ASUS EEE 1000HE official Windows 7 drivers now available for Download

ASUS has released official drivers for its EEE 1000HE (review) model. It is definitely surprising to see ASUS releasing a driver for an old model.

[Link to the drivers]

How To Control CPU Speed of your Atom-powered ASUS EEE PC in Ubuntu Linux

Since the release of Ubuntu 9.04 Linux for netbooks, I have finally started using Linux more than I used to. However, there was one thing that I found that was missing from the Ubuntu that ASUS offered for Windows XP: Super Hybrid Engine (SHE). This allowed you to downscale the speed of the processor which played an active part in improving the battery life. Unfortunately, ASUS never made SHE available for the Linux OS. Luckily, Grigori of geekmind.org has made a utility known as eee-control that lets you downscale as-well-as upscale the CPU speed as per your requirement.

eee-control is an easy-to-use utility for controlling Eee PC hardware under Linux. It can toggle hardware (WiFi, Bluetooth, etc.) on and off, lets you configure all hardware hotkeys, enables aggressive powersaving, and more.

Now, when I am on AC-power, I use my EEE 1000H in performance mode and when I am mobile, I use it under powersave mode to prolong the battery life. Earlier, I used to get 3.5-4 hours in Linux and now, I am able to get 5 hours in Ubuntu Linux, which is pretty respectable for a netbook.

The eee-control automatically starts when you log-in and resides in the taskbar so that you always have access to it when needed.

TOP 10 THINGS To Keep In Mind When Buying A Netbook

As more and more companies are rolling out netbooks, it gets a little difficult for a normal consumer to make a choice between them. Netbooks differ in terms of specs, size and a lot of other aspects.

Well, we have made a list of 10 things that you should keep in mind when buying a netbook. Click on read more to read the article!

EEE 1000HE keyboard works fine on EEE 1000H – here is the proof!

There are two main differences between EEE 1000H and EEE 1000HE: chiclet style keyboard on the EEE 1000HE and bigger battery. Some great folks at eeeuser have been to swap the EEE 1000H keyboard with the chicklet keyboard of the EEE 1000HE.

Best part is that everything works, including the extra ‘fn’ key.

Amazing ASUS EEE 1000HE keyboard skin

Someone over EEEuser forum has skinned the keyboard of the ASUS EEE 1000HE. He used the laser engraver to do the sweet job. Here is a picture of his work:

I know there is no utility of it, but I guess its ‘cool’!