Asus has really come a long way over the past year and it shows with the introduction of the Asus 1000 Netbook. Although our biggest complaint at eeeNetbook is trying to stay up with all of Asus’ new lines that seem to be released weekly.

ASUS Eee PC 1000 10-Inch Netbook (1.6 GHz Intel Atom N270 Processor, 1 GB RAM, 40 GB Solid State Drive, Linux, 6 Cell Battery) Fine Ebony

Asus introduced the market to the Netbook concept with the Asus 701, and since then the market hasn’t been the same in fact neither has Asus. EEE netbook alikes seemed to be popping up from everywhere. Every company that manufactured notebooks began to see the true success in developing and creating a new mini notebook, known as the netbook. The EEE PC 900 was released shortly after the 701, then came the 901, 904, 904HD each coming in various color combination’s and operating systems with what seemed like an endless list of options.

Then things seemed to have settled down at Asus after developing the Asus 1000 (later we know this wasn’t true). Here we have the brand new Asus EEE PC 1000 that allows us to truly examine today’s new netbooks.

ASUS Eee PC 1000 10-Inch Netbook (1.6 GHz Intel Atom N270 Processor, 1 GB RAM, 40 GB Solid State Drive, Linux, 6 Cell Battery) Fine Ebony

Currently there are three different variations of the Asus 1000 line, including the Asus 1000 that we are currently reviewing, the Asus 1000H and the Asus 1000HD all of which are visually indistinguishable. We had to double check the computer specs to make sure that in fact we were reviewing the correct computer.

The Asus EEE PC 1000HD like the rest of the 1000 line has a 10” screen and measures in at 260×190x40mm. You have two different variations of OS to choose from, including Windows XP Home or the Xandros Linux distro, just like all the other Linux OS Asus’.

Here is where the difference comes in for the 1000HD, it comes with an 80GB hard drive that is powered by the Celeron M353 processor and a six cell battery. This hard drive is larger then the other models (except the new 1000H 160GB models) but as a result has added heat, noise and weight. This netbook can be customized to 2 GB DDR2 ram if you’d like as well.

This review is gonna fall short of other reviews simply because the Asus EEE 1000 was a short lived version and has been replaced by the 1000H/HD versions. To put it simply, the 1000 was simply an introduction to the future releases of this excellent netbook.

ASUS Eee PC 1000 10-Inch Netbook (1.6 GHz Intel Atom N270 Processor, 1 GB RAM, 40 GB Solid State Drive, Linux, 6 Cell Battery) Fine Ebony