On the heels of the slim 'n' sexy 1008HA is its slightly chubby sibling, the 1005HA. Its top shares the same shell-like look of its thinner cousin. It may not be very thin, but it is certainly sleeker and attractive compared to earlier iterations of the Eee Pc. The 1005HA has a non-glossy base, unlike the fully-glossy body of the 1008HA. Other than that, both the models are the same internally.

Citing one of the few differences between the two, the 1005HA has a removable 6-cell battery that delivers a really good battery life; close to six hours in our stress-test. Thus, this model can survive close to an eight-hour working- day without a charge - if you're not going to do resource-intensive work. Amongst the bundle of apps that Asus packed with this model, we liked the Parental Control and the Font Resizer.

Other than the non-removable battery, the 1005HA also shares the cons that we've mentioned in the 1008HA write-up above. The web earn performs similarly to the 1008HA model. The Wi-Fi performance in general on all Eee PC models was average using 802.11g mode. When testing with the 802.11n mode using a compatible router, we saw that the performance jump was about 15-20 per cent over 802.11g.


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