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http://apcmag.com/windowsbased_eeepc_cheaper_than_linux_one.htm]]>May 8th 2008 11:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/07/eee-900-now-available-for-pre-order-for-delivery-may-12/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/07/eee-900-now-available-for-pre-order-for-delivery-may-12/
http://apcmag.com/windowsbased_eeepc_cheaper_than_linux_one.htm

http://www.asusnotebook.com.au/1080_ASUS-eee-PC-900-Black-Notebook-Intel-CeleronM-900MHz-with-Linux.php]]>May 8th 2008 11:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/07/eee-900-now-available-for-pre-order-for-delivery-may-12/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/07/eee-900-now-available-for-pre-order-for-delivery-may-12/May 7th 2008 4:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/07/eee-900-now-available-for-pre-order-for-delivery-may-12/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/07/eee-900-now-available-for-pre-order-for-delivery-may-12/
- http://www.stompergames.com]]>Jul 3rd 2008 12:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/07/eee-900-now-available-for-pre-order-for-delivery-may-12/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/07/eee-900-now-available-for-pre-order-for-delivery-may-12/
I think Asus have missed that point here. What made these so appealing was the price not the hardware. You can go buy a real laptop for that money.

$300-$350 is where it should be.]]>May 7th 2008 4:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/07/eee-900-now-available-for-pre-order-for-delivery-may-12/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/07/eee-900-now-available-for-pre-order-for-delivery-may-12/
700 FTW!!!]]>May 7th 2008 4:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/07/eee-900-now-available-for-pre-order-for-delivery-may-12/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/07/eee-900-now-available-for-pre-order-for-delivery-may-12/
But still i want one (A)]]>May 7th 2008 5:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/07/eee-900-now-available-for-pre-order-for-delivery-may-12/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/07/eee-900-now-available-for-pre-order-for-delivery-may-12/
I don't get the price disparity for the 900. It should just be the 701 with a larger screen and perhaps a $30-40 premium for getting it.

Besides, isn't the next gen meant to be based on Atom? In which case the 900 is]]>May 7th 2008 6:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/07/eee-900-now-available-for-pre-order-for-delivery-may-12/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/07/eee-900-now-available-for-pre-order-for-delivery-may-12/May 7th 2008 10:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/07/eee-900-now-available-for-pre-order-for-delivery-may-12/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/07/eee-900-now-available-for-pre-order-for-delivery-may-12/
Unfortunately, I don't think people want that. I'd pay $449 for the 900, and I think a lot of people would. I wouldn't care if it only had 4GB of storage, because I can pick up an 8GB SDHC card for $30 if I want more space.

By bundling the 9"screen with the unnecessary storage, they're ensuring that I buy neither the 701 nor the 900. ]]>May 7th 2008 10:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/07/eee-900-now-available-for-pre-order-for-delivery-may-12/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/07/eee-900-now-available-for-pre-order-for-delivery-may-12/Jun 1st 2008 7:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/07/eee-900-now-available-for-pre-order-for-delivery-may-12/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/07/eee-900-now-available-for-pre-order-for-delivery-may-12/May 7th 2008 4:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/07/eee-900-now-available-for-pre-order-for-delivery-may-12/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/07/eee-900-now-available-for-pre-order-for-delivery-may-12/May 7th 2008 5:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/07/eee-900-now-available-for-pre-order-for-delivery-may-12/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/07/eee-900-now-available-for-pre-order-for-delivery-may-12/May 7th 2008 5:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/07/eee-900-now-available-for-pre-order-for-delivery-may-12/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/07/eee-900-now-available-for-pre-order-for-delivery-may-12/
Do you know any US pc store that ships to europe?]]>May 7th 2008 6:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/07/eee-900-now-available-for-pre-order-for-delivery-may-12/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/07/eee-900-now-available-for-pre-order-for-delivery-may-12/
And enjoy the american keyboard too..]]>May 7th 2008 8:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/07/eee-900-now-available-for-pre-order-for-delivery-may-12/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/07/eee-900-now-available-for-pre-order-for-delivery-may-12/May 7th 2008 5:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/07/eee-900-now-available-for-pre-order-for-delivery-may-12/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/07/eee-900-now-available-for-pre-order-for-delivery-may-12/May 7th 2008 5:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/07/eee-900-now-available-for-pre-order-for-delivery-may-12/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/07/eee-900-now-available-for-pre-order-for-delivery-may-12/May 7th 2008 5:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/07/eee-900-now-available-for-pre-order-for-delivery-may-12/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/07/eee-900-now-available-for-pre-order-for-delivery-may-12/May 7th 2008 6:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/07/eee-900-now-available-for-pre-order-for-delivery-may-12/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/07/eee-900-now-available-for-pre-order-for-delivery-may-12/May 7th 2008 8:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/07/eee-900-now-available-for-pre-order-for-delivery-may-12/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/07/eee-900-now-available-for-pre-order-for-delivery-may-12/May 7th 2008 5:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/07/eee-900-now-available-for-pre-order-for-delivery-may-12/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/07/eee-900-now-available-for-pre-order-for-delivery-may-12/May 7th 2008 5:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/07/eee-900-now-available-for-pre-order-for-delivery-may-12/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/07/eee-900-now-available-for-pre-order-for-delivery-may-12/
the SDD alone is worth $200 by the sound of things

im waiting for the atom based versions though]]>May 7th 2008 6:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/07/eee-900-now-available-for-pre-order-for-delivery-may-12/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/07/eee-900-now-available-for-pre-order-for-delivery-may-12/May 7th 2008 6:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/07/eee-900-now-available-for-pre-order-for-delivery-may-12/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/07/eee-900-now-available-for-pre-order-for-delivery-may-12/
I prefer the HTC Shift form factor (sliding, tablet-like touchscreen), but it's a bit on the low spec side. Haven't seen any RTS games running on it, unlike the Eee PC.]]>May 7th 2008 6:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/07/eee-900-now-available-for-pre-order-for-delivery-may-12/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/07/eee-900-now-available-for-pre-order-for-delivery-may-12/May 7th 2008 10:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/07/eee-900-now-available-for-pre-order-for-delivery-may-12/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/07/eee-900-now-available-for-pre-order-for-delivery-may-12/May 7th 2008 11:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/07/eee-900-now-available-for-pre-order-for-delivery-may-12/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/07/eee-900-now-available-for-pre-order-for-delivery-may-12/May 7th 2008 6:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/07/eee-900-now-available-for-pre-order-for-delivery-may-12/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/07/eee-900-now-available-for-pre-order-for-delivery-may-12/
Not bad IMO. I dont know what laptops cost over there but in here you'd have to put at least 150€ more to get a "real" laptop. (which is about the same in performance but a lot bigger and heavier)]]>May 7th 2008 6:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/07/eee-900-now-available-for-pre-order-for-delivery-may-12/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/07/eee-900-now-available-for-pre-order-for-delivery-may-12/ 1$=1€

an angry portuguese ...]]>May 7th 2008 6:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/07/eee-900-now-available-for-pre-order-for-delivery-may-12/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/07/eee-900-now-available-for-pre-order-for-delivery-may-12/May 7th 2008 6:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/07/eee-900-now-available-for-pre-order-for-delivery-may-12/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/07/eee-900-now-available-for-pre-order-for-delivery-may-12/http://store.redbarncomputers.com/index.asp are supposed to be good.
Will mark as gift or write a low value on package...]]>May 7th 2008 6:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/07/eee-900-now-available-for-pre-order-for-delivery-may-12/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/07/eee-900-now-available-for-pre-order-for-delivery-may-12/
Not to mention MAME, and SNES emulation...

A much better investment than any PSP, IMO... unless Sony comes up with a high-spec touchscreen portable... which I don't see coming anytime soon...]]>May 7th 2008 6:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/07/eee-900-now-available-for-pre-order-for-delivery-may-12/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/07/eee-900-now-available-for-pre-order-for-delivery-may-12/May 7th 2008 3:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/07/eee-900-now-available-for-pre-order-for-delivery-may-12/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/07/eee-900-now-available-for-pre-order-for-delivery-may-12/
The Asus Eee 900 price is worrying, I'm still thinking about the HP 2133.]]>May 7th 2008 6:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/07/eee-900-now-available-for-pre-order-for-delivery-may-12/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/07/eee-900-now-available-for-pre-order-for-delivery-may-12/
"At a Sydney launch event for the much-anticipated Eee PC 900 model, local product manager Albert Liang revealed that the XP model would sell for $599 in Australia, while the Linux model would be $649."

Quote from: http://apcmag.com/windowsbased_eeepc_cheaper_than_linux_one.htm

Release Date: "Australian Eee PC 900 is yet to be confirmed, but we expect a release by the middle of May."

Quote from: http://www.zdnet.com.au/reviews/hardware/laptops/soa/ASUS-Eee-PC-900/0,2000065761,339288413,00.htm

Or If you are real keen... you can order now....

http://www.asusnotebook.com.au/eee-pc.php?gclid=CL7jzOShlJMCFRpZiAod1UTcwQ


....for $800 lol.]]>May 8th 2008 3:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/07/eee-900-now-available-for-pre-order-for-delivery-may-12/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/07/eee-900-now-available-for-pre-order-for-delivery-may-12/
The next upgrade to the Eee PC will be over £500 ...!

The buying public will be stupid enough not to notice.

]]>May 7th 2008 7:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/07/eee-900-now-available-for-pre-order-for-delivery-may-12/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/07/eee-900-now-available-for-pre-order-for-delivery-may-12/May 7th 2008 7:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/07/eee-900-now-available-for-pre-order-for-delivery-may-12/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/07/eee-900-now-available-for-pre-order-for-delivery-may-12/The 701 was €299, the additional €100 buy you the larger screen, 20GB SSD (in comparison to 4GB in the old one), and a better Webcam (1.3MP instead of 0.3MP).

Of course I'd prefer it to be €349, but that ain't gonna happen. It's still a good price given the size and weight of the laptop. I likey!]]>May 7th 2008 7:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/07/eee-900-now-available-for-pre-order-for-delivery-may-12/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/07/eee-900-now-available-for-pre-order-for-delivery-may-12/
Its unfair to compare any EeePC with a 'real' notebook at a similar price, but the EeePC at this price does need to compete with the identically priced HP 2133 Mini-note (KX869AT) - which has a better keyboard, substantially more onboard storage and a Linux distro with far better support than Xandros.

ASUS has consistently shown itself to be clueless as to the capabilities of the EeePC and the demands of those that actually bought the device (rather than who ASUS thought would buy it) - and continues along this track, while preferring to simply create new models rather than address the issues outstanding and offer better Support.

If they lose market share (in a market they created) because of an underwhelming $550 EeePC, they have no one to blame but themselves. ]]>May 7th 2008 7:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/07/eee-900-now-available-for-pre-order-for-delivery-may-12/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/07/eee-900-now-available-for-pre-order-for-delivery-may-12/May 7th 2008 8:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/07/eee-900-now-available-for-pre-order-for-delivery-may-12/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/07/eee-900-now-available-for-pre-order-for-delivery-may-12/But unlike oil wait awhile and it will go down.]]>May 7th 2008 8:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/07/eee-900-now-available-for-pre-order-for-delivery-may-12/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/07/eee-900-now-available-for-pre-order-for-delivery-may-12/
http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/21/dear-palm-its-time-for-an-intervention/

Why were we all haters?

Looks like everyone and his dog wants a fole.... eee pc.]]>May 7th 2008 9:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/07/eee-900-now-available-for-pre-order-for-delivery-may-12/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/07/eee-900-now-available-for-pre-order-for-delivery-may-12/May 7th 2008 10:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/07/eee-900-now-available-for-pre-order-for-delivery-may-12/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/07/eee-900-now-available-for-pre-order-for-delivery-may-12/- Larger (9") 1024x600 screen (vs. 7" screen at 800x480 ]]>May 7th 2008 10:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/07/eee-900-now-available-for-pre-order-for-delivery-may-12/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/07/eee-900-now-available-for-pre-order-for-delivery-may-12/
- 1GB of DDR2 RAM (vs. 512MB)
- 20GB (vs. a paltry 4GB)
- 900Mhz Dothan-core Celeron (vs. same chip downclocked to 630Mhz)

It also has a larger trackpad, too.

I hear that the new 900 has a shorter battery life, this is to be expected when you add a larger LCD and a fast chip.

For those wondering about the Intel Atom, I don't think it's such a great chip for something like this. Check out these benchmarks of the Atom @ 1.6Ghz vs. the Celeron @ 900Mhz:

http://www.mydigitallife.info/2008/03/08/intel-atom-initial-benchmarking-data-vs-pentium-and-celeron-m-processors-before-official-release/

Pretty sucky, if you ask me.]]>May 7th 2008 7:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/07/eee-900-now-available-for-pre-order-for-delivery-may-12/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/07/eee-900-now-available-for-pre-order-for-delivery-may-12/
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