http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/asus-eee-pc-1008ha-seashell-up-for-pre-order-early-adopters-sco/ Engadget Comments for ASUS Eee PC 1008HA Seashell up for pre-order, early adopters score a $20 discount http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/asus-eee-pc-1008ha-seashell-up-for-pre-order-early-adopters-sco/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/asus-eee-pc-1008ha-seashell-up-for-pre-order-early-adopters-sco/May 18th 2009 4:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/asus-eee-pc-1008ha-seashell-up-for-pre-order-early-adopters-sco/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/asus-eee-pc-1008ha-seashell-up-for-pre-order-early-adopters-sco/May 18th 2009 4:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/asus-eee-pc-1008ha-seashell-up-for-pre-order-early-adopters-sco/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/asus-eee-pc-1008ha-seashell-up-for-pre-order-early-adopters-sco/May 18th 2009 5:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/asus-eee-pc-1008ha-seashell-up-for-pre-order-early-adopters-sco/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/asus-eee-pc-1008ha-seashell-up-for-pre-order-early-adopters-sco/May 18th 2009 6:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/asus-eee-pc-1008ha-seashell-up-for-pre-order-early-adopters-sco/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/asus-eee-pc-1008ha-seashell-up-for-pre-order-early-adopters-sco/May 18th 2009 9:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/asus-eee-pc-1008ha-seashell-up-for-pre-order-early-adopters-sco/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/asus-eee-pc-1008ha-seashell-up-for-pre-order-early-adopters-sco/May 18th 2009 4:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/asus-eee-pc-1008ha-seashell-up-for-pre-order-early-adopters-sco/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/asus-eee-pc-1008ha-seashell-up-for-pre-order-early-adopters-sco/
On a side note once these little machines have a graphics engine worth a damn PC gaming could really get a boost in sales.. obviously not on higher end games (like "insert name here"), but games with seemingly endless popularity and no so demanding system requirements such as CS & CS source, WoW, etc.]]>May 18th 2009 5:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/asus-eee-pc-1008ha-seashell-up-for-pre-order-early-adopters-sco/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/asus-eee-pc-1008ha-seashell-up-for-pre-order-early-adopters-sco/
"once these little machines have a graphics engine worth a damn PC gaming could really get a boost in sales"

That would be great and all, but if you wanted a gaming computer, you might not want to have a 10" screen.
Playing CS 1.6 on my Eee PC 901 was like "shoot in the general direction (in front) and you might get a shot in."]]>May 18th 2009 10:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/asus-eee-pc-1008ha-seashell-up-for-pre-order-early-adopters-sco/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/asus-eee-pc-1008ha-seashell-up-for-pre-order-early-adopters-sco/May 18th 2009 4:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/asus-eee-pc-1008ha-seashell-up-for-pre-order-early-adopters-sco/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/asus-eee-pc-1008ha-seashell-up-for-pre-order-early-adopters-sco/
$20 savings for a limited time....

Then it will be $100 savings after that for this overpriced POS!!! AHAHHAAH!!!

nubz!]]>May 18th 2009 4:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/asus-eee-pc-1008ha-seashell-up-for-pre-order-early-adopters-sco/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/asus-eee-pc-1008ha-seashell-up-for-pre-order-early-adopters-sco/
Only thing different here is slimness at a fairly reasonable price.

]]>May 18th 2009 4:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/asus-eee-pc-1008ha-seashell-up-for-pre-order-early-adopters-sco/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/asus-eee-pc-1008ha-seashell-up-for-pre-order-early-adopters-sco/http://www.netbooknow.net/asus/eee-pc-1005ha/ . Similar design, but has a removable battery, upto 6-cell 2800mAh, meant to be good for 10 hours.]]>May 18th 2009 5:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/asus-eee-pc-1008ha-seashell-up-for-pre-order-early-adopters-sco/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/asus-eee-pc-1008ha-seashell-up-for-pre-order-early-adopters-sco/
http://www.netbookreviews.com/asus-eee-pc-1008ha-on-zipzoomfly-409/ (Found that one yesterday)
http://www.netbookreviews.com/asus-eee-pc-1008ha-available-on-amazon/ (Amazon joined the party early this morning)

I think I'm going to buy it for sure. Who really cares if you can't remove the battery? Netbooks are so cheap by the time I want to upgrade to a new one in a year and a half I can just sell it on Craigs List or just flat out buy a new one.]]>May 22nd 2009 1:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/asus-eee-pc-1008ha-seashell-up-for-pre-order-early-adopters-sco/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/asus-eee-pc-1008ha-seashell-up-for-pre-order-early-adopters-sco/May 18th 2009 4:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/asus-eee-pc-1008ha-seashell-up-for-pre-order-early-adopters-sco/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/asus-eee-pc-1008ha-seashell-up-for-pre-order-early-adopters-sco/May 18th 2009 5:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/asus-eee-pc-1008ha-seashell-up-for-pre-order-early-adopters-sco/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/asus-eee-pc-1008ha-seashell-up-for-pre-order-early-adopters-sco/May 18th 2009 5:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/asus-eee-pc-1008ha-seashell-up-for-pre-order-early-adopters-sco/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/asus-eee-pc-1008ha-seashell-up-for-pre-order-early-adopters-sco/May 18th 2009 5:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/asus-eee-pc-1008ha-seashell-up-for-pre-order-early-adopters-sco/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/asus-eee-pc-1008ha-seashell-up-for-pre-order-early-adopters-sco/May 18th 2009 6:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/asus-eee-pc-1008ha-seashell-up-for-pre-order-early-adopters-sco/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/asus-eee-pc-1008ha-seashell-up-for-pre-order-early-adopters-sco/May 18th 2009 6:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/asus-eee-pc-1008ha-seashell-up-for-pre-order-early-adopters-sco/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/asus-eee-pc-1008ha-seashell-up-for-pre-order-early-adopters-sco/May 18th 2009 7:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/asus-eee-pc-1008ha-seashell-up-for-pre-order-early-adopters-sco/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/asus-eee-pc-1008ha-seashell-up-for-pre-order-early-adopters-sco/http://jamesmsingleton.com]]>May 18th 2009 7:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/asus-eee-pc-1008ha-seashell-up-for-pre-order-early-adopters-sco/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/asus-eee-pc-1008ha-seashell-up-for-pre-order-early-adopters-sco/
http://www.netbookreviews.com/asus-eee-pc-1008ha-on-zipzoomfly-409/ (May 17th)
http://www.netbookreviews.com/asus-eee-pc-1008ha-available-on-amazon/ (Earlier this morning on the 18th)

Realistically though I still don't understand why people are so concerned with the built in battery. The netbook is only $409. Use it for a year and then when better integrated graphics chipsets are around and higher resolution screens just sell it on CraigsList for $300.

Perhaps it's just me but I don't take netbook purchases as seriously (other than making sure I pick a good model up front) because of the fact that they're so inexpensive.

Thoughts?]]>May 18th 2009 7:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/asus-eee-pc-1008ha-seashell-up-for-pre-order-early-adopters-sco/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/asus-eee-pc-1008ha-seashell-up-for-pre-order-early-adopters-sco/May 18th 2009 7:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/asus-eee-pc-1008ha-seashell-up-for-pre-order-early-adopters-sco/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/asus-eee-pc-1008ha-seashell-up-for-pre-order-early-adopters-sco/
With how quickly prices change, that's not going to work. I bought an Eee PC 901 a bit after it came out. Came up to about $650 with tax on Newegg. Few months later, the price dropped to $450. I sold it last month, and the best price I could get was $230 off of Craigslist. Which was horrible considering the start price, but great considering Newegg has it brand new for $280. These things get cheap, FAST.]]>May 18th 2009 10:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/asus-eee-pc-1008ha-seashell-up-for-pre-order-early-adopters-sco/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/asus-eee-pc-1008ha-seashell-up-for-pre-order-early-adopters-sco/May 18th 2009 8:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/asus-eee-pc-1008ha-seashell-up-for-pre-order-early-adopters-sco/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/asus-eee-pc-1008ha-seashell-up-for-pre-order-early-adopters-sco/May 19th 2009 3:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/asus-eee-pc-1008ha-seashell-up-for-pre-order-early-adopters-sco/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/asus-eee-pc-1008ha-seashell-up-for-pre-order-early-adopters-sco/
Saying that I'm still gonna wait for an Ion powered + HDMI + 1280wide resolution netbook since I already own Mini 9. If I had to make a purchase now though I would have gone with this.]]>May 19th 2009 5:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/asus-eee-pc-1008ha-seashell-up-for-pre-order-early-adopters-sco/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/asus-eee-pc-1008ha-seashell-up-for-pre-order-early-adopters-sco/May 19th 2009 4:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/asus-eee-pc-1008ha-seashell-up-for-pre-order-early-adopters-sco/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/asus-eee-pc-1008ha-seashell-up-for-pre-order-early-adopters-sco/There are some clunky workarounds that work for some but it's not a good choice for Windows 7 beta or RC yet. If you're planning on a netbook for Windows 7 this isn't it yet. Hope they update the bios at some point.
That being said it's a nicely built unit and heals solidly constructed...
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