Asus releases brushed-aluminum Eee PC 1002HA
A brushed-aluminum chassis distinguishes the 1002HA from the rest of the Eee PC crowd.
Unveiled last month, Asus' latest addition to its ever-expanding Netbook line is the Eee PC 1002HA. It's your standard 10-inch Netbook--Intel Atom N270 CPU, 1GB of RAM, 160GB hard drive, and Windows XP--but comes wrapped in a gray, brushed-aluminum chassis. On the Eee PC scale, the 1002HA falls between the basic, black Eee PC 1000 and the sleek, thin S101. Thankfully, it's priced closer to the former, at $499. And weighing in at 2.65 pounds, the 1002HA is only a few ounces heavier than the S101.
Unfortunately, the 1002HA's uses a tiny, two-cell battery. It has a lower-rated capacity than the Eee PC 1000's six-cell battery or the S101's four-cell battery. The 1002HA's battery is rated at 4200mAh, compared with 6600mAh and 4900mAh on the Eee PC 1000 and the S101, respectively. Asus states the 1002HA will run up to 5 hours on a single charge, but the S101's larger battery ran for just more than 4 hours on our tests.
You can find the Eee PC 1002HA listed on Amazon, Buy.com, ZipZoomFly, and other online resellers, though only for preorder at the moment.
