laptops are manufactured by 3 main companies: Intel, ATI and nVidia. If you want to play modern games aim for an ATI or nVidia card or chip. Intel cards and chips work perfectly for general laptop use, video playback and older computer games.
Graphic Card or Chip	MEDIA ACC. 950
This is the range and model number of the graphics card or chip in your desktop or laptop computer
TV Output	No
Firewire	No

Also known as: Asus eeePC 1005HA Seashell Black Netbook

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