subject: Bestselling Netbook at The Best Price [print this page] The ASUS Eee PC 1015PED Netbook is a masterpiece primarily beacuse of its 2.8 lbs weight and secondly for its speed power and over 13 hours battery life: this is at the upper end of Netbook performance. It can handle multitasking and does not see any siignificant slowdown in day to day use.
More Pros.
*Chassis. The netbook has a very refined design. It is definitely someting you can carry around proudlt and the lid is really easy to clean and keep in good condition.
*SD Card slot, built-in Webcam and ability to use 500GB of Asus' WebStorage.
*After charging it for 8+ hours watch it run through its set-up and you will see there is no noticeable noise from the unit. And it stays very cool even after hours of use.
*Also, the 1015PED is able to access your home or ant other wireless network without a hitch.
*The chicklet keyboard is solid and it's large enough for touch typers to be right at home. It offers a variety of function keys.
In particular, there is one for task manager and one to cut the LCD backlight.
*The touch pad is large and the touch pad software supports quite a few gesturesthat make it easy to navigate thanks to the ability to scroll up or down using two fingers.
*The matte screen has great colors and is easy to see inside and out. So it is much better than a glossy screen which you can barely see at all.
*Option to backup recovery information to a USB device when you hit F9 at boot.
*It is simple and fast to upgrade to Windows 7 Professional only by using the Windows Anytime Upgrade.
*It runs flawlessly to activate transparency with all windows and the taskbar, adjust the colors and power settings: Windows transparency noticably slows down particular laptops. This netbook runs it smooth and accurate.
*It also runs Office Pro 2010 without a glitch.
*Video streaming is smooth. The same with streaming Netflix movies.
*No need to upgrade the memory to 2GB: the netbook is already very speed.
