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10.1", 6 cell battery, under 3 lb., $350
How the hell can Asus stand at this price?

What are you talking about? The 10" Asus sold for $300.

This is no deal.

Get the Asus 1000he for $20 more. 9 hours of battery life. Slightly faster processor. Better keyboard.

For the moment, I think the best price on the Asus 1000HA (comparable specs to the Acer) is $340 at zipzoomfly. It has dipped to $300 and even a little lower with various rebates/deals.

This one is a no-brainer for me...take the Asus. But if you want a little more oomph, I'd suggest moving up to the 1000HE @ $375 (Amazon), which includes a better keyboard, battery, processor (barely), plus bluetooth and wireless-N.

#4 great minds think alike.

it's worth no more than 150-175. same for asus.

Get the HP Mini-Note 1000 Vivienne Tam Edition. 10.1", 3-cell battery, 60GB hard drive, integrated Bluetooth, $725.

Plus, it makes you look like a girl.

My point is, this thing just came out and it's already $350 in retail store like J&R, the price will drop another ~$20 very soon in many e-tailers.
And I know Asus 1000HA is about the same spec and cheaper (I almost jump in when Zipzoomfly had it for $280), but this is lighter (and better looking for some people?). I believe some people are willing to pay a little extra for the weight difference.

After a Dell 700m that spoiled me rotten, and now the Asus 1000HA, I can't imagine a notebook/netbook that gets less than 5 hours of battery-life. Really...anything that says "as much as 2.4 hours" makes me laugh. Of course it's what you want to do with it that counts, but I'd suggest a 6-cell at the minimum.

more discounts from J&R if you go thru these guys -- snipr.com/7no7u

u can get like 6% cashback for JR purchase if u use live.com

The Asus keyboard may be MECHANICALLY better (I don't know), but the LAYOUT of keys on the Asus is AWFUL. The tiny right-shift key makes the Asus VERY difficult to touch-type on, and leads to constant mistakes. (my experience, after owning one for months).

The Acer keyboard layout is great, with a much more functional shift keys (and dedicated pageup/pagedown buttons, which I miss on the Asus more than I thought I would).

Now, if one of the manufacturers would just get all the "right" stuff in the same box...

i'm done with netbooks and asus. getting a larger size notebook.

1000HE FTW!

I got a 900A and added a 64GB runcore drive and 10400Mah 9 cell battery. I get 8 hours on full performance, full screen brightness and it's pretty quick for most tasks.

If these netbooks drop to $200-250 with 160GB HDs it would be worth it. At $350, for an additional $100 you can get a decent laptop from Dell.

#13 Regarding keyboards (if I follow you), I've remapped the right shift on the Asus 1000HA, and its "new" location works fine for me. I agree with you about the page up/down keys!

I've taken a peek at the 1000HE, and the right shift (wooops, almost left off the "f") key is in the optimal place on that model.

eCost has the HP Mini 1030nr 16GB SSD, 10." screen, WinXP for $289. Much better deal.