Pitting the Eee PC 1000 against the Eee PC 1000H

September 8, 2008 3 Comments

First thing’s first, the Eee PC 1000 is equipped with a solid-state drive which means that it’s battery last longer and is more durable or is drop resistant. On the other hand, the Eee PC 1000H is equipped with a normal Hard Drive used by traditional laptops, hence it consumes battery life faster and is susceptible to damage when the machine is accidentally dropped.

Having said that, which of these two seemingly like Eee PC machine is faster? To find out the answer to this question eXoid’s Cameron Butterfield experimented on the said two Eee PC machines. And the results showed that an Eee PC 1000H with an 80GB hard is faster than the 40GB SSD-loaded Eee PC 1000 when it comes to writing data to the disk, including application installation and web browsing. (Continue reading to watch the video)

But, when it comes to reading speed, the SSD-equipeed Eee PC is much faster than the HD-equipped Eee PC 1000.

Bottomline? It really depends on your specific needs. If you don’t want to compromise your data and you’re in for a rugged use of your netbook, the Eee PC 1000 is the machine for you. But prepared to spent $100 more though than when you would get the Eee PC 1000h.

But of course, if you choose to get the Eee PC 1000h, it’s like buying a traditional notebook already, since netbooks as popularized by the Eee PC 4G were meant to have the SSDs.

I’ts still a matter of choice nonetheless.

Via Liliputing

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  • http://wombatdiet.net Eats Wombats

    Not the only differences! The 1000 is quieter and cooler.

    First impressions of a new 1000 user:

    http://wombatdiet.net/2008/09/05/asus-eee-pc-1000-with-ubuntu-chrome-an-inflection-point/

  • OB Ron

    Don’t forget the 1000 is lighter weight than the 1000H, 1.33 kg versus 1.45 kg.
    Weight is a big reason to choose a netbook over a notebook.
    I see six big reasons to choose the 1000 over the 1000H:
    1) Lighter weight
    2) More responsive
    3) Longer battery life
    4) More rugged
    5) Quieter
    6) Cooler
    I believe 40GB is adequate internal storage for this class of device, and the six benefits above are worth the higher price. Perhaps the upcoming S101 model will solve the problem with lower performance for some operations. I think an S101 with a single high-speed 32 GB SSD, a dual-core Atom 330, and internal WiMax could be a fantastic machine (maybe S102). I hope it’s available in 2008. If Intel can get its Atom companion System Controller Hub chip refined with new stepping to resolve various problems so that ASUS will use it, then the system performance, and weight or battery life should improve even more.

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