A little over a year ago netbooks were the emerging trend that had anybody buzzing. Now the so-called 'internet tablet' seems to exist stealing that spotlight. But while these new devices have however to prove themselves on a commercial scale besides maybe some niche business applications, netbooks have already found their place on the marketplace, at least for now.

In this brusque fourth dimension span we've seen at least a couple netbook generations pass by, with the concept itself getting a spin on each new revision. Today, we'll be taking a look at one of Asus' newer products in this segment, the Eee PC 1101HA 'Seashell'. You lot might recall, the last fourth dimension we checked a Eee PC product was in late 2008 in our height netbook round-up. What we have today is a much stylized, every bit lightweight and more usable offer than anything nosotros reviewed dorsum then.

The Eee PC 1101HA was Asus' commencement netbook to go across the 10-inch brandish size, sporting an 11.half-dozen-inch panel capable of a 1366×768 resolution -- they also take the 12.one-inch Eee PC 1201HA now. These larger screen netbooks provide a user experience that comes very close to that of a standard laptop, in fact, a few years dorsum y'all would've had to pay a hefty premium for an ultra-portable notebook if y'all wanted the kind of mobility and flexibility a electric current generation netbook can provide.

Inside the retail box we found the netbook, a vi-cell 63Wh Li-ion battery, power cablevision, Air conditioning adapter, warranty card, user manual and back up DVD. Ironically, the support DVD contains a organization recovery image to restore your figurer to factory default, although you will need to an external optical drive in club to use it.

The Eee PC 1101HA measures 11.26" x 7.72" x (0.86 - 1.42") with total weight estimated at 2.ix pounds using the included 6-cell battery. Like most netbooks released effectually mid-last year, the Eee 1101HA features a 1.33GHz Atom Z520 processor, 1GB of DDR2 retentiveness and a 160GB hard drive. Bluetooth ii.1 and WLAN 802.11b/g/north handle the wireless connectivity.

Read on as we explore the Eee PC 1101HA features inside and out.