The Eee PC 1008P comes with Windows 7 Home Basic. Asus also includes its own simplified operating system, ExpressGate, which the company touts as a faster boot-up alternative. Unfortunately, it didn’t work on the model I tested. The company also includes a bundled software suite, which consists of an e-reader, download platform for games and voice-recognition system. These programs were barely usable as they seemed to need more memory and processing power than the Eee PC 1008P offered.
For all of the personality and boldness of Rashid’s outer design, it’s too bad that Asus didn’t come up with any visual customizations in the software — even just a background theme for the main screen in Windows 7 would do. For now, the Eee PC 1008P is a visually striking laptop with a less-than-exciting software interface.
The Asus Eee PC 1008P is available at electronics stores nationwide.
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