ASUS Eee PC 1101HA-MU1X-BK 11.6-Inch Black Netbook Review
November 7th, 2009
ASUS Eee PC 1101HA-MU1X-BK 11.6-Inch Black Netbook Review from Miles Lane ubuntu linux rules. Great netbook with terrible speakers and touchpad buttons, When my wife wanted suggestions about what new laptop to purchase, I suggested this netbook. I recommended it because it had an SVGA+ display (1366 x 768 pixels) and amazingly long battery life. The screen and battery have not disappointed us.
However, we have noticed three major difficiencies in this netbook.
First, the speakers are just terrible. There is no bass whatsoever, and the midrange is pretty nonexistent as well. Frankly, I cannot bear to listen to music played on this netbook. I have gone into the Realtek equalizer and cranked the bass and dropped the high-end frequencies. It still sounds awful.
Second, the touchpad buttons are a rocker, not separate buttons. This means that you must press on the outside edges of the rocker in order to click. Which means your thumb has to travel a long way to switch between right and left clicks. I find this a real hassle. I have to move my whole hand to switch between buttons. This is lousy from an ergonomic standpoint.
Third, I did not know when I recommended this netbook to my wife that the CPU is designed to only recognize up to 1GB of RAM! I had planned to add another 1GB in order to improve performance and multitasking ability.
I currently own a different ASUS netbook myself — a 1000HE ASUS Eee PC 1000HE 10.1-Inch Black Netbook – 9.5 Hour Battery Life. I love it, except for its limited screen resolution (1024×600). Its speakers are vastly superior to those in the 1101HA. Music sounds great on the 1000HE. Also, the Atom N280 CPU in the 1000HE sees the 2GB of RAM I put in the machine.
I have one last complaint that applies to both the 1000HE and the 1101HA. It is that both these netbooks have wireless cards built in that only support the 2.4 GHz ISM band. This band is also used by microwave ovens, cordless phones and bluetooth. This means that the range and speed of the wireless connection is often degraded by interference. Newer 802.11n cards support the 5 GHz ISM band. Some cards even support combining the bandwidth in both the 2.4 and 5 GHz bands. I am planning to have my next laptop/netbook support the 5 GHz band.
Aside from these complaints, both the ASUS 1000HE and 1101HA are great netbooks!
I hope this helps you select the best purchase for you.
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