CES 2010: Hands on with the Asus Eee PC 1005P and 1005PE

Another netbook that I spent some time messing around with this morning was the Eee PC 1005P and the Eee PC 1005PE, both of which were on display in the Asus booth here at CES. Personally I have a preference for Eee’s, mainly because I have had a few different models since the Eee PC 701 first launched and they have all been very solid in terms of expectations. That said, while I like what the Eee PC 1005P and 1005PE has to offer I am not quite sold on the exterior casing, to give it a one word description, I would have to say — shiny. Not that that will make it bad, but it seems like a fingerprint magnet.

That said, the Eee PC 1005 series netbooks feature 10.1-inch WSVGA display with a 1024 x 600 screen resolution, an Intel Atom N450 processor, 1GB of RAM, Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n and a 92% keyboard. Additionally it can have either a 160, 250 or 320GB hard drive and is running Windows 7. Of course the 1005 models shine (no pun intended in regards to the casing) in terms of battery life with a claim of being able to offer up to 11 hours of power with the 6-cell battery and up to 5 hours with the 3-cell battery.

With that, check out some images of the 1005P and the 1005PE below…