Asus Eee PC 1004DN - Now you can watch DVDs

I like the fact that the Eee PC 1004DN is a netbook that comes with a DVD drive. Sometimes when I get sensitive data or holiday videos from someone, they usually burn it onto a DVD.

The only problem with the Asus range is that although models such as the 101's and 1008HA are slim and sexy, open it up and it looks pretty uninspiring. It's good to see the gorgeous Sony Vaio P(but slow as a scooter) and HP Mini 1000 liven up the netbook market.

ASUS Eee PC 1008HA - Thin is boring?

The Macbook Air was just absolutely stunning when closed and looked from the side. But when you open it up, it looks bland and uninspiring. Apple fanatics or tech users who just about managed to afford it, would probably have kept looking at the side just to feel good about the purchase. People with money would just be content that it's expensive and leave it at that.

The same goes with the netbooks. With so many netbooks crowding the ever growing selection, most will probably choose the one that is the most stylish.

If you are serious user who does actual work on the go then style is absolutely unimportant, you'll go for the one with the longest battery.

But what if you could combine both?

Like the Eee PC 1008HA. Looks good from the side, but open it up and your probably going groan and look away when it boots into the green and blue windows XP.

In fact, does anybody care about netbook specs anymore? It'll have the same Atom chip and the same 1Gb ram and the same windows XP. It'll probably have the same battery life.

Asus - Eee Ai Guru! - Skype Videophone for your Grandma.

Asus Eee Ai Guru is apparently the world's PC free Skype videophone.

Weird names are how to catch the media's attention and a strange name it's got. Who doesn't remember when the Wii came out.

This would be a perfect gift for Grandma and Grandpa. You still have to set up the wifi for them though, and probably have to go through the online registration.

It's cheap'ish too.

Asus Eee PC 1000HE: 9.5 Hours!

New processor which is 0.06Ghz faster, and a increase in 134Mhz Front Side Bus Speed

Let's face it, the exciting news is that it will apparently run up 9.5 hours! That it fantastic. So if we divide the battery life in half, that's the very least we'll get if we were really cynical.

What's not to like? The 3.2 pounds of weight. Sorry, but I'm spoilt silly by netbooks that weight a lot less than that. This is heavy in my mind.

I like the way they've used the chiclet keyboard. I don't think it's better, but it looks good. Shame about the standard boring chasis. Not Asus's fault to be honest, they were the first out and other's have just trumped in design wise.