The design of ASUS 1005HA best best netbook makes it very mobile and while to some extend it is thicker and heavier than other best netbooks, it is still weighs less than 3 lbs. The extra weight and dimensions is due to its heavy-duty li-on battery. The slightly extra weight is insignificant and more than worth it for the great battery life. The new Seashell design is striking and has a more solid feel than its predecessors.

This new model has a flat, wide keyboard (92% scaled) that definitely makes it easy fatigue-free typing and better than many other best netbook keyboards. A full size right shift key that makes typing capital letters much easier. The touch pad has a nice feel and can be disabled easily with a touch of a button on top of the keyboard if you want to use a mouse.

The specs of the 1005HA are pretty standard with other best netbooks – 1.66GHz N280Atom processor,10.1-inch 1024×600 LED-Backlit Widescreen LCD display, 1GB of DDR2 RAM (expandable to 2GB) and a 160GB hard drive.

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• Battery life:  best in class
• Wireless connection: 802.11b/g/n (draft 2.4GHz n)
• Bluetooth V2.1 built-in

With its extra long battery life, great low price tag and the new elegant Seashell design, the ASUS 1005HA looks set to rein as the best best netbook in it’s class for many months to come.