Friday, July 30, 2010

netbook Asus Eee PC 1005PE

netbook Asus Eee PC 1005PE

One of the main advantages of the netbook, in our opinion, is a long time on battery power. Intel is also shared this view, other than to explain that the new processor Atom N450 differs from the previous one only more energy efficient, we promise energy savings up to 20%. And, it seems that not cheating, a good netbook with Atom N450 processor can show miracles conserve energy. Netbook which we consider today is definitely good, it is very long battery life, has a comfortable keyboard and low price of 379 dollars. The name of this netbook Asus Eee PC 1005PE.

Appearance Asus Eee PC 1005PE is not extraordinary, we have become accustomed, which netbook should be handsome, frankly discreet netbooks produce except the Chinese and selling them at bargain prices. Series Seashell initially planned Asus, as a designer, but now thin lines, glossy finish with scratch protection and cover with textured no surprise. In general, we have a standard Netbook from Asus lineup of 2009-2010.

With temperature at netbook Asus Eee PC 1005PE things are not very good, we do not want to say that it is overheating, but work on the netbook, and laid him on his knees is not very pleasant. In the area of the fan cover appreciably netbook is heated (to 39 degrees).
Comfortable keyboard - it is good, other opinions can not be, because almost every user is typing all sizes, who address in the browser, and some essays in Word. Do Asus Eee PC 1005PE fashionable island keyboard, typing on a very comfortable.

Touchpad on netbook Asus Eee PC 1005PE not deepened, to distinguish it from the body to help small bumps. Problems with using the touchpad does not arise, moreover, did not escape the demands of modern fashion, it supports multitouch. You can easily take and two fingers to zoom pictures. Mouse buttons on the touchpad in the form of a single silver stripe.
Display a netbook Asus Eee PC 1005PE 10-inch LED-backlit, supports a resolution of 1024 × 600 pixels. Bright colors, good horizontal viewing angles, this dignity, and the lack of - the size and resolution.

Built into the front lower part of the body play a loud speaker, sound quality is better than most other netbooks.
On the left side of the netbook is one USB port and output VGA, on the right are two USB, card reader, the openings for the microphone and headphone jack and RJ-45 connector to connect the network card. In Netbook Asus Eee PC 1005PE integrated webcam 1,3 megapixels, just what is necessary for use Skype.

At the beginning of the review, we noted that the new processor Intel Atom N450 differs from the N270 and N280 only energy efficiency, productivity gains from it can be expected. In the test PCMark05 Asus Eee PC 1005PE has proved even worse than the standard netbook on the old chipset. He scored only 1410 points, which is 90 worse than the average values. In fairness it is worth noting that the Asus Eee PC 1005PE installed Windows 7 Starter Edition, but on most netbooks previous generation Windows XP, which works faster.

But in the test Geekbench our subject was in the first place, albeit with a slight margin.

In general, netbook Asus Eee PC 1005PE works smartly enough, we opened several windows web browser, talking on Skype and did not notice any brake. Open WordPad and Internet Explorer took a netbook only 3 seconds. Download time Windows 7 Starter Edition was 54 seconds.

The good results showed testing data. Copying data volume 4,97 GB from one folder to another, took place at a speed of 26.4 MB / sec, which is 11 MB / sec better than the average values.

Integrated graphics chip Intel GMA 3150 record results can not boast, in the test 3DMark06 netbook scored 155 points, not far from the average netbook graphics Intel (160). Power Asus Eee PC 1005PE is quite enough for smooth playback of video format 720p. To play games guinea netbook definitely not fit in the game World of Warcraft is running with a resolution of 800 × 600 and with the effects exposed by default, we managed to get only 14 frames per second. Want to play games or watch videos 1080p, should look at the netbooks on the platform Nvidia Ion, such as the Asus Eee PC 1201N .

Now turn to the most important test, check the battery life. The netbook Asus Eee PC 1005PE is descended from the model 1005HA, which could boast of an excellent result battery life - 8 hours and 57 minutes. However, Asus Eee PC 1005PE easily beat that record, he worked autonomous 10 hours 36 minutes! This is the best result to date, except MSI U110 netbook with a 9-cell battery (12:28). Performance Asus 1005PE almost twice as mean values. Charging 100% 6-cell battery installed on the Asus Eee PC 1005PE took only 2 hours 55 minutes.

Other netbooks with Windows 7 show significantly poorer results, including the vaunted Nokia Booklet 3G (8:24). Moreover, unlike Nokia, netbook Asus 1005PE has a removable battery.
Testing Wi-Fi module did not disappoint, at a distance of 4.5 meters from the access point speed was above average, and with increasing distance of 15 meters, it dropped to average values.
Software
At the top left side of the netbook is the "magic" silver press studs launches bystrozagruzhaemuyu (8 seconds) operating system Express Gate. After uploading an opportunity to browse the Internet using Skype, instant messaging client, view photos and have access to online casual games portal (Splashtop Express Gate Games). Total, it took us 8 seconds to boot Express Gate, another 30 seconds to configure the wireless Wi-Fi connection, and about 12 seconds to launch a web browser. In our opinion this is the perfect solution for fast boot, and who need more opportunities, can boot to Windows 7 Starter Edition.
More on netbook installed many utilities and applications Eee Docking of Asus, they are located in the toolbar at the top of the screen. There you can find on Eee @ Vibe, Eee Sharing, Eee Xperience, Eee Tools.
Pluses:
- Excellent battery life;
- Attractive design;
- Good sound;
- Comfortable keyboard;
- A lot of software in the kit.
Cons:
- Performance at the old netbooks;
- Glossy casing is easy to get dirty.
Output
Today it is one of the best netbooks on battery life. Comfortable, with acceptable performance, excellent workhorse. Unfortunately, today there is no netbook providing direct and long working hours, and high productivity. We must choose, or Asus Eee PC 1201N (video 1080p, Game, less than 4 hours of battery life) or the Asus Eee PC 1005PE (internet, texts, video 720p, more than 10 and a half hours).




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