Asus Eee PC Seashell 1015PED-MU17 review: Asus Eee PC Seashell 1015PED-MU17

Asus Eee PC Netbooks have diversified into a sometimes numbing range of options, but when you boil it down, most of them have nearly the same components. Case in point: the Asus Eee PC 1015PED. For $329, this 10.1-inch Netbook has a single-core Atom N455 CPU, 1GB of RAM, a 250GB hard drive, and the same long battery life we've come to expect.

7.3

Asus Eee PC Seashell 1015PED-MU17

The Good

Long battery life; solid-feeling design.

The Bad

Cramped keyboard; lacks HD screen or HD accelerated graphics.

The Bottom Line

The Asus Eee PC 1015PED is the definition of standard 10-inch Netbook, with little to distinguish it despite its solid overall performance: we've seen it all before.

However, it lacks the bells and whistles we've seen in premium Netbooks, including higher-resolution displays, HDMI-out, and HD accelerated graphics via Broadcom or Nvidia Ion solutions. Plus, for only $40 more, there's a dual-core Atom configuration, the Asus Eee PC 1015PEM, which offers faster multitasking with no effective losses in battery life.

The bottom line is clear: this Netbook offers nothing extraordinary, but it does the job. However, you might want to consider upgrading to the dual-core 1015PEM instead, unless you'd rather save $40.