VIRTUALISATION Optical Eee PC 1004DN, where netbook meets notebook | Optical Eee PC 1004DN, where netbook meets notebook |
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| by Stan Beer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wednesday, 01 April 2009 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
  
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At AUD$1399, the 1004DN is $1000 more than some netbooks with a 9 inch screen, $900 more than I paid for my Eee PC 1000HD last year, and $500 more than the already pricey 1000HE released last month. In fact, $1399 will buy you a pretty decent full featured notebook with plenty of bells and whistles these days. So what does the 1004DN offer users for all that extra money? As far as I can see, the only major enhancement is the provision of a read/write optical disc drive. Everything else appears to be cosmetic. There's the same 10-inch display, 92% sized keyboard with the new bezel keys, multi-touch touchpad, 120GB hard drive, 1GB RAM (expandable to 2GB), Atom N280 running at 1.66GHz and so on. This time Asus claims up to 5.9 hours battery life, less than the 1000HE no doubt due to having the optical drive. The weight of 1.45Kg coupled with its size would certainly make this a good portable computer to take on the road. The question is whether the Eee PC 1004DN is realistically priced. Compared to the more expensive sub-notebooks on the market, the 1004DN is certainly a reasonable cheap option. This sub-notebook doesn't have a Core 2 Duo and 2GB as standard and can't run Vista but it would certainly be good enough for most users' needs and could well put downward price pressure on the high-end sub-notebook makers - and that can't be bad. The Eee PC 1004DN from ASUS will be available in Australia from end April 2009 through major retailers and selected computer resellers. RRP AU$1,399 inc GST. Specifications
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