Hasee

[gino_lee]

has anybody here had any experience with the HASEE brand of notebooks? They're from china. And there are a bunch of 12.1" ones on ebay (herehttp://cgi.ebay.ca/12-1-Dual-Core-T2...QQcmdZViewItem)

i thought it would be nice for me to bring it to school since the 15" is just big and heavy. but i can't justify spending that kind of money on a second laptop no matter how good it is. Just thought it was interesting and something to keep in mind.

[chengdude]

If that buyer actually bought the laptop you linked to (they've got a -1 feedback), they'll get a pretty good deal...the final bid was almost $200 less than MSRP in China. That seller hawks Hasee laptops on eBay worldwide and that 12.1" model is their bread and butter, as it were. Not bad, with overachieving ATI 200M graphics and a decent, if older, Yonah-based processor. That said, the lid on that model is paper-thin and it takes almost no pressure to ripple the screen.

Hasee is a big company in China and moves a lot of laptops for one reason and one reason alone: they're cheap. Lots of folks in China will tell you they're total garbage, but still, they are cheap. Laptops are pretty expensive compared to North America, so Hasee gets around that by cutting down on distribution and component costs. Lots of their computers use Celeron processors, Via or SiS chipsets, possibly GMA950 and DVD/CDRW combo drives. Moving up, you'll find some lower-end Dual Core chips. Screens tend to have horrendously narrow viewing angles. They're slowly introducing more Core 2 Duo w/ X3100 packages and have some higher-end stuff (like with nVidia 8600 graphics), but I would never sink $800-$1000 into a Hasee laptop.

[Vader Gnome]

I know that this product has a low end brand image. I would feel that way about it also, however I am in China, and I have a friend who purchased their high end product and I like it better then other U.S. brand products for the same price and it also looks nice.

The price that I saw online (ebay) is the same as the street price so this seller is selling at the same Chinese street value.

It's not a discount but it's not over priced either.

[ivar]

I haven't seen Hasee, but I think MSI 12-incher would be better choice for around the same price (they also may have different rebranded names).

I suspect that Hasee is not using magnesium alloy case which is an essential drawback. It is better to add 100$ for it if you plan to carry your lappy around.

If you want a small lappy for every day use, don't buy power. Look for a light one with low or ultra low voltage processor. I would strongly recommend to purchase on ebay smth like Dell X300 or Thinkpad X40. Pentium M ULV has sufficient power for all your office applications. I use one myslef (latitude x1).

[gino_lee]

seems like they've updated their model again.
This time with Intel GMA X3100. Then even installed XP Pro and Office 2003 this time, whereas it was Linux last time around. But seems the amount of RAM and the DVD burner took a hit.

A couple of months does make a difference. It really does look like they are slowly advancing and making things better.

As long as they bring good quality competition and can make it to North America, i'm all for it! I'm quite impressed by the price. the HDD itself can cost up to $150.

http://cgi.ebay.ca/12-1-Dual-Core-T2...742.m153.l1262

I can't wait until the summer when EEE PC2, CloudBook2, MSI Wind, Acer are gonna come out with their mini laptops. Heat things up a little and get some competition going.

[ivar]

This shop sells Hasee laptops in Germany:

http://www.tinxi.de/index.php?cPath=...vs0t7o3voqa9d4

[gino_lee]

wow. thats a random find! Seems things in Europe cost more. Looks like the unit they are selling is older using ATi x200m, at a higher price than the one from eBay.

i don't think i could spend that much money on another laptop if my current 15" is still running fine.

[mestle]

I'll tell you my experience:

I live in Beijing and I regret having bought a Hasee laptop. Only one year after I bought it, a small piece inside the computer broke and no one could fix it because it was very difficult to buy a replacement piece. It took me more than 1 month until I found a dodgy repair guy that was able to find the piece for the laptop. And the piece - where the VGA port is located - was unbelievingly expensive.

Until it broke I thought I had made the perfect buy because it was small and cheap although a little noisy but I should have listened to my Chinese friends not to buy anything from this brand because of its cheap/bad quality. Now besides the bad quality I can add poor after-sales customer service...

This happened in China were the computers are made, imagine if anything happens to your laptop in Europe! Don't buy a Hasee, in the end they are not as cheap as they seem.

[tomdav20]

I am using a Hasee now. I bought it two weeks ago.
Still there's no hardware failure as it's new. But I have to warn you that their customer supporting page is totally rubbish. And there's no use to send email to them. They never reply it.

EDIT: forgot to tell. It has the crappiest BIOS I've ever seen. Only time/date and boot order are available. Don't know if it happens only on my model or all the Hasee notebooks.

[Pops7]

I bough 15 Hasee laptops ONE year and TWO months ago. NEVER again. Broke down. (I can use the hard drive, that's about all) Repair? Forget about it. I wanted to provide cheap laptops for schools in Africa. I wasted my money. SAD