Review by Early Adopter for ASUS Eee PC Seashell 1008HA-MU17-PI 10.1-Inch Pink Netbook – 6 Hours of Battery Life (Windows 7 Starter)
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I decided to purchase this one because it met and exceeded my requirements for a NETBOOK. The specs on this baby match up better than most. Great keyboard and mouse, keys feel great, wireless n, fast boot, upgradeable from 1GB to 2GB, user friendly ASUS Bios updater interface, Microsoft works, lightweight. You must understand first the context of my statement. I wanted a NETbook. Not a Laptop. I didnt want an “ultimate” or Professional” version of ANYTHING running on this NETbook. I wanted it to be lean and mean. I wanted a small, powerful, convenient AND FAST NETbook for casual surfing and email. If you wanted more, your in the wrong market. I didnt buy this to play games, edit, video, watch TV or DVD’s, etc. Like I said I didn’t want a Laptop. Windows Starter 32 bit is an excellent match for a NETbook. Think of Windows 7 Starter as just that, the place to start. I figured, if I NEED an “anytime upgrade” Ill get it. At this point, having had used it for a week, I’m not changing a thing. Less is more with a NETbook. Ill save upgrades for my LAPtop and DESKtop. From when I push the power button to my first opening click of Firefox = less than one minute. I removed some preloaded crapware, i.e. ASUS whistles and bells and some preloaded games. Added Norton Internet Security Netbook Edition, and bingo, the perfect NETbook.

Review by Ben Sholtes for ASUS Eee PC Seashell 1008HA-MU17-PI 10.1-Inch Pink Netbook – 6 Hours of Battery Life (Windows 7 Starter)
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It works much better than I expected. I thought it would run slower and not be able to perform with many windows open, but it actually keeps up with me fine. It is slower than other laptops, but surprise, surprise, it’s a lot smaller! It serves it’s purpose, which is basic net surfing and my work needs.

Review by M. Small for ASUS Eee PC Seashell 1008HA-MU17-PI 10.1-Inch Pink Netbook – 6 Hours of Battery Life (Windows 7 Starter)
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I bought the ASUS eePC 1 1/2 years ago. I left right away for Europe. When I got there the wireless worked intermittenly. I discovered that it would only work with unsecured wireless networks. If I had to use a password it wouldn’t work. When I got home I tested it at my son’s house and mine by securing then unsecuring the networks. The computer reacted the same as in Europe. I sent the computer to ASUS to remedy the problem. They kept it for a long time and sent it back programed in Chinese. No one could help me over the phone to change it back to English (the choice was no longer available on the computer) so I had to send it back to the factory. This time it came back after my warrantly had expired. It now spoke English but the problem with the wireless had not been repaired. Every time I call ASUS I get a different reason as to why it acted like that. The latest technician told me that it was the servers fault, nevermind that I had the same problem with multiple servers in multiple countries. I have unsecured my home network so I can use this computer but it is worthless for the purpose I bought it for which was to travel with it. ASUS has responded poorly to this problem and I would not recommend their products to anyone.