Staff Techdrunk 
The Indian market recently saw the arrival of two new second generation laptops from Asus, the Eee PC 1000H and the Eee PC 904HD. In association with Intel and Microsoft, Asus has ushered in a new era of notebooks which incorporates both educational and entertainment usage along with ultra potability and fast networking features. Besides basic computer applications, the notebooks are meant to handle other diverse applications such as music, videos and movies along with emails and web browsing. Targeted at a wide segment of users and at all age ranges including housewives, senior citizens, travelers, social networking fans and teenagers, the Asus 904HD and 1000H models are expected to retail at the approximate rate of Rs 26,990 and Rs 29,990 respectively.
The Asus Eee 1000H features a “Shockproof Solid State Drive” design, a 10-inch display, speakers from Dolby Digital, Bluetooth and a 1.3m Pixel web cam. It is powered by an Intel Atom processor and runs on the Windows XP Operating system. In addition, the notebook is further enhanced by a fast wireless Internet connection capability (WiFi 802.11n) along with the Asus’s “Super Hybrid Engine” technology that delivers a longer battery lifespan lasting upto 8 hours
The Eee PC 904HD operates on the Intel mobile platform and has a battery lifespan that lasts upto 4.5 hours. It features an 8.9-inch screen but it offers the same 1024×600 resolution display as the 1000H version, and both the notebooks come with pre-installed Windows XP, Microsoft Works, Wi-Fi 802.11b/g, Wi-Fi 802.11n, and an 80 GB SATA hard disk drive components.
In a recent press release, Benson Lin, General Manager, APAC, Middle East & Africa, Asus announced, “With the introduction of Eee PC 904H and 1000H, Asus brings to India a new segment of netbooks for today’s new age customers who have an innate desire to be connected all the time and see personalized, mobile technology as the way to meet that need.”
Stanley Wu, Product Manager, Notebooks and Eee PC, Asus (India) further added, “Asus for the first time introduced the Eee PC segment to the world. The worldwide acceptance of the Eee PC range of netbooks is symbolic of its simplicity, robust build quality and user-friendliness. Taking a leaf out from the book of innovations, we are proud to introduce Asus Eee PC 904H and 1000H, offering complete mobility and accessibility to the generation of highly mobile customers.”
“The Eee PC has been received very positively from all over the world as an affordable Internet-centric device”, said Gopal Swaminathan, General Manager – OEM Business, Intel South Asia. “The Eee PC uses the Intel Atom processor, based on an entirely new micro architecture specifically for small devices and low power, while maintaining the Intel Core 2 Duo instruction set compatibility. This is our smallest processor built with the world’s smallest transistors and a fundamental shift in design, small yet powerful enough to enable a big Internet experience on devices such as the Eee PC.”
