A recent BIOS update released by Asus for the Eee PC 1000HE netbook has been reported by some to have extra beneficial, and possibly unforeseen, side effects. The biggest surprise is that it appears to free up additional memory for video. The consequence of this is that it seems to handle high definition video playback better and helps with increasing frames per second rate on games. Forum member Cms has some benchmarks demonstrating this newfound improvement.
Meanwhile, the Asus Eee PC 1008HA is grabbing headlines again. After making a visit to the FCC, found a spot on the Asus support site and made available for pre-order, it is now confirmed; it will be on sale in the U.K. on May 15th. The Asus Eee PC 1008HA is being claimed as the thinnest and lightest of the Eee PCs, but with the downside that the battery is not user replaceable. There is no release date yet for the U.S.
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The 1008HA is a pretty sweet looking machine. I wonder how difficult battery replacement is? If it only involves unscrewing the bottom of the case, then that’s not such a big deal. I’m not one to carry around extra batteries anyway. But I doubt I’d buy a laptop that I had to mail away when it came time to replace batteries. Notebook batteries will only hold a charge for so many recharge cycles, and they’re usually no good after a couple of years.
Further thought: maybe the battery is built in to the bottom of the case. That’s one way I imagine you could make the machine thinner
It should reflect the same performance advantages as the 1000he, more specifically the performance boost the 1000he got from the latest 802 bios.
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