ASUS: Our Eee PC 1000He is better than Acer's Aspire One D150, fashion elegant too

When you're number two, you've always got a humble eye and a gun pointed at number one. Just look at Apple and those "Get a Mac" ads. Now in true Pepsi-challenge fashion, ASUS is trying to convince consumers that its Eee PC 1000He is vastly superior to Acer -- the number one seller of netbooks -- and its Aspire One D150. On the surface, the two laptops appear to be identical in that they share the same N280 processor, 10-inch display, and 1GB of DDR2 memory. Of course, same specs result in an equivalent application performance as seen in the reviews. But if you look closer (as ASUS hopes), you'll see that the 1000He features a larger keyboard and touchpad, faster 802.11n WiFi, and more robust 8,700mAH battery and power management compared to the 5,800mAH jobbie found on the Aspire One. ASUS takes the comparisons much deeper though, right on down to the size of the power bricks to prove its point. Ok ASUS, you win... too bad better products don't always translate to market dominance.

P.S. Picture of the competing transformers after the break because we know you're wondering.

[xxxsam Posted Mar 5th 2009 1:22PM]

Arrow keys in the wrong f**ing place again - LOSE

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 5th 2009 1:28PM]

Nice try, Asus! :P You didn't need to try and convince me. I'm already gonna get a 1000HE. Now all I need is the money.

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 5th 2009 2:40PM]

I just got mine yesterday and it's awesome! Battery life does not disappoint (even though it's a little porky - more cushion for the pushin), WiFi N is fast, speed is good (even better with a $20 2GB upgrade), multitouch is awesome (a life saver), and the keyboard is 111% better! Worth the wait from J&R for the $340 price tag with M$ cashback.

But i'm happy that they validated my thoughts with hard math, smilie faces, crowns, and WIN's all over the place.

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 5th 2009 2:40PM]

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[crescentdavid Posted Mar 5th 2009 2:58PM]

Without any restrictions on method of purchase, $349 (no tax, free shipping) from B&H Photo.

[keyboardstyli Posted Mar 5th 2009 6:53PM]

Yeah Asus, I know already!

I want to finally be able to want buy one of your Eee PC's, but PLEASE keep it simple on the number of variants & just make it clear re: the differences in features (don't make it too confusing).

I'm sold already, you had me @Eee PC 901 but I just can't seem to buy/close the deal with you yet (for some reason)! : (

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 19th 2009 5:50PM]

You obviously haven't used the chiclet keys - on a netbook - they're the best. And I've tried all these netbooks out. No comparison on the market to the Asus 1000HE. At least not at the moment. It's by far the best netbook out there. And this is coming from someone who had never heard of Asus until a few weeks ago.

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 26th 2009 12:39PM]

These aren't ads, these are part of a presentation that ASUS account managers showed to people in distribution. That's why it says confidential...