The 1005HA now comes in silver

By: Pallab Jyotee Hazarika

This versatile netbook seems to be playing in colors

The 1005HA is part of the Asus Seashell family that started with the 1008HA a while ago. The Eee PC 1005HA-M and 1005HA-H are pretty much the extension of the brand, so they keep most of the trademark features intact. One selling point of the Seashell is its vibrant colors – you get the usual white, black, blue and pink. Along with that there are reports of a ruby red piece circulating Europe. Now Asus went one step further and launched a silver piece that should be due next month. Now silver is kind of a royal metallic shade that looks very good as long as you keep it shiny. Once it gets dirty, then I’ve seen cars getting pretty sour. I hope this does not end up looking a junk. Whatever, the brush metal look gives it an extra appeal.

The 1005HA offers a significant improvement over the 1008HA Seashell model in terms of the battery life. A typical Asus Eee PC 1005HA includes,

The common features among all the three Seashell models include:

·         1GB DDR2 RAM

·         160GB 5400rpm HDD

·         1.3MP webcam

·         Ethernet port and WiFi 802.11b/g/n

·         Card Reader (MMC, SD/SDHC)

·         Audio Jack

·         Windows XP Home Edition