EEE 901 or 1000H

Trying to decide on a netbook and with the recent deals, I wa thinking of the 1000H. But I really want something lighter so I am also considering the 901, and the AA1. Was looking for pros and cons to help with choice.

Suprisingly the 901 seems more expensive then the 1000H and I am aware that it uses <20gb SSD drive vs the 80/160gb 1000H

I've used both and actually currently still have both laptops. Here are the main drawbacks I found.

901
Keyboard is cramped
4GB for the local C drive is too small for Windows XP
Crashes to a black screen more often

1000H
Heavier
A little too big to rest in one hand and type with the other
Shorter battery life
Screen looks grainier

It was really hard to choose between them, but if the 901 were to come out with a 80/160gb hdd option, I would jump on that.

jmsnyc said: what about the 901 with linux and say a 16 to 20 gb ssd?

can the 901 ssd be upgraded to a 1.8 or 2.5 hdd?

It seems it is possible.

I am also thinking about getting eeePC. I am currently leaning toward 1000H, for price and versatility.

jmsnyc said: enterkey said: jmsnyc said: what about the 901 with linux and say a 16 to 20 gb ssd?

can the 901 ssd be upgraded to a 1.8 or 2.5 hdd?

It seems it is possible.

I am also thinking about getting eeePC. I am currently leaning toward 1000H, for price and versatility.

Thanks for your response. I am surprised the 901 has remained pricier than the 1000H
It's all because of the solid state drive.

But several comparisons seem to indicate that the 1000H with regular drive is about the same speed, or slightly faster than 901 (or 1000) with SSD.

That, and I worry about long-term reliability of SSD (100,000 per sector write vs. proven HDD technology), so that's why I lean toward 1000H. I know it's a little noisier, heavier, and not as good battery life, but who knows, maybe I can swap the regular drive with SSD SATA drive in future for much cheaper price than now, when the SSD technology is more matured.

I have been looking at these too.I think among EEEPC901,EEEPC1000H and Acer Aspire one with HD is the best.I had EEEpc 900 with 16G ssd for a while and installed XP on it ,it was terribly slow with xp.Now I have Acer Aspire one 160GB HD and 6 cell battery on order from Amazon and should be getting shortly.One bad thing with acer aspire one is that it is very hard to upgrade memory which is very easy with EEEPC.Also acer can be upgraded upto 1.5 GB max while EEE to 2GB max.

jmsnyc said: As the OP I figured Id update. I ended up going with the 1000H from eBay via excaliburpc and live 30%. My reasons were primarily the 6 cell, battery is more flush, the integrated bluetooth, the slightly bigger screen and most importantly the threads I have read how people love this thing. I like the fact that you have a color variety on the AA1 and that it is a little lighter (not by much with the 6 cell) however not enough to sway me.

Also want to mention that there is also now a 1000HA retailing for $429 preorder. It may lack bluetooth and probably lacks wireless n but these are unconfirmed, and there is conflicting specs. The 1000HA is available in White and Black.
Thanks for telling me about the return of live 30%. I just did the same thing you did. I have some money in PayPal account from previous live 30%, so it worked out well.

I got mine yesterday. I immediately upgraded the RAM to 2GB.

I was surprised how quickly XP loads up. Nonetheless, I couldn't stand using XP at that resolution, so I replaced it with Ubuntu eee. It takes a little longer to load now, but I think it makes better use of the limited screen space than XP.

So far, I like it a lot. It'll serve my purpose well (browing, email, Skype, messaging, music, and video). For anything else, I have my desktop.

One thing that everyone's been complaining about it is the location and size of right shift key. Unfortunately, I have to agree that it stinks. On the up side, that's the only thing I can really complain about it so far.