Comes with Asus Express Gate OS preloaded. Not bad if you want to use it only for social networking and email. I loaded Win XP - needs a bit of tweaking but can be done. But this is a "recommended win 7" device - meaning no drivers exist for Win XP. Some of the win 7 drivers work for win xp too, but VGA, audio etc dont work. Same case for Ubuntu. So if you want a highly functional device, you should install win 7, which will increase the cost by a couple of thousand.

this is another amazing product from asus n once u have used it u will know that that it works much much better than what we just read about in its specifications.....
pros:
1.price:its the best product one can get in this range
2.functioning:its a breeze to work in it....even though it has 1gb ram,everything works in it fine....n at good pace too...loading windows home basic(if u want to upgrade it),was smooth n fast
3.looks:although it mostly plastic...it does not looks cheap at all...chick...

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED PRODUCT

must be for every body and yes netbook is a good product and asus does the job for you

crystal clear display

is worth buying for home use only

a very good prouct and can't get enough for it

Excellent netbook...very helpful and nice portability. I am happy with its performances. Would have offered Android or Win XP to make it more tasty. Intel Atom is very fast, surely, and I am able to do my work confidently.

nothing beats this when it comes to value for money

just upgrade the ram to 2gb and u r good to go.it will easily last a whole day on a single charge.

going for this instead of the acer netbook will save you 3k

performance nothing excetional but it will easily handle regular ms office work infact from my personal experience i can say it easily handles autocad and staad.pro(i some time do some basic modifications and editing on site)

As promised by asus it gives 11 hrs of battery life when installed with hybride engine. asus recommands windows 7 starter. but I installed Windows 7 home premium for install some other softwares. Its working superb. The main disadvantage is RAM cannot upgradable. but Microsoft gives additional solution called readyboost to convert pendrive (or) Flash drive into Virtual RAM. This made the netbook in faster like upgraded Netbook.

HI I M RITESH NIHAL ,,,,,,,,, WHEN I USE THIS PRODUCT IT WAS AMAZING BECAUSE ITS BATTREY LIFES IS ABOUT 11 HOURS SO I CAN RUN IT FULL DAY BUT ITS RAM IS NOT GOOD IT
ITS RAM IS 1GB NOT EXPANDABLE

Here's a complete guide i wrote a while back.

Adding to it:
* There were a few dead pixels a few months back. It was in warranty and i got a free replacement.

* The netbook seems to be heating quictly... 75 deg normally on browsing.

* Even got a free battery replacement.

First and foremost ! The 1GB ram is built in the motherboard and you cant upgrade it ! Removed each and everything and found out this !

They do not want the product to be opened by anyone. They have put a sticker on one of the screws inside (even if you want to change the hdd, you cant do that without removing that screw (i screwed up that though)

Express gate would have been better if you could play mp3 and video in it ! For playing that, you need to install windows/ubuntu !

Windows wit...

This is a netbook with comes with blue tooth, very good web cam, 1 GB ram,320 GB hard disk,etc etc.

Its is a product worth buying at a very cheap price! Asus has done a very good job in terms of looks and quality. The negative side is the 1 GB ram, but the 320 GB hard disk balances it out. You need to wire in speakers if you are planning to watch movies on this device. Since the speakers are at the bottom, the volume is too low!