Asus 1008HA Seashell Netbook : Macbook Air's Lost Half Brother

The rest of the specifications is on par with what you will find on the market. The 10-inch LED backlit screen is surrounded by a thick black frame with a 1.3-megapixel webcam on top and can display 1024x600 pixels. The glossy screen finish might not appeal to everyone but that was always going to be a point of contention.

That said, images were properly displayed and colour reproduction was next to perfect. An Intel GMA945 chipset powers the screen and provides with the absolute minimum in terms of performance and features with the integrated GMA 950 graphics. Don't expect it to play HD content flawlessly but it was able to play bog standard content without noticeable lag.

The Intel Atom processor, a N280 model, runs at 1.66GHz on a 667MHz FSB. This is very slight improvement on the existing N270 which can be found in the overwhelming majority of netbooks on the market.