The tiny electronic devices called netbooks were primarily designed with only the most essential features and only before few years they have started taking a new dimension and definitions. The Seashell designed netbooks by Asus have good reputation. They have the perfect curves and carry with them an appearance that truly attracts people’s notice. This Taiwan based company is known for producing netbooks that are light, attractive and simple both in features as well as performance. This particular one, the Asus 1015PEM is a 10 inch netbook with pretty looks and gives a performance that does justice to the cost. The netbook has few big plus points while it has few drawbacks too. To know them in detail, follow our review on the Asus 1015PEM 10″ netbook.

Asus Eee PC 1015PEM Netbook

Design:

The tiny Asus Eee PC 1015PEM is packed in a box along with the other accessories like the power adaptor and battery. It is available in different colours based on the type, namely, glossy or matte. The matte netbook comes in black, white, red and blue while the glossy type of netbook comes in black, white and pink colours. Of course, the choice is entirely yours. If you do not mind the affinity of the netbook towards finger prints but only require the netbook to carry a rich and shiny look, then you would go for the glossy type. The matte types of cover have the advantage that the netbook would be free from finger prints and the users need not worry about the netbook getting untidy. The contents on the screen can be read with crystal clarity as long as the sunlight is mediocre and the viewing angles are small.

The Asus 1015PEM is a 10.1 inch netbook with a resolution of 1024 x 600p. There are many netbooks these days that sport the 1366 x 768p resolution screen, but alas, this one does not provide it and unfortunately this machine does not play the contents in HD too. This is just a simple netbook that delivers the stuff on the screen with good quality in standard definition only. This netbook is quite light weighted at only 1.27 Kgs. It measures 262 mm in width, 178 mm in depth and 25.1 to 36.4 mm in height. The design of the netbook looks really adorable. The clean curves are designed with the shape of the seashell in mind and they have done a good job indeed. The netbook is thicker at the back and then is thinner at the side of the netbook toward the front side. The aspect ratio is like any other notebook or netbook in the market, a neat 16:9.

Keyboard:

The keyboard of the Asus 1015PEM 10″ Netbook is of chiclet style or island style where the keys are spaced out evenly. The island style keyboards are preferred mostly these days not only for the comfort they provide but also for their stylish look. The size of the keyboard is 92% full sized one and since it is only a 10 inch netbook, the keys might be little restricted when it comes to the space between the keys and also the size of the keys. The keys are small indeed when compared to the bigger screen versions but there is not much of trouble while typing. Since the screen is very small the area for resting the palm is also obviously less and hence might be painful after a while. But when compared to the netbooks of its size, the keyboard is perfect.

Touch pad and LED:

Below the keyboard is the touch pad with comparatively larger area allocated for it. The track pad is smooth to operate and has a single button below it for performing the left and right mouse operations. The single button can be troublesome for some who prefer two separate buttons. The users need to click precisely on the left side or right side for making use of those button operations. No complaints as far as the touch pad and the button are concerned because they are really responsive and smooth. Unfortunately this touch pad does not support multi-touch gestures which becomes a downfall again. At the right corner of the netbook, there are four LEDs, for indicating power, battery, caps lock and Wi-Fi status.

Asus Eee PC 1015PEM Side View

Camera and Speaker:

The camera of the Asus 1015pem netbook is located on the top bezel. It is a 0.3MP camera and the resolution is good enough for long time video chats or conferences. The camera has a cover which prevents unknowing recording. The stereo speakers deliver the audio with good clarity and there are no problems with that. With a tiny little netbook, you can stay in touch with any of them you want to at anytime.

Available Ports:

The Asus EEE PC 1015PEM has the ports located on both the left and right sides while the front and back do not contain any ports. On the left hand side are present, the power port, VGA, USB 2.0 and fan vent. The ports on the right side of the netbook are 5-in-1 card reader, head phone jack, microphone jack, two USB 2.0 ports, kensington lock port and the RJ 45 ethernet port. The absence of optical drive and the HDMI ports are obvious here. This is truly tragic because without the HDMI you can not watch the movies and videos on a bigger TV and without the optical drive you can not even play the DVDs on your netbooks. But then you can hook up the contents on the netbook to an external monitor using the VGA port. The multi-card reader could be used to read the data from various cards of the format SD, SDHC, MMC, etc and transfer their contents to the netbook. There are three USB ports in a 10 inch netbook and that is good news indeed.

Connectivity:

The Asus Eee PC 1015PEM netbook comes with both the wired and wireless internet connection. There is the RJ45 ethernet port for using the internet via the wired connectivity. The wireless connectivity is available with the protocol 802.11b/g/n. Since the netbook is really portable, the users would have no trouble carrying the device wherever they go and moreover the internet access is available for their use completely always. If you think a 10 inch netbook can not be of much use with browsing and surfing, then you are mistaken.

Memory and Processor:

Netbooks always have less memory when compared to the larger version of notebooks. The memory is nearly 1GB of DDR3 RAM. This memory can be expanded to a maximum of 2GB. The surprise that has been included in this particular netbook is the large amount of memory available on cloud. The hard drive capacity is a super 250GB. For a netbook, this is too good, since most of the netbooks stop with the 160GB range. Kudos to Asus for a bigger hard drive! Another interesting piece of news is that the netbook’s processor is a dual core N550. Asus has tried implementing the dual core processor for the first time in its netbook products and for its attempt the 1015PEM managed to keep up the name. But then, the netbook does not exhibit speedy operations that ought to express the character of the dual core processors. It is very normal in terms of processor performance and manages multi-tasks just a little better than the single core ones.

Battery:

The Asus EEE PC 1015PEM has the battery as the netbook’s biggest blessing. It comes with a 6 cell 63Whr rechargeable Lithium ion battery. The netbook when used very lightly lasts for nearly 8 hours and few minutes. This 8 hour battery life is something amazing and the users would seriously be bowled over by this. But it is obvious that the 8 hour longevity does not always happen. As the tasks given to the system increases, the battery life starts declining as we all know the number of tasks given to the processor is inversely proportional to the battery life. For a netbook of not-very-cheap-not-very-expensive category, the battery quality and life are quite exceptional and laudable.

Performance:

The EEE series of the Asus netbooks are known for their stylish outfit and decent performances. The audio and video performances are okay only. The video does not support HD at all and the resolution is only 1024 x 600p. There is no HDMI or optical drive so the users can forget watching the movies in the HD TVs with full effects at 1080p resolution. The stereo speakers are good and produce good clarity audio. The processor speed is good though it does not completely exhibit that it belongs to the dual core category. Most of the netbooks in general are not suitable for the gamers. This netbook delivers the videos only in standard definition scale so all the gamers would get seriously disappointed if they opt for this netbook. The battery is the best performer. The netbook has an excellent battery life. The Asus EEE PC 1015PEM is a netbook that acquires a good grade in terms of normal performance, here again; you must restrict your normal range to the very basic features.

Asus Eee PC 1015PEM 10-inch Netbook Blue

Warranty:

The product comes with a standard one year warranty.

Verdict:

The seashell designs are a great treat to the eyes with their perfectly curved design. But design alone does not decide the quality. The Asus EEE PC 1015PEM has a dual core N550 processor with good speed and efficient handling of tasks at a normal pace. As long as your expectations are limited, the 1015 netbook does not fail. But once your expectations exceed the limit, only the downs of the netbook will reach your eyes. This 10.1 inch netbook is thus a good little netbook that is targeted for those who are on the search for a netbook that is simple attractive, average ports and brilliant battery life. If your criteria match the aforesaid, then the Asus EEE PC1015PEM is for you.

Asus Eee PC 1015PEM Netbook – Technical Specification Table

Manufacturer Asus
Model Name Asus 1015PEM
Dimensions: (W x D x H) 262 x 178 x 25.1~36.4 mm
Weight 1.27 Kgs
Type Netbook
Display
Screen Size 10.1 inch
Screen Type WSVGA
Screen Resolution 1024 x 600
Aspect Ratio 16:9
Internal Components
Processor Intel® Dual Core Atom™ N550 1.5GHz
RAM 1GB DDR2 (Expandable up to 2GB)
Hard drive 250GB (Maximum up to 500GB)
Keypad Ergonomic chiclet type keyboard
Touchpad Yes
Multimedia
Graphics Intel GMA3150
Speakers Built-in stereo speakers
Communication Setup
Wireless support WiFi 802.11n

Bluetooth
Memory card slot SD card reader built-in
Connectivity 3 USB ports, Audio line in, Audio line out,
1 Mini Display Port
Other Detail
Warranty 1 Year complete warranty

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