ASUS Eee PC Seashell 1005PE-MU27-PI 10.1-Inch Netbook with Kindle for PC (Pink)

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Ever heard of Petticoat Government by Fanny Trollope? My favorite pastime is reading old books, including obscure Victorian novels not available in reprint. Google Books has a huge collection of these books, ditto Internet Archive. Was using a Kindle to read these, but tired of the fussy steps needed to convert PDF books containing pictures. (Also tired of the unlit grey background.) Thought of getting an Ipad, but really craved a full service PC. This darling little pink netbook fills the bill. Weight feels about the same as reading a hardcover book - acceptable. It was easy to download Adobe Reader, and use google to find PF shortcuts. E.g. to get the book's page to fill the screen: Ctl/L (full screen), then Ctl/shift/+ (rotate clockwise), then Ctl/3 (fit visible). Screen resolution must be 1024x600. A great way to page up/down is to use the built-in mouse buttons (the metal bar in the wristpad area). So far the netbook has remained cool even after several hours reading. Since Adobe Reader does not have bookmarks, when I'm done reading I don't close the book's window, just minimize it using Windows/D. Likewise I hibernate instead of shutting down - thus the book is still at the page where I left off. Another method is to record the page number in Wordpad, and later go back to the page in Adobe Reader using Ctl/Shift/N (go to).

Lots of great features including the Fn hot key which lets you do a lot of common tasks easily from the desktop: brighten, darken, turn on/off net access, adjust or mute volume, change screen resolution, etc. Internet access is as fast as on my other PCs. I did notice one of my scanning programs ran noticeably slower, ditto some downloads, but overall the 1GB RAM is fine for my needs. MS Works comes with an old version of Word, nice. Btw each time the battery fully drains, and is recharged, more hours are available. I think 11 hours is realistic if one is doing a low-level task like reading. Usually don't need an external mouse, but when I do, I like the Eee corded one in matching pink. Kindle for PC came installed for reading current books and periodicals.

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ASUS Eee PC Seashell 1005PE-MU27-PI 10.1-Inch Netbook with Kindle for PC (Pink) Features

• Intel Atom N450 (1.66GHz, 512 KB L2 Cache); Kindle for PC pre-installed
• 1 GB DDR2 RAM, 1 SODIMM Slot, 2 GB Max; Intel UMA graphics
• 250 GB SATA Hard Drive (5400RPM) + 500 GB Free Web Storage; 0.3MP Webcam
• 10.1-Inch Color-Shine 1024X600 WSVGA LCD Display; 802.11 b/g/n; Chiclet Keyboard
• 6 cell battery for up to 11 Hours of Battery Life; Windows 7 Starter Operating System

Customer Reviews

Drives me crazy! - Sully - Boston
I bought this with the intention of reading mail on the road and searching the net. I have found the touch pad the worst POS since core memory. It has a mind of it's own and will do whatever it pleases. Even after I found a updated driver for it. It's got more useless software on it then a desktop. It fails miserably at reading and writing mail on the road because of the size of the screen. All net-books would do this I assume. Don't waste your money on a net-book get a real Laptop.