The 1005PE Asus netbook provides Windows 7, a 6 cell battery, and N450 Intel Atom processor for long battery life and enough power to surf online or more.

Improve memory performance in your 1005PE Asus netbook with this firmware update.

Learn more about the Asus 1005PE-PU27-BK with Intel N450 processor and matte finish.

The MSI Wind U160 has a 15 hour battery life claim but it may not actually last that long. The 15 hour claim is to help compete against the Asus 1005PE.

Asus is constant pushing out new firmware to help owners of their netbooks get better use out of them.  This time they’ve updated the firmware for the Asus 1005PE and 1001P netbooks.  The updated version, 0804 is supposed to help increase screen brightness as well as updating the thermal policy.  This would also help when the fan turns on.
To download the updated BIOS for the 1005PE and 1001P; go here.
[Source:  Asus, Gadgetmix]

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Asus 1005HA – (Black Color) – 1.66Ghz processor, 250GB hard drive, 1GB RAM, 6 cell battery, 802.11b/g/n, built-in webcam and microphone, bluetooth, Windows 7 Starter
- Price: $229 SOLD OUT!!!

Asus 1101HA – (Black Color) – 11.6″ screen, 1.33Ghz processor, 160GB hard drive, 1GB RAM, 6 cell battery, 802.11b/g/n, built-in webcam and microphone bluetooth, Windows XP Home

- Price: $279
Asus 1005PE …

Some 1005PE owners are reporting problems with upgrading from 1GB to 2GB or RAM. Learn about this problem in Asus 1005PE netbooks and how to fix it.

In addition to being one of the best netbooks under $300, the Asus 1001P can now say that it’s also an Editors’ Choice winner.  Laptop magazine gave the honor to the inexpensive netbook for several reasons:
1) Keyboard – Even though the 1001P doesn’t have a chiclet style keyboard they actually like the way the keyboard felt.  It has a unique spacing which made for great touch typing.
2) Matte case – The 1001P has a matte casing which means that it’s great when it comes to fingerprints.  Over time it become …

The Asus 1005PE is one of the most popular N450 based netbooks currently available on the market today.  It provides long battery life (over 8 hours), a chiclet style keyboard, 1GB of RAM, 250GB of Hard Drive space, and Windows 7 operating system.
This netbook is an update to the 1005HA which came out last year with lots of success.
Amazon.com is selling the 1005PE for only $329.  Check out the 1005PE today.

Chances are that this netbook isn’t going to end up stateside any time soon.  I can only imagine how bad the battery life would be if you had to keep a WiMax connection going for a few hours.
[Source:  Newgadgets.de]