Asus Eee PC 1008P Karim Rashid Edition Reviewed, Worth Its Price

Posted on March 18th, 2010 by Denise

The Asus Eee PC 1008P Karim Rashid edition, at $489.99, is the priciest Asus Eee PC netbook to date, even more expensive (slightly) than the Asus Eee PC T91MT convertible tablet which sells for $481.54 (prices are from Amazon.com).

Peter from Netbooked published a detailed review of the 1008P Karim Rashid edition and it seems like the netbook is worth its almost $500 price tag. Major points go to it’s super thin and lighter than most netbooks. It has a classy designer lid. It packs 2GB of RAM and 320GB HDD space. It has an Intel N450 Atom Processor and runs Windows 7 Home Premium. It’s four-hour battery is replaceable, unlike the ones in the original 1008 seashell netbooks.

Reading Peter’s review, he noted that the netbook gets a little warm, and you only get 2 instead of 3 USB ports, and you can’t upgrade the HDD. But based on the number of pros against the cons, Peter sounded pretty impressed.

Visit the Asus Eee PC 1008P Karim Rashid edition (Brown) page on Amazon. Also available in hot pink.