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I hope this review helps anyone who is in the market for a netbook without the flaws of the earlier generation netbooks. Well I was on a quest for the perfect netbook and have used so many in the past. I think I've tried at least a dozen models only to find that there was some short comings with them. This netbook will be used mainly for traveling since it is a lot easier to carry and not as expensive as other ultrabooks or notebooks. OK lets get to it. Here are the positives listed below. Speedy for a netbook (2 to 3 times the speed of standard netbooks) 1366 x 768 resolution. light weight comfortable to type hdmi, can output 1080P Blu Ray no problem 1 x USB 3.0 Was able to swap the HDD from a 320GB to a 1TB 9.5mm OK now here are the negatives. Memory not upgradable, onboard and not removable. Pain in the A to access the hard drive. No Bluetooth Not a dual band internal wireless card No gigabit lan : ( Did not boot from USB/used acronis 2013 to clone drive. Before this model was released, I was so close to buy the Asus 1025CE model that featured bluetooth and removable ram. However I am glad I waited as the CPU speed and a nice 1366 screen resolution out weighs the other features of the 1025CE model. I am more than happy to sacrifice bluetooth and extra ram for a nicer screen and increase in cpu speed. For the money you cannot go wrong with this model. I would highly recommend this model or the next model 1015E-DS02 which will have 4GB of onboard ram. Update 5/6/13 I have been using this netbook for a week and it works great. It has exceeded my expectations. At times however it can run a little warm and the battery life is not as advertised. On a full charge it will last me about 5-5:30 hours on the lowest dim screen. To me this is acceptable as many new ultrabooks do not even last that long. This will definitely hold me over for 2 movies during a plane ride.